The Council for the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings sent out the letters of acceptance to 580 young scientists from 88 countries today. From 30 June to 5 July 2019, the young scientists will come together with 42 Nobel Laureates in Lindau, Germany. This year’s 69th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting is …
أكمل القراءة »Organised by ISOC ISB: Regional Forum on Digital Accessibility
Internet Society Pakistan Islamabad Chapter (ISOC ISB) organized day long ‘Regional Forum on Digital Accessibility’ in Islamabad. The forum provided the opportunity to discuss the local policies as well as best practices for removing barriers to digital accessibility for Persons With Disabilities (PWDs) in South Asia. The forum also featured …
أكمل القراءة »Water and Violence in YEMEN
Global High Level Panel on Water and Peace called for protection of water resources and infrastructure from violent conflicts and terrorist acts. In this volume, we examine the issue of protecting water in Yemen. WATER SECURITY IN YEMEN The conflict in Yemen, between the Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi Government supported by …
أكمل القراءة »Will Rivers of Peace Flow in the Middle East?
By Sundeep Waslekar The final phase of the conflict in Syria will be about the control of the Euphrates. The territory on theEastern side of the river is under the effective command of YPG, the Kurdish armed group antithetical to Turkey. The territory on the Western bank is governed by …
أكمل القراءة »Paperless business trade future and benefits.
With technology, the traditional paper based banking is about to completely disappear and becoming with time paperless transactional handled. Internet banking for example made it easier for business to handle transactions, using ATMs was a revolution, mobile banking etc.. but how would this continue with the advance tech? what is …
أكمل القراءة »Falling Walls Young Innovators of the Year 2018 – These are the winners
Falling Walls Young Innovators of the Year 2018: Prevention of surgical mistakes, Braille-reader-gloves and nano-fiber filters. These are the winning ideas at this year’s Falling Walls Lab Finale. Berlin, 9 November 2018. Yesterday at the Falling Walls Lab Finale in Berlin,100 participants from 57 countries presented their current research projects, ideas and …
أكمل القراءة »Mental health in Yemen: Save the Children speaks with children that survived school bus attack
“I feel my friend’s pain and my pain. I don’t feel anything else” 12-year-old Yemeni boy in severe distress following deadly school bus attack in Saada A generation of children in need of mental health support to avert lifelong psychological damage, warns Save the Children Sanaa, 15 October – …
أكمل القراءة »New Management of Blue Peace in the Middle East
Strategic Foresight Group (SFG) announced the creation of a new mechanism for regional cooperation on water resources in the Middle East to be fully owned and driven by experts in the region, building on the decade long Blue Peace Initiative. Leading water experts from the Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey have …
أكمل القراءة »World Water Week opens in Stockholm with a call for more nature-based solutions
Stockholm Poor water management and stressed ecosystems cause poverty and violent conflicts. To avoid a global water crisis, more nature-based solutions are urgently needed. These were key themes during the inauguration of World Water Week 2018, which has brought world leaders, water experts, development professionals and business representatives …
أكمل القراءة »Yemen organizes first training to empower the scientific press
Omar AL-Hayani, a science journalist from Yemen and a board member of the Arab Science Journalists Association (ASJA), reports on a three-day training project that was launched this April for 125 journalists covering environmental issues, climate change and the future of renewable energy “Training workshops on the scientific press and …
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