China has launched a new visa category called the K-visa to attract young science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) graduates, positioning itself as a welcoming destination while the United States tightens immigration policies. The move comes as Washington recently announced a steep $100,000 annual fee for H-1B visas, which are widely used by American tech […]
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VC Inaugurates Textile Engineering Labs
Dr. Syed Mansoor Sarwar, VC UET, Lahore has inaugurated Textile Computer Lab. The lab is sponsored by the textile industry with major contribution coming from Interloop, the largest hosiery exporter in the country. The computers in the lab are equipped with state-of-the-art textile related software including Gerber (Garments, pattern making & 2D apparel designing), Chemdraw […]
In Iraq, academics restock Mosul’s barren bookshelves
Watheq Mahmud is pursuing an advanced engineering degree but the textbooks he needs are often missing in his native Mosul, the Iraqi city where jihadists burned volumes and destroyed libraries. To track down the books, he has had to travel 400 kilometres (250 miles) south to Baghdad, and even a further 600 kilometres to Basra. […]