National
May 10, 2021
ISLAMABAD: In commemoration of 70 years of Pakistan-China diplomatic relations, the Pakistan-China Institute has organised a webinar titled Future leaders in shaping Pakistan-China relations .
The conference was arranged under the Friends of Silk Road initiative and the webinar was arranged to understand and facilitate bilateral youth exchanges under the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) as it enters its second phase.
This was the first-of-its-kind bilateral dialogue aimed at engaging the youth of both countries. An illustrious panel of eight speakers, including young parliamentary leaders, Senator Qurratul Ain Marri and Senator Dr Afnanullah Khan, participated in the webinar. The keynote speakers were divided into two sessions, which was moderated by Qianli Liu, Editor of Guancha, while opening remarks were given by Mustafa Hyder Sayed, Executive Director Pakistan China Institute.
Youth leaders see CPEC promoting Pak-China people to people ties
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan: In commemoration of 70 years of Pakistan-China diplomatic relations, the Pakistan-China Institute organized a webinar titled “Future leaders in shaping Pakistan-China relations”.
The conference was arranged under Friends of Silk Road initiative.
The webinar was arranged to understand and facilitate bilateral youth exchanges under the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) as it enters its second phase.
This was the first-of-its-kind bilateral dialogue aimed at engaging youth of both countries.
An illustrious panel of eight speakers including young parliamentary leaders Senator Qurratul Ain Marri and Senator Dr Afnanullah Khan participated in the Webinar.
Conference/Lecture from Nanyang Technological Univ. in Advocacy/Communications about Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding; from 19 May 2021 to 19 May 2021; registration until 18 May 2021
Using a phone to identify molecules
Researchers have put together a cheap device that could carry out sophisticated chemical analyses.
The relative sizes of the spectrometer (left) and phone (right).
Credit: Peter Rentzepis
With a few additions, commercial smartphones can be used as microscopes and medical monitors. But the humble phone may have more applications in scientific analysis. A group of US researchers has contributed compelling research to the growing potential for phones to carry out spectroscopy, which could allow them to identify individual chemicals in drugs, contaminants and pathogens.
Spectroscopy refers to a range of methods that identify molecules by shining different types of light on substances and seeing how it’s absorbed or reflected. Infrared spectroscopy, for example, uses infrared light and is useful for telling researchers about the bonds between atoms in a molecule.
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