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Pike Research forecasts annual global sales of light-duty natural gas vehicles to reach 3.2M in 2019

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between 2012 and 2019, reaching 3.2 million vehicles sold in 2019, according to a new forecast by Pike Research. million LD NGVs on the road by 2019. Although Pakistan also has a large fleet of NGVs, its market has been volatile as the government looks to reduce strains on the country’s NG supplies, according to the report.

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GECF: more than a quarter of 2050 natural gas supply untapped

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average economic growth rate between 2000 and 2019, continuously expanding domestic gas production, attracting investors, and enhancing knowledge and technologies exchange. Important projects in the offing include the Turkmenistan-China pipeline enhancement, TAPI (Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India), and others.

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International travelers experience adverse cardiopulmonary health effects even after short stay in polluted cities

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Most were visiting family in cities with consistently high levels of air pollution, including Ahmedabad and New Delhi, India; Rawalpindi, Pakistan; and Xian, China. For the study, researchers analyzed 6 measurements of lung and heart health in 34 men and women traveling abroad for at least a week from the metropolitan New York City area.

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The Richer They Get, the More Meat They Eat

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In 2019, before COVID could affect survival rates, Spain had a life expectancy at birth (for males and females combined) of 84 years. In 2020, average supply rates in India and Bangladesh were still below 5 kg of carcass weight per year, per capita—a bit less than in Ethiopia.

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Bosch accident detection set of rules accelerates protection machine deployment with out including extra sensors

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In 2019, Rameez Ahmad, an engineering supervisor at Bosch USA, was once touring in Pakistan with pals from faculty when a motorbike strike the passenger facet in their automobile. A automobile strike involving a Robert Bosch engineer sparked an concept that would decrease ailing at the severity of related crashes.

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Bionic Hand Gives Amputees Sense of Touch

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On a visit to Pakistan with his parents, 7-year-old Aadeel Akhtar met a girl his age who was missing her right leg. Pierre , 2018–2019 U.S. That was the first time he had met a person with a limb difference. From that encounter, Akhtar decided that one day he would develop affordable artificial limbs. www.youtube.com.

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Lancet Series: Improving road safety measures could save half a million lives every year worldwide

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—co-author Dr Junaid Razzak from Weill Cornell Medical Centre, USA and Aga Khan University College of Medicine, Pakistan. The findings reveal that although the death rates among 10-24 year olds declined by a third between 1990 and 2019 (from 17.5 a year between 2010 and 2019 compared to the fall of 2.4%

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