BOSTON: Pakistani-American astrophysicist Nergis Mavalvala, known for her role in the first observation of gravitational waves, been named the new dean of the prestigious Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s School of Science effective 1st September. She will succeed Michael Sipser, who ...
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan was unanimously elected as president of the Economic and Social Council (Ecosoc) of the United Nations for sixth time, according to a message received here on Thursday. Ecosoc is one of the six principal organs of the UN, responsible ...
Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI), a leading US non-proliferation watchdog, has ranked Pakistan as the most improved in security of those countries holding nuclear materials, improving its overall score by seven points. “Pakistan’s improvements in the Security and Control Measures category are ...
China on Sunday donated as many as 20,000 surgical masks to the Karachi commissioner to help in its fight against the coronavirus pandemic, which has so far infected 112,118 people in Sindh as per the government statistics. The medical assistance, which ...
Pakistan-born scientist Asifa Akhtar has become the first international female vice president of the biology and medicine section at Germany’s prestigious Max Planck Society. The Max Planck Society is Germany’s most successful research organisation. Since its establishment in 1948, no fewer ...
