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’شامی ہتھیاروں کی ابتدائی تفصیلات کا جائزہ‘

کیمیائی ہتھیاروں کی نگرانی کے عالمی ادارے او پی سی ڈبلیو کا کہنا ہے کہ روس اور امریکہ کے تیار کردہ منصوبے کے تحت، شامی حکومت نے اپنے کیمیائی ہتھیاروں کی تفصیلات ادارے کو بھیجنا شروع کر دی ہیں۔ او پی سی ڈبلیو کا کہنا ہے کہ آئندہ چند روز میں وہ شام سے مزید تفصیلات آنے کی توقع ہے اور ادارے نے اتوار

Job market dynamics take sheen off MCA course

This may be a mighty fall for another most sought-after course. Or it may just be a temporary phase given that the decline in demand is attributed to the dynamics of the job market. Scores of seats of the Master in Computer Application (MCA) course are going vacant in many colleges of the

Google makes Quickoffice app free for Android and iOS

Google has made Quickoffice mobile app free for both Android and iOS users, following Apple's announcement to offer its iWork apps, Pages, Numbers and Keynote free to people who buy new iOS devices. The Quickoffice suite allows viewing, editing and creation of Word, Excel and PowerPoint docum

Nasa offers couch potatoes 'dream job' of sleeping for 70 days

  WASHINGTON: This must be a dream job for couch potatoes! NASA is willing to pay you over $5000 a month - and all you have to do is spend 70 days in bed. The 'Bed Rest Study' being conducted by the US space agency is designed to study the effects of prolonged exposure to micrograv

Google offers DTU student Rs 93 lakh package

NEW DELHI: It was the best campus placement in the history of Delhi Technological University and comes at a time when the economy is in gloom. A computer engineering student, Himanshu Jindal, received an offer of an annual package of Rs 93 lakh (US$ 1,15,000) plus 125 stock units from Google, US

’یو ٹیوب کھولنے کے لیے نئی قانون سازی ضروری‘

پیغمبرِ اسلام کے بارے میں قابلِ اعتراض فلم ’انوسنس آف مسلمز‘ کی جھلکیاں دکھانے پر دنیا کی مقبول ترین ویڈیو سٹریمنگ ویب سائٹ یو ٹیوب پر پاکستان میں عائد پابندی کو ایک برس مکمل ہو گیا ہے اور نگراں دور کی وزیر برائے انفارمیشن ٹیکنالوجی کا کہنا ہے کہ نئی قانون سازی کے بغیر اس پابندی کا خاتمہ ممکن نہیں ہ

IRCTC app for e-ticketing launched

Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) on Thursday launched a new application for Windows Phone and Windows 8 devices to facilitate the users with a new channel of booking e-tickets in addition to the existing portal. The new IRCTC app, developed in collaboration with Microso

Qatar Airways Recruitment Campaigns

September 2013 Source: careers.qatarairways.com Here is your ticket to a new career with the World’s Leading 5 Star Airline. We need people with passion for service delivery! If you have what it takes to deliver 5 star Service with a smile, then we would like to meet you. We have lots

Essential Certification For A Tech Career

Do you want to get into a tech career? Getting formally certified is an important career step in many skill-oriented industries, as employers almost always prefer candidates with established credentials to those who lack them. Across the board, many jobs become available when older, experienced

Govt. violates privacy safeguards to secretly monitor Internet traffic

Keyword-based monitoring can snoop in on emails, web-browsing, chat Amid fresh controversy following reports of the U.S.’s Prism programme targeting the Brazilian President, and the impending launch of the Indian government’s own Central Monitoring System (CMS) project, an investigation by Th

No Indian university figures in top 200 global list

LONDON: Not a single Indian university is among the world's top 200, according to a new global ranking. The QS World University Rankings published on Tuesday has miserable news for India's education system. Around 11 Indian institutes feature in the top 800 of the global list with the highest

Apple unveils iPhone 5C and 5S; low-budget 5C priced at massive Dh2,000 off contract

The wait is finally over. Apple has just announced the launch of its two new models the iPhone 5S – which it has termed as the most secure phone ever and the not so budget iPhone5C with a plastic build but yet priced at a massive $549 (Dh2,000) off contract. Apple CEO Tim Cook has just announc

Indian employers most optimistic on hiring

  MUMBAI: Finally, there is good news for Indian jobseekers as employers are expected to show a positive hiring intent in the upcoming quarter as compared to the last quarter. In effect, Indian employers are the most optimistic on hiring in the fourth quarter anywhere in the world, says

Apple launches iPhone 5S, cheaper 5C, eyes India and China

NEW DELHI: Apple has, for the first time, unveiled a cheaper smartphone, named the iPhone 5C. It has almost the same specifications as iPhone 5, which was launched as the company's flagship device last year, but in a plastic body. The iPhone 5C (with contract in the US) is cheaper than all ne

Navy's first satellite GSAT-7 now in space

ISRO’s first defence satellite GSAT-7/ INSAT-4F is expected to significantly improve India’s maritime security and intelligence gathering GSAT-7, the country's first advanced and full-fledged military communications satellite, was launched in the early hours of Friday from the Kourou space po

IGNOU launches website for students' services

NEW DELHI: The Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) has introduced websitebased students' services, an official statement said Friday. Information on admissions, re-registration details, status of re-admission, change of elective courses, address checking, credit transfer effected,

Govt likely to ban Yahoo, Gmail for official purposes

Soon, government employees may be banned from using e-mail services of Gmail and Yahoo for official communications. Instead, they would have to use only nic.in platform, sources in the Department of Electronics and Information Technology (DEITY) told Deccan Herald. Worried about cyber snoo

Samsung unveils Galaxy Note 3, Galaxy Gear smartwatch

NEW DELHI/BERLIN: Samsung on Wednesday launched Galaxy Note 3 and Galaxy Gear at IFA, a trade event in Berlin. Samsung said that both devices will go on sale in 149 countries by September 25. In India, both the devices are likely to be launched before end of September. No country-specific pricin