Addresses The India-Rwanda Business Forum Kigali (PIB-GR-TYP-BIN): The Vice President of India, Mr. M. Hamid Ansari has said that India-Rwanda Innovation Growth Program is being launched to expand ties in Science, Technology and Innovation, and the program aims at creating an ecosystem wherein Indian innovations and technology enterprises will thrive and encourage business ventures from […]
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Lauren Hill’s 2017 Cruise For The Cure To Take Place at Coney Island In Cincinnati, Ohio
Lauren Hill’s Cruise for the Cure is scheduled to take place on May 20, 2017. The charity event will benefit Lauren’s Fight for Cure, an organization working to find a cure for a rare childhood cancer called diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG). Lauren Hill will forever be remembered as a hero who faced death with dignity and […]
The improved condition of the ‘witch boy’ is a hope towards humanity
Not more than an year ago, Danish human right activist Anja Ringgren Lovén and her husband started a mission to rescue thousands of children branded of being a witch. The poster boy of the cause, whom Loven now calls ‘Hope’ was visibly fragile. Starving for weeks, the child was probably on the verge of being […]
Diluted Ammonia: The Largest Russian Chemical Plant Stolen from Workers
In December the Ukrainian pipeline stopped pumping ammonia for Togliattiazot. Being unable to agree on a price the parties got entangled in legal disputes, with ToAZ claiming $11 million in damages and threatening to switch to rail transit if the matter is not resolved. Late in 2016 numerous outlets reported that ammonia manufactured by the […]
Alvaro Sobrinho’s Vision for Science & Technology in Africa
Over the past few years, many important figures have turned their attention towards raising Africa’s standing within the scientific community, and one of the most notable has been businessman and philanthropist, Alvaro Sobrinho, who is the Chairman and co-founder of the Planet Earth Institute. Created in 2009, with accreditation from the United Nations Environment Programme, […]
Top African Female Scientists Receive $20,000 Award
The top five female scientists in Africa were awarded $20,000 each by the African Union (AU) for their contribution in 2016. The women received the award in Addis Ababa, the Ethiopian capital, earlier in the week. Winners of the award were pooled from all regions of Africa, with the exception of Central Africa. Two recipients […]