MAKKAH: Dr. Abdulrahman Al-Sudais, the president of the General Presidency for the Affairs of the Two Holy Mosques, on Wednesday received the Sudanese minister of culture and information, Hamzah Balloul, in Makkah. During the meeting, Al-Sudais highlighted the determination of the Saudi leadership to provide a safe environment and well-organized service system for worshippers
JEDDAH: Some of Saudi Arabia’s most talented students are taking part in one of the world’s biggest scientific competitions, the Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF 2021). Backed in the remotely held US-based competition by the King Abdul Aziz and his Companions Foundation for Giftedness and Creativity (Mawhiba), 30 Saudi students are competing alongside
Mansour bin Madi was recently appointed chief executive officer and deputy chairman of the board of the Real Estate Development Fund (REDF), following its transformation into an independent, financially sustainable organization, with capital totaling SR190 billion ($50 billion). Bin Madi is the chairman of the investment committee and a board member of the National Housing Co.
MF: Really, it s that specific like molecule, or?
CS: It s a specific molecule, we can smell one part per trillion. It s like we re bloodhounds for earth smell.
MF: I can t smell that much of anything else can I? I mean, that s pretty sensitive, right?
CS: Yeah, no one really knows why we re that sensitive to it. But other animals are too. And there are good reasons for that. Because the smell comes from a certain kind of a microbe that lives in the soil that has benefits to a lot of animals that are associated with the soil.
MF: So there s a lot going on in soil. So I m just going to ask is this geosmin just in real soil? Like what I think of as active soil, not a bunch of sand or gravel.
The Towns Mirror Special: With a spoonful of love
The Towns Mirror Special: With a spoonful of love
ByAnupama BijurAnupama Bijur / Updated: May 6, 2021, 07:11 IST
Cooke Town resident,
Andrea Cerilo, has been cooking single-handedly to send food to the sick and elderly, while also looking after her own family
It’s around 4.30 pm and Andrea Cerilo’s voice, laced with laughter, travels down the phone. There’s no sign that Cerilo has cooked a
full lunch for 15 families and sent it off to various destinations in Bengaluru. From Cooke Town, her neighbourhood, to Richmond Town and Banaswadi. “I’m just about to start prep for the night deliveries,” she says, and then adds that because of the lockdown she has no help. And she has to feed her own family of 5 children and her husband.