A new study examining nearly 47,000 births across four Pakistani cities has found that extreme heat during pregnancy has little to no significant connection with premature births, challenging assumptions drawn from earlier international research. Read More: UN agencies say one in 10 babies born prematurely in 2022 The study, led by researchers Dr Shaper Mirza of […]
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Pakistan unveils national big data portal and quantum valley to power digital future
Pakistan took a major leap in digital transformation as Federal Minister Ahsan Iqbal officially launched the National Big Data Portal on Thursday. Developed by LUMS and backed by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS), the platform will offer centralized access to public data for researchers, entrepreneurs, policymakers, and citizens. It includes geo-tagged data from over […]
Drug Abuse: Unstated Challenge to the Progress of Pakistan
The rate of drug use in Pakistan is exponentially increasing. According to a UN report on drugs by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) in 2013, almost 7.6 million people in Pakistan are into drugs. After 2013, no concrete data has been collected to determine the scope of drug abuse in Pakistan. […]
Facebook opens Innovation Lab in Pakistan at LUMS
Facebook and Pakistan’s Ministry of Information Technology & Telecom along with the National Technology Fund (IGNITE) launched the first Facebook Innovation Lab in Pakistan at a ceremony attended by policy makers and technocrats on Wednesday (3 April 2019). Located in the National Incubation Center (NIC) at the Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS), the Innovation […]
LUMS, KP govt partners for youth education programme
LAHORE: The Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) School of Education (SOE) and the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) government has announced a partnership for education and entrepreneurship. The announcement was made during an event held at the Chief Minister House, Peshawar on Tuesday. A service level agreement was signed between LUMS and the KP government between […]