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Bazaars like the popular Geylang Serai bazaar have traditionally operated during the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan. - The Straits Times/ANN SINGAPORE, April 4 (The Straits Times/ANN): Singaporean Feroz Abdullah, 46, has been a fixture at the Geylang Serai Hari Raya bazaar for the past 30 years, mainly selling traditional Malay Muslim clothing. At 16, he ran his first bazaar stall with some help from his father. Now he is marketing his own brand, Glamour Muzika, which was launc...

When we think of autism, we tend to think of children. Yet autism does not simply disappear as you get older. Researchers in the autism lab at the...

University of Amsterdam Social psychological factors that explain science scepticism with regard to climate change and vaccinations also provide insights into mistrust surrounding COVID-19, according to social psychologists Bastiaan Rutjens (UvA), Sander van der Linden (University of Cambridge) and Romy van der Lee (VU University). They therefore mapped out research into these factors and identified lessons for COVID-19. ‘Political ideology and affiliation seem particularly relevant when tryi...

Share During the Onderwijsparade on Thursday, 4 March, the winners of the prestigious Teacher Awards were announced. Lotte Henrichs, lecturer at Educational Sciences and the Academic Teacher Training Primary Education (ALPO) has won the Outstanding Teacher Award 2021. Luciel van Vuuren, lecturer in Anatomy and Physiology at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine has been awarded Teacher Talent of the year 2021. The jury chose these lecturers for the way in which they connect the university with soc...

A microbiology Associate Professor who assigns students to harvest microorganisms from their own body and scores their ability to communicate complex...

University of Amsterdam The word populism is on everybody’s tongue these days, but do we all mean the same thing? What is the difference between left-wing and right-wing populism? Is populism good or bad for democracy? How are the populist parties in the Netherlands doing in the polls in the middle of this pandemic? These questions and more were put to our populism expert Matthijs Rooduijn. The word ‘populism’ is often bandied about, yet do we all mean the same thing? ‘Outside academic ...

Feb 14, 2021, 18:59 PM IST New Delhi: Roman, a young professional who was forced into a long-distance relationship due to the unprecedented circumstances posed by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, says the journey wasn’t easy for him. He, however, maintains that he is happy that this pandemic made him realise the worth of his partner and he is now planning a future with her. "Earlier we were living in the present moment. But during the past 10 months there was a lot of stress - both in my person...

A housemate cries out for help. Another being shut up while speaking of the need for a psychiatrist. Someone else whines about bad memories haunting them after stepping into the Bigg Boss house again. These are a few instances of the ongoing ...

Bigg Boss 14: Is The Show Degrading Your Mental Health? Know From The Experts Behavioural scientists compare life in the house to living in prison, adding that while the show itself promotes aggressive behaviour and normalisation of abuse, it also reflects perversion among viewers who savour such "humilitainment" February 11, 2021 Bigg Boss 14: Is The Show Injurious To Your Health? Find Out (Pic Credit: Instagram/rahulvaidyarkv, alygoni, rubinadilaik, rakhisawant2511, jasminbhasin2806) A housem...

Last year, political scientist Sarah de Lange, as a member of the Council for Public Administration, advised the Dutch parliament and government to lower...