Camerounian gender activist re-elected as IPU Secretary General
A staunch gender-equality advocate, Martin Chungong, was re-elected as Secretary General of the Inter-Parliamentary Union at the 143rd IPU Assembly in Spain. Abdulsalam MAHMUD reports.
How parliamentarians can finance SDGs through budgeting
Published by IPU, ‘Guidelines for parliamentarians on budgeting for the SDGs’, will enable parliamentarians to clearly understand issues relating to budgeting, monitoring and policy choices for SDGs.
Moldovan scientists honoured for their research breakthroughs in 2021
Some researchers, Moldovan scientists and members of the Academy of Sciences of Moldova have received various awards for their groundbreaking research works in 2021, reports Abdulsalam MAHMUD.
When Czech women served as meteorologists in 2nd World War
In the British Army Auxiliary Corps, Czechoslovakian women served not only as cooks or office workers, but also as meteorologists, armorers and convoy commanders during World War II.
‘2021 Global Risks Perceptions Report’ released
The ‘Global Risks Perceptions Report 2021′, recently launched, reveals the findings of the second annual survey of scientists’ perceptions of 35 global risks.
Czech scientist recreates perfumes used in ‘Cleopatra days’
Together with a team of historians, Egyptologists, philologists and organic chemists, a Czech scientist, wants to reconstruct the process of preparing ancient Greco-Egyptian perfumes.
20 female researchers get ‘IFS Women in Science workshop’ grants
About 20 women from 14 different African and Asian countries participated in the recently-held ‘IFS Women in Science workshop’ for 2021 grantees.
Scientists invent device which detects COVID by exhalation
HEALTHMONITOR, a compact device that diagnoses the presence of coronavirus in humans through exhalation, has been developed by a group of scientists.
Dutch institutions sign pact on using animals for research
Des 15 organisations involved in animal testing in Netherlands have signed an agreement, pledging commitment to openly communicate how animals are used in research.
“Denying science in 21st century unacceptable”–Davidovich
Luiz Davidovich, as President, Brazilian Academy of Sciences, is ‘doggedly’ championing the cause of scientists in Brazil, while asking authorities to prioritize science, technology and innovation, in the country.
