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The World Health Organization is to set up a $100m contingency fund following the Ebola outbreak, its director-general announced.
Speaking in Geneva, Margaret Chan said the WHO had been…
Electronic prescriptions will replace the handwritten ones, famous for their illegibility. The pilot plan was successfully implemented in Paveh, Saveh, and Jahrom, and “three more cities…
Social restrictions will be set for illiterate people between 10-49 years of age who refuse to acquire literacy, says Ali Bagherzadeh, deputy minister of education and head of the Literacy…
The 1st international and 9th national Biotechnology Congress with experts from Iran and outside will be held from May 24-26 in Tehran at Shahid Beheshti University International Conferences…
Currently, 5.7 million graduates “have no role whatsoever in economic production.” The latest figures show that unemployment of graduates is 18.9 percent; 12.9% of male graduates and 31.3%…
The Iranian National Commission for UNESCO and the deputy of Science and Technology signed a memorandum of understanding in the area of science, technology, and innovation. Secretary General of…
More school transportation vehicles will be equipped with GPS (Global Positioning System) for smart vehicle tracking in the current Iranian calendar year (started March 21) as well as an SMS-based…
In a series of studies on gasoline compounds and additives, an Iranian research team led by Farhad Ahmadi discovered a substance in gasoline that is accountable for 50% of cancer incidence in Iran…
All precautionary measures and strategic provisions are in place to avoid traffic jams on the Niayesh- Sadr roadway.
The Law Enforcement Force is taking initiative to implement complementary projects to make conscription “more pleasant for draftees,” said a senior police official Brigadier Mohammad Javadzadeh…
The government is drafting legislation to provide sustainable means of revenue for municipal bodies.
Traffic lights across the country will be upgraded with a fourth mode supplementing the existing three modes of red, green, and orange, said Mehdi Yadi Hamedani, director general of Supreme…
Knowledge-based companies at a one-day exhibition displayed their latest innovative products in different fields of medicine, environment and bio-technology at the Isfahan…
Insurance companies Moallem, Iran and Atieh Sazan are negotiating terms of a contract for the teachers ‘Golden Insurance’ plan.
Iran’s traditional medicine will be presented on the World Health Organization (WHO) website, said Dr. Mahmoud Khodadoust, director of traditional medicine at the health ministry. Earlier this…
The first medical waste incinerator will be established on the outskirts of Tehran, said Mojtaba Abdollahi, deputy for urban services at Tehran Municipality. “The municipality will finance 50% of…
Relocating Iran’s capital which was first proposed in 1985 - on Tehran’s 200th founding anniversary - is wishful thinking in the absence of empirical investigations, says urban sociologist Zahra…
The average per capita annual consumption of cut-flowers is 100 in the world, while the figure is 10 in Iran, said Mohammad Mokhtari, managing director of Tehran Municipality’s Parks and Green…
The first phase of an electrode design for Deep Brain Stimulations (DBS) in rat models has shown promising results in controlling motor symptoms of Parkinson’s disease.
An alliance of Asian-American groups on Friday filed a federal complaint against Harvard University, saying that Harvard and other Ivy League institutions are using racial quotas to admit students…
The 18th Iran International Health Exhibition is underway at the Tehran International Permanent Fairgrounds. Majlis vice-president Hassan Aboutorabi Fard and MPs from the Majlis Health and…
The government is holding talks to admit more students from different countries, says minister of science, research and technology, Dr.
The exhibition of Population Dynamism, Eloquence, and Youth will be held in 113 cities and 58 universities of medical sciences across the country, said Dr. Mohammad Eslami, deputy head of…
In line with provincial officials’ commitment to restoring the historical texture of Yazd Province, restorative work on the historical Amir-al-Mo’menin Mosque and bathhouse of Zarch has begun,…
