ZAMBIAN PRESIDENT COllAPSES AT CEREMONY
lusaka: Zambia’s President Edgar lungu collapsed on the podium while presiding over a Women’s Day celebration in lusaka today– less than two months after taking over from a leader who died in office.
‘OlDEST HUMAN BRAIN’ PRESERVED FOR 2K YRSIJ
london: A human brain in the UK, believed to be the oldest ever discovered, may have been preserved for over 2,500 years by mud, archaeologists say. The brain was found inside a decapitated skull, with the jaw and two vertebrae still attached, at an Iron Age dig site in 2008.
MARS HAD OCEAN WITH MORE WATER THAN ARCTIC
Washington: A primitive ocean on Mars held more water than Earth’s Arctic Ocean but the Red Planet lost 87 per cent of that water to space, a new study has found. The ocean covered a greater portion of the planet’s surface than the Atlantic Ocean does on Earth, researchers said.
‘PAK NEEDS POWERFUl GOVT TO TACKlE CRISIS’
Islamabad: Crisis-hit Pakistan needs a powerful Government to tackle the multiple problems it has been facing, Pervez Musharraf said while blaming “unfriendly powers” for creating chaos to set the country on a path of destruction.
PAY EQUAlITY FOR WOMEN MAY TAKE 70 YEARS: IlO
United Nations: It will take at least 70 more years to achieve pay equity between women and men, the IlO said noting that women earn on average 77% of what men earn. On the occasion of International Women’s day, the IlO said a gender pay gap persists, both for women with and without children. In general, women earn on average 77 per cent of what men earn, with the absolute gap widening for higher-earning women.
FAMIlIES MARK MH370 ANNIVERSARY
Kuala lumpur: Grieving families of the 239 people on board flight MH370 on Sunday marked the first anniversary of the world’s biggest aviation mystery with Malaysian Prime Minister vowing not to give up on the search for the wreckage of the aircraft which vanished midair over the Indian Ocean.
MUMBAI CASE: lAWYER JOINS PROSECUTION PANEl
Islamabad: The Pakistan Government on Sunday included a lawyer having experience in international law in the panel of prosecutors in the 2008 Mumbai attack case. “The Government has included lahore-based lawyer Misbahul Hassan Qazi in the panel to prosecute the accused in the Mumbai terror attack case,” prosecution chief Chaudhry Azhar said.
GRAFT CASE: HC DEFERS PlEA AGAINST ZIA
Dhaka: A Bangladeshi High Court deferred till March 16 its verdict on a petition challenging Opposition leader and former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia’s indictment in a graft case after her lawyers sought more time.