Canada puts a cap on international students’ intake – World
Marc Miller TORONTO: Canada has announced a temporary cap on the country’s international students’ programme by placing a limit on the approval of study permits for the next two years. This cap, announced by Immigration Minister Marc Miller, will result in a 35 per cent reduction in the issuance of new student visas this year, […]
Army personnel to guard polling stations on Feb 8 – Pakistan
• Cabinet okays deployment of army and civil armed forces at ‘sensitive’ constituencies, polling stations• ECP’s letter to interior ministry mentions shortfall of 277,558 security officials• Minister Shahid Ashraf Tarar will head new committee formed to ensure smooth polls ISLAMABAD: The caretaker federal cabinet on Tuesday approved deployment of troops and civil armed forces personnel […]
ECP plans test run of result transmission system – Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: With only 16 days left in the general elections, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has decided to conduct a mock test of its system to transmit and tabulate results. The ECP has written to all four provincial election commissioners and issued SOPs and guidelines regarding the mock exercise for the Election Management System […]
Race to find dozens trapped as China landslide toll rises to 31 – World
BEIJING: Rescuers raced on Tuesday to find dozens of people still trapped after a landslide struck a remote and mountainous part of southwestern China, as the death toll rises to 31. The pre-dawn landslide buried 18 homes and sparked the evacuation of more than 200 people when it struck in Zhenxiong County, Yunnan province in […]
Nawaz’s ‘politics of revenge’ harmful for country: Bilawal – Pakistan
CHINIOT: Continuing his verbal onslaught against the PML-N supreme leader ahead of elections, PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari warned that Nawaz Sharif’s politics of revenge would badly harm the country and its economy if he is voted to power again. Addressing an election rally at a hockey stadium in Satellite Town here on Tuesday, he said […]
AI rise will lead to increase in cyberattacks, GCHQ warns
LONDON: The rapid development of novel Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools will lead to an increase in cyberattacks and lower the barrier of entry for less sophisticated hackers to do digital harm, Britain’s GCHQ spy agency warned on Wednesday. That lower entry barrier will also likely contribute to the global rise in ransomware attacks, whereby criminals […]
Shehbaz vows to fulfil past promises
AHMED PUR EAST: Former premier and PML-N President Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday vowed to serve the masses if voted to power in the Feb 8 general elections, saying they would elevate Ahmedpur East to the status of a district, create a network of schools as well as roads, and fulfil all the promises made to […]