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How Work Friction Spinning Machine
Feb 3rd
The friction spinning machine (Figure 1) operates on the basis of a principle of mechanical/aerodynamic spinning. Being an open-end spinning machine, it effects direct transformation of sliver into yarn and delivers, at high speed, very large packages.
A rotating carding cylinder (1) breaks up the sliver applying a high draft between More >
The intermediate card and epurator
Feb 3rd
Fig. 1 Pneumatic epurator
The purpose of the conveyor that transports the material from the breaker card to the intermediate card is precisely to feed the web to the second machine, by means of condensation on an endless tape doubled with other tapes, in such a way that the fibres are More >
Watchdog urges Welsh councils to ‘raise their games’ over schools’ performance
Feb 3rd
PRESSURE on Welsh councils to “raise their game” increased yesterday after criticism from the nation’s education watchdog.
Wales’ chief inspector Ann Keane said local authorities do not always have an accurate enough understanding of the performance of their schools.
Launching her annual report, Ms Keane said council officers do not track the More >
Free childcare ‘has limited impact on early education’
Feb 3rd
A £2bn a year programme to provide free childcare is failing to have a long-term impact on education standards, according to the spending watchdog.
The National Audit Office says Key Stage 1 results have not improved, despite billions of pounds spent on childcare. Photo: CORBIS
Officials said there had been “no improvement” More >
Wall Street Beat: Facebook Rides Wave of Tech, Internet IPOs
Feb 3rd
Facebook may end up being the biggest name on the IPO calendar this year, but it’s also part of a trend in which technology, and particularly Internet companies, are outpacing public offerings from businesses in other sectors. Tech companies could also help spark a comeback for public offerings in 2012, More >
VeriSign Hacked: What We Don’t Know Might Hurt Us
Feb 3rd
VeriSign – the company behind the root DNS servers that provide the foundation for the Web, and formerly the largest encryption certificate authority – has revealed that it was repeatedly hacked in 2010. Details are sparse thus far, but the revelation calls into question the security of the Internet itself.
Let’s More >
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Feb 3rd
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wikileaks news update
Feb 3rd
Concern over damage done by leaks
ISLAMABAD: The Defence Committee of the Cabinet decided on Friday to convey to the US authorities the government’s reservations over the disclosure of confidential and secret information by WikiLeaks, reliable sources said.
A meeting of the committee, presided over by Prime Minister Yousuf Raza More >
MD Taseer’s daughter launches his biography book
Feb 3rd
Lahore – Salma Mahmud launched her book ‘The Wings of Time’, a biography of her father Dr Muhammad Din Taseer, at the Royal Palm on Thursday. It narrates her journey of rediscovering her father, an eminent poet, critic, teacher and administrator. She is the oldest child of Dr Taseer, the More >
The best potential vaccination venue in Schools
Feb 3rd
Vaccination is considered to be the most cost-effective public health tool in preventing infectious diseases responsible for child mortality in developed and developing countries. Immunisation programmes have led to global eradication of smallpox, elimination of measles and poliomyelitis from certain regions of the world, and substantial reductions in morbidity and More >
Fata Students Federation (FSF) want schools rebuilt
Feb 3rd
PESHAWAR, Feb 2: The Fata Students Federation (FSF) has demanded of the government to rebuild all destroyed schools in the tribal areas and provide required facilities to educational institutions. If educational institutions were not reconstructed at earliest the new generation would be unable to make progress in future, FSF Khyber More >
Khyber Girls Medical College is organising an event on ‘World Cancer Day’
Feb 3rd
PESHAWAR, Feb 2: The Khyber Girls Medical College is organising an event on ‘World Cancer Day’ on Saturday to raise awareness about the use of tobacco and put brakes on the emergence of new cases.
The event also aims to invite attention of the government towards putting in place more facilities More >
Students hold demo activists of Islami Jamiat Talba (IJT)
Feb 3rd
PESHAWAR, Feb 2: The activists of Islami Jamiat Talba (IJT) on Thursday held a protest demonstration against the prolonged military operation and closure of markets due to curfew in the Khyber Agency and demanded early end to the operation.
They were holding banners and placards inscribed with their demands.
The demonstrators were More >
FAST National University is opening its fifth campus on Faisalabad-Chiniot Road
Feb 3rd
5th campus of FAST NU LAHORE, Feb 2: The FAST National University is opening its fifth campus on Faisalabad-Chiniot Road. University’s President Senator Wasim Sajjad will perform the groundbreaking ceremony on Saturday (tomorrow).
The Rs750 million project will complete in six months time and will cater to the educational needs of More >
A five-day feast for book fans 26th annual Lahore International Book Fair at Expo Centre
Feb 3rd
LAHORE, Feb 2: A five-day (Feb 3-7) 26th annual Lahore International Book Fair (LIBF) will open at Expo Centre, Johar Town, on Friday (today).
The event has been organised by the LIBF Trust and the Pakistan Publishers and Booksellers Association, says a press release.
The fair to be inaugurated by Chief Minister More >
inaugural ceremony of Business Express Business train at the Lahore railway station
Feb 3rd
LAHORE, Feb 2: A full-dress rehearsal of the inaugural ceremony of Business Express was conducted at the Lahore railway station on Thursday.
A good number of Pakistan Railways police personnel and commandoes were deployed all over the station, especially around the newly-established hall adjacent to platform No 1 that was checked More >
Punjab government has announced a public holiday Saturday (tomorrow) in connection with Eid-i-Milad
Feb 3rd
LAHORE, Feb 2: The Punjab government has announced a public holiday in the province on Saturday (tomorrow) in connection with Eid-i-Milad. The actual day is falling on Sunday.
The decision was taken at a meeting presided over by Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif for reviewing security arrangements on Eid-i-Milad.
The chief minister directed More >
One body should oversee health, education in capital Departments and divisions left within the federal capital particularly education and health
Feb 3rd
ISLAMABAD, Departments and divisions left within the federal capital particularly education and health after the devolution of the ministries should be brought under one administrative head.
National Assembly Standing Committee on Cabinet Secretariat, which met in the committee room of the Parliament House on Thursday with convener Malik Nawab Sher Waseer More >
Energy saving workshop organised Islamabad Model College for Girls
Feb 3rd
ISLAMABAD, Feb 2: The Usaid Power Distribution Program on Thursday organised a workshop for Islamabad Model College for Girls F-6/2 and Islamabad Model College for Girls F-7/2, on gender and effective energy saving habits at home and the workplace.
Female officers from Iesco delivered lectures to the students. Similar sessions have More >
Admissions to Sindh University distance learning begin Admissions in MA Economics, Sindhi, English, Urdu and Islamic Culture under Distance Education Programme for session 2012
Feb 3rd
HYDERABAD, Feb 2: Admissions in MA Economics, Sindhi, English, Urdu and Islamic Culture under the Distance Education Programme for session 2012 have begun at the Sindh University.
Interested candidates have been asked to collect admission forms from February 11, from the HBL Old Campus branch Hyderabad and submit these, latest by More >
Ajrak as school uniform: Minister hints at tabling bill in PA LARKANA,The Sindh Minister for Law,
Feb 3rd
LARKANA,The Sindh Minister for Law, Ayaz Soomro, has hinted at introducing a bill in Sindh Assembly soon for adoption of Ajrak as part of uniform in girls’ schools in the province.
Talking to journalists after inaugurating a computer centre in the central prison here on Thursday, he said introduction of Ajrak More >
Teachers vow to continue drive for reforms on University campuses
Feb 3rd
KARACHI, Teachers at a gathering held at Karachi University on Thursday warned the authorities that the movement launched at Sindh University, Jamshoro, was just a beginning and it would continue till the desperately needed structural reforms were made at all public sector universities in the province.
“Puppet vice chancellors” appointed through More >
Conference on “Role of Botanic Gardens in Conserving Natural Vegetation” begins at GCU
Feb 3rd
LAHORE: The third international conference on “Role of Botanic Gardens in Conserving Natural Vegetation” kicked off at the Government College University (GCU) on Thursday.
The conference is being held under the auspices of Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI), Higher Education Commission (HEC), Pakistan Horticulture Authority (PHA), World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and More >
Book Launch of ‘The Wings of Time’ by Salma Mahmud held at local club
Feb 3rd
LAHORE: The launch ceremony of a book titled ‘The wings of Time’ by Salma Mahmud was held at a local club on Thursday.
The book is an attempt by the author to rediscover her father, Dr MD Taseer, the eminent poet, critic, teacher and administrator. In the book, Salma describes More >
Registration begins in less than a week BISE Lahore Board yet to receive admission software
Feb 3rd
LAHORE: The computer section of the Lahore Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (BISE) has not received the software for online admission of Intermediate students with less than a week left in the start of online admission for Intermediate Examination 2012, Daily Times learnt on Thursday.
According to sources, the Punjab More >
Week-long ‘Cultural Week of Iran’ festival kicks off at National Art Gallery (NAG) PNCA
Feb 3rd
ISLAMABAD: Amidst colourful festivity to mark the 33rd year of Islamic Revolution in Iran, a weeklong ‘Cultural Week of Iran’ kicked off at National Art Gallery (NAG) of Pakistan National Council of the Arts (PNCA) here on Thursday.
Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting, Firdaus Ashiq Awan, was the chief More >
Confusion over primary grade-5 annual examination 2012 province under the Punjab Examination Commission (PEC)
Feb 3rd
PAPERS of Science and Islamiat/Ethics and Nazra Quran were held on Thursday in the ongoing grade-5 annual examination 2012 across the province under the Punjab Examination Commission (PEC).
There were reports of cheating at various examination centres and it is learnt the authorities also removed a Superintendent deputed at a More >
LCWU admissions for Post Graduate Diploma in Teaching announced LAHORE College for Women University
Feb 3rd
LAHORE College for Women University (LCWU) Lahore has announced admissions for Post Graduate Diploma in Teaching (PGDT), an evening programme offered by varsity’s Department of Education.
A spokesperson for LCWU said the Post Graduate Diploma in Teaching was designed keeping in view the recent National Education Policy statement and the More >
Doctors warn of resignations over Medical Teachers Association (MTA) Punjab and Allama Iqbal Medical College chapter AIMC suspensions
Feb 3rd
THE Medical Teachers Association (MTA) Punjab and its Allama Iqbal Medical College chapter demanded the Punjab government on Thursday reinstate all the 10 suspended officials, including members of the senior faculty of the Allama Iqbal Medical College/Jinnah Hospital, within two days; otherwise, around 280 senior doctors and professors would resign More >
Lahore High Court Notice to govt in plea against Punjab University vice- chancellor PU VC’s appointment
Feb 3rd
THE Lahore High Court on Thursday issued pre-admission notice for February 8 to the Punjab government and others on a petition, challenging reappointment of Prof Dr Mujahid Kamran as Punjab University vice- chancellor.
Justice Sheikh Ahmad Farooq issued notice on a plea filed by Prof Dr Yousaf Hayat, a contender for More >
