At the end of a four-year rollercoaster ride at a public university in Germany, I had finished writing my PhD thesis. The last missing piece of writing I had to add was the summary of my research work ...

WITH the rise of the English language as global lingua franca and with our educational system adopting English — at least partially, if not entirely — as medium of instruction, many raise the question ...

LAHORE: The Task Force on Austerity and Restructuring of the Government under Dr Ishrat Hussain in a recent meeting decided to merge the Urdu Science Board, Lahore and the Urdu Dictionary Board, ...

Dr. Abid Moiz, physician and scholar, argues that Urdu must move beyond poetry to embrace science and modern knowledge. His ...

Students from Stds III, V and VIII at Urdu medium schools in Maharashtra can now learn general science in Urdu through an e-learning material specially designed by a Pune-based animation college. The ...

Mohammad Aslam Parvaiz likes to describe a process that is a combination of four of his passions — botany, education, philosophy and religion. “The roots imbibe water and nutrients from the soil. The ...

Usually associated with sweet poetic expression of love and romance, Urdu is equally effective in communicating and popularising science, said Nakul Parashar, director of Vigyan Prasar, Department of ...

Dr Suraj Samtani and Dr Narjis Fatima share their research journeys. Credit: SBS Urdu Dr Suraj Samtani studies the causes of dementia after his great-grandfather's diagnosis, while the loss of her ...