Science and Technology

SACLAY: The United States and the European Union announced on Monday a joint effort to boost microchip manufacturing and tackle Russian disinformation around the war in Ukraine. The two sides met outside Paris as part of the Trade and Technology Council (TTC), a forum created last year aimed largely at …

BEIJING, May 15 : Pakistan can take an initiative to manufacture low cost solar panels locally in the Special Economic Zones (SEZs) built under China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) framework. According to a renewable energy expert and consultant in Pakistan, China is the leader in solar technology right now. Pakistan …

Two students of the Pak-Turk Maarif International Schools and Colleges have won a top award at an international science event in the US. Talia Kulsoom and Umm-e-Kulsoom, 12th-grade students at the Gulshan-e-Iqbal Girls’ Campus in Karachi, took the first position in the Physical Science category at the 2022 Regeneron International …

London- Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah Khan has the next elections will not take place through electronic voting machines (EVMs), but measures will be taken to give representation to overseas Pakistanis. “We will abolish EVMs idea,” he said while speaking to Pakistani media here after holding talks with PMLN supremo Nawaz …

KARACHI, May 13 : Chief Minister Sindh Syed Murad Ali Shah said, Karachi, a economic hub of the country and for that reason his government would not allow terrorists, anti-state and anti-social elements to destroy peace in the city which was achieved by giving a heavy price. This he said …

ISLAMABAD, May 13 : The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Friday extended its stay against the notification, bounding TV channels to submit five percent amount of their income as annual tax. Chief Justice Athar Minallah heard the case filed by Pakistan Broadcasters Assoaciation (PBA) against the aforesaid order. The PBA …

Islamabad= Federal Investigation Agency’s (FIA) cybercrime wing has arrested an alleged worker of PTI for uploading fake images of PML-N Vice President Maryam Nawaz on social media. According to the FIR, the suspect, Fayyaz ud Din, son of Ishraq ud Din, who is a resident of Sabz Ali Town Warsak …

The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulation Authority on Monday issued directives for and warned private electronic media from airing content against the armed forces and judiciary. “It has been observed that a few satellite TV channels are airing content which tantamounts to casting aspersions against state institutions i.e. armed forces and …

ISLAMABAD, May 09 : Federal Minister for Information Technology and Telecommunication Syed Amin-Ul-Haque on Monday said that 272 start-ups have graduated from Ignite’s National Incubation centre with a total investment commitment of Rs. 8 billion and cumulative revenue of Rs. 3 billion, these nascent companies have created more than thousand …

“The risk that companies in the financial sector will fall victim to cyberattacks is very big and very present,” BaFin president says BaFin president Mark Branson. — Bafin official website FRANKFURT: Germany’s financial regulator BaFin warned Tuesday of the “very big” risk of cyberattacks targeting the financial sector, a threat …