PMC cancels MDCAT 2020

The MDCAT 2020 examinations have been cancelled as the Sindh High Court (SHC) barred Pakistan Medical Commission (PMC) from holding an entry test for medical colleges on November 15 after the Centre and provinces developed differences over the matter. The Pakistan Medical Commission’s (PMC) constitution has come under fire from a leading association of Pakistani […]

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Hackers steal Swiss university salaries

s yet unidentifed hackers have managed to steal employee salary payments at several Swiss universities, officials said Sunday. “According to our information, several top schools in Switzerland have been affected,” Martina Weiss, director general of the rectors group of Switzerland’s public universities, told AFP. The hackers used information obtained by phishing — tricking a person into passing on their personal details […]

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New York closes schools in virus-hit areas over second wave fears

New York will temporarily close schools in nine neighborhoods experiencing an uptick in coronavirus infections, Governor Andrew Cuomo announced Monday, highlighting the difficulty of keeping children in classrooms during the pandemic. The public and private schools are in areas of Brooklyn and Queens, where the rate of positive cases has been above the three percent threshold for more than seven […]

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Minister Mahmood Warns of Educational Institution Closures

Federal Minister for Education Shafqat Mahmood on Tuesday warned of closing down educational institutions which will be found violating standard operating procedures (SOPs) designated to prevent the spread of coronavirus.Talking to media persons in Islamabad, the minister said that the reopening of educational institutions was not an easy decision. The safety and wellbeing of students […]

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