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The Aga Khan University (AKU), in partnership with the Government of Uganda and with technical support from the World Health Organisation (WHO), hosted a two-day summit on “Preparing Communities: Chronic Diseases in the Developing Regions of Africa and Asia”.

Princess Zahra Aga Khan speaking at the summit on Chronic Diseases, held 5-7 February 2009 in Kampala, [...]

Oracle Corporation, a software manufacturing company will start an online school level educational programme www.Think.Com by December this year to promote teaching of Information Technology in Pakistan.

The programme is aimed at providing the students an opportunity to improve their skills in IT and giving them a chance of pursuing their studies abroad.

The primary schools in [...]

Oracle Corporation, a software manufacturing company will start an online school level educational programme www.Think.Com by December this year to promote teaching of Information Technology in Pakistan.

The programme is aimed at providing the students an opportunity to improve their skills in IT and giving them a chance of pursuing their studies abroad.

The primary schools in [...]

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) will increase financial support to Tajikistan to promote alleviation of poverty and mitigation of effects of the global financial crisis, Mr. Axel Schimmelpfennig, the head of the IMF mission to Tajikistan, told reporters in Dushanbe on February 18, following a 13 day visit to the country.

According to Schimmelpfennig, the mission [...]

icrosoft Corp outlined plans to offset revenue declines as the PC market shifts to low-cost netbooks, but it failed to announce more cost cuts, sending its shares to an 11-year low.

Chief Executive Steve Ballmer told an analysts’ meeting in New York on Tuesday that Microsoft will offer robust versions of its yet-to-be-released Windows 7 operating [...]

Since 1945, when the first influenza vaccine became available in the United States, people have lined up to get their yearly dose of protection. Vaccines must be reformulated each year because of the virus’s ability to mutate, which is also the reason why people don’t develop long-term immunity after having the flu. But experts say [...]

Google has apologised for the outage that hit business and consumer users of its popular e-mail service.
The GMail service went offline at 0930 GMT and, Google claims, was unavailable to all for “approximately two and a half hours”.
But anecdotal evidence suggests it was out of action for many users for about four hours – one [...]

A 48-year-old woman has been admitted as a pupil to a junior school in China. Xie Zuojin, of Fengkou town, runs a pharmacy but said her illiteracy was making life difficult and losing her business. Staff in the admissions office at the town’s Second Elementary School were amazed when she turned up to register for [...]

Pakistan and China on Saturday signed various Memorandums of Understanding in trade and agriculture sectors.

The Memorandum of Understanding on trade is to attract investment in the services sector.

The agreement will enhance the capacity of service providers in the two countries and create new jobs in various sectors, including IT.

The agreement also envisages development of [...]