Stifled potential: how Pakistani academia fails researchers
by Z.A Zulfi A fellow researcher in a university once shared a striking anecdote. During a conversation, he jokingly rebuked
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Science & Technology
Empowering Diamer youth: bridging the digital divide
Arshad initiated the groundbreaking “Digital Diamer” project. This ambitious initiative aims to empower local youth through comprehensive training in marketing and web development.
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Wani unhappy over ‘sick schemes’ in Diamer
seminar on “Learning the Art of Freelancing” and certificate distribution ceremony here on Monday, the CS said that the progress and prosperity of Diamer depended on acquiring modern education, the art of freelancing and information technology skills.
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The dangerous populist science of Harari
The best-selling author is a gifted storyteller and popular speaker. But he sacrifices science for sensationalism, and his work is riddled with errors.
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The new media conundrum
Social media has profoundly damaged society. If I wrote those words a decade ago, few people would have agreed, but
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China lands spacecraft on Mars
China’s space programme took a major leap on Saturday (May 15) when an unmanned spacecraft, Zhurong rover, successfully landed on the surface of Mars, Chinese state news agency Xinhua reported, marking the country’s first landing on another planet and the second space-faring nation after the US to land on the red planet.
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A nerve-racking ordeal
Gilgit-Baltistan students are struggling to remain connected with the digital world By Ramish Khan There seems to be no one
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Yak herding is vanishing in Upper Mustang. So are the yaks.
Amid geopolitical concerns, a changing climate and the increasing intrusion of the modern world, young nomads are abandoning their traditional
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Students demand better telecom service for GB
The people of Gilgit-Baltistan are unable to cope with the situation due to degraded 4G often termed as Long Term Evolution (LTE) and fixed broadband internet services provided by SCO.
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Internet woes: media highlights GB students’ movement
Youngsters start #Internet4GilgitBaltistan campaign; pictures of students sitting on mountaintops with books and laptops highlight the issue, reports Gulf News
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SCO’s Internet service: facts and fallacies
Students, political and civil society activists march in Yasin main bazaar against non-availability of internet service in Yasin Valley last
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Pakistan’s great digital divide
A new reliance on virtual life in the COVID-19 era has laid bare the lack of internet access for much
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Native Americans shut down pipeline
There is a lesson for the people of Gilgit-Baltistan to learn in the remarkable victory of a native American tribe
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Will border disputes in Himalayas affect climate research?
Scientists hope recent border clashes and the pandemic will not derail the limited progress made on research cooperation over the
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MMD voices concern at lack of internet access to students
Herald Report Islamabad: A digital rights watchdog has expressed concern at the difficulties being faced by students in attending online classes
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