Schools in Pakistan shut again after violating government-issues COVID-19 SOPs

Two months after Pakistan reopens schools, govt decides to shut down again till January 10

there was a proposal to extend the current academic session until August and organise various board examinations in May or June

Meet 6-year-old Arham Om Talsania, who has a Guinness Record as the world's youngest computer programmer

Arham created a Guinness World Record after clearing the Python programming language exam conducted by Microsoft. We find out more about the six-year-old

Educational institutions in Pakistan to remain open amid COVID

The decision was taken on Thursday following the Inter-Provincial Education Ministers Conference (IPEMC), helmed by federal Education Minister Shafqat Mahmood via video link

Why trigger a row now? : IIMC Director General over appointment of prof who called Gandhi the 'Father of Pakistan'

Anil Kumar Saumitra, the former Madhya Pradesh BJP IT Cell chief was suspended from the party after he called Mahatma Gandhi the 'Father of Pakistan'

Pakistan Education Ministers to decide about school closures

The Ministers are also likely to discuss other matters, including the dates for winter vacations and the commencement of the new academic year from April to August 2021, the sources added

On the trail of the Fishing Cat: Why there's plenty to learn from Tiasa Adhya's conservation project

Yay! So fishing cats are now in the limelight for all the right reasons. We talk to conservationist Tiasa Adhya who has been working for the creatures fora very long time, about what this news can do

Afghanistan declares national day of mourning after 22 students killed in terrorist attack in Kabul University

Outside Kabul University, a small group of demonstrators gathered demanding a cease-fire and urging the government to withdraw from the peace talks until a permanent end to hostilities is declared

Kiren Rijiju flags off 200 km long 'Fit India Walkathon' with ITBP

In this event, jawans and personnel of various central armed police forces (CAPFs) will participate and march for over 200 km

Indian, Pakistani women diagnosed with more aggressive breast cancer at a younger age: Study

The researchers, who are part of the Rutgers School of Public Health and Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, reviewed incidence data among Indian and Pakistani women between 1990 and 2014

First lesson taught in Pak schools: Hindus are 'kafirs', Jews enemies of Islam

Any student or teacher who tries to protest or express his opinion is accused of committing blasphemy. Last year, a Pakistani court sentenced a university lecturer to death for blasphemy

Pakistan opens all educational institutions, six months after closure due to COVID-19

Both private and public schools were opened under strict restrictions and were told by the authorities to follow the standard operating procedures to contain the spread of the contagious coronavirus

How Iyan Karthikeyan is using YouTube and hard research to take on India's fake news factories

Iyan Karthikeyan, who runs YouTurn, a YouTube channel through which he dispels fake news talks about the challenges this initiative throws at him

'Locals' treachery, betrayal led to 2014 Peshawar school massacre'

The Peshawar High Court had formed the single-member commission headed by Justice Mohammad Ibrahim Khan on October 12, 2018, on the orders of the Supreme Court

Malala Yousafzai warns 20 million girls may never return to school post COVID-19

According to a UN report released last month, the global coronavirus pandemic has created the largest disruption of education systems in history, affecting nearly 1.6 billion students