DARK SECRETS: 29 - The Real Truth

Life without Iranian activist Mohammadi ‘constant struggle’, says family

Narges Mohammadi, who won peace prize for her activism against oppression of women in Iran, is in prison in Tehran

The Guardian - UK · Dec 6, 2023

The UK city voted prettier than Venice by mathematicians

Chester is ranked ‘prettiest city in the world’ by study due to high percentage of buildings adhering to golden ratio

The Independent UK · Dec 5, 2023

After COVID break, Centre approves fourth phase roll-out of GIAN scheme

Govt. to restart GIAN, PM Modi's pet project to bring foreign experts to teach in Indian universities. Since 2015-16, 1,612 foreign faculty members have visited from 59 countries, delivering 1,772 courses. IITs, NITs, State universities, IIITs, IISCs, IISERs, etc. have benefited, with 72,000 students directly impacted. MoE now insisting on…

The Hindu · Dec 2, 2023

Dr Chelsea Polis: ‘The scientific world recognises when you stick your neck out and do the right thing’

The US reproductive health expert on being sued for $1m, and winning a top prize for her fight for free speech in the public interest

The Guardian - UK · Nov 26, 2023

Top scientist who called Sunak Dr Death says government made same Covid mistake three times

Boris Johnson should have imposed first national lockdown two weeks earlier, says chief scientific adviser

The Independent UK · Nov 23, 2023

'No consultation' with top scientists over Eat Out to Help Out, inquiry hears

The country’s top scientists were never informed about the Eat Out to Help Out scheme, despite Boris Johnson saying they were consulted, the UK…

The National (Scotland) · Nov 22, 2023

KL Deemed to be University to organise 13th convocation on November 25

President of Italy-based The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) Quarraisha Abdool Karim will be the chief guest at the 13th convocation of the Koneru Lakshmaiah Education Foundation (Deemed to be University), scheduled to be held on November 25. At a press conference on November 21 (Tuesday), university Vice-Chancellor G. Partha…

The Hindu · Nov 21, 2023

A reluctant librarian who became India’s father of library science

A reluctant librarian who became India’s father of library science

The Hindu · Nov 21, 2023

Meet the Langlands Program, the world’s biggest maths project | Explained

The Langlands Program seeks to find connections between number theory and harmonic analysis by connecting Galois groups to automorphic functions. The predictions created as a result of work on the Program have helped mathematicians create new functions from existing ones, and even find signs of electromagnetism in number theory. The…

The Hindu · Nov 20, 2023

Sunak suggested ‘handling the scientists’ and not virus, Covid probe is told

The Covid-19 Inquiry heard from former chief scientific adviser Sir Patrick Vallance.

The Independent UK · Nov 20, 2023