KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia declared a state of emergency on Tuesday to try to rein in coronavirus infections and suspended parliament in a move.
IIU clinches research and development grant
Islamabad
January 7, 2021
Islamabad : The team of International Islamic University (IIU) has brought an honor to the International Islamic University (IIU) by winning yet another international Research and Development (R&D) grant from HEC and British Council.
Dr. Imran Murtaza, Prof. Dr. Ahmed Shuja and Centre for Advanced Electronics and Photovoltaic Engineering (CAEPE) won the grant.
The project aimed to engineer the Energy harvesters and develop the self-charging power packs with the potential to revolutionize wearable technology and electric cars.
This new technology is well-aligned with the energy priority area of both Pakistan and the UK, and will enable to enhance and improve the performance of current technology such as health, environment and food quality monitoring, smart cities and buildings, transportation, sport activities, space expeditions and military devices.
New US law for more higher education scholarships for women
More Pakistani women are poised to gain access to higher education through scholarships funded by the United States after the US Senate on 1 January adopted an act requiring the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to include at least 50% women in its Merit and Needs-based Scholarship Program.
The programme is being implemented in Pakistan in collaboration with 30 local universities and the Higher Education Commission (HEC).
After the Senate vote, the Malala Yousafzai Scholarship Act is expected to be signed by US President Donald Trump before he leaves office this month. It was passed by the House of Representatives in March last year.
06 Jan 2021 / 08:25 H. Tow months is enough to identity the major side effects of the vaccines.
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 5: “If the COVID-19 virus mutates, God willing, the vaccine designed by scientists will still be effective,“ says an expert on whether it is necessary to create a new vaccine if the virus mutates.
Consultant Pediatrician at KPJ Damansara Specialist Hospital Dr Musa Mohd Nordin said this is because the human body itself was ‘intelligent’, as it not only released antibodies to kill a virus, but also produced antibodies that had immunological memory.
He said, even if a person’s antibody level decreased, the human body had memory cells that could produce new antibodies when attacked by a virus.