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(Credit: Unsplash) This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Victoria Masterson, Senior Writer, Formative Content • Panamanian women, like women around the world, have been disproportionately affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. • Panama was one of the first countries to partner with the Equal Pay International Coalition. • Now the government continues to introduce further measures to build women’s participation in the workforce. The struggle for the overall equality and economic empowerment of women has pe...

Healing properties of the stinky durian’s thorns Adrian Wilson 1st April 2021 Food scientists from Nanyang Technological University in Singapore (NTU Singapore) have made an antibacterial gel bandage using the discarded husks of the popular durian tropical fruit. Known as the King of Fruits in Southeast Asia, but with a highly pungent odour many find distasteful – it has been banned on public transport in certain regions – the durian has a thick husk with spiky thorns. The husk is discarded, while the sweet flesh surrounding the seeds on the inside is considered a delicacy. By extractin...

BITS Pilani Dubai unveils AED5m student scholarships DUBAI, March 8, 2021 BITS Pilani Dubai, UAE’s premier engineering institute, has announced merit scholarships worth AED5 million ($1.36 million) for candidates enrolling in the institute’s various programmes for the academic year 2021-2022.   The institute is the branch of the internationally reputed Birla Institute of Technology & Science (BITS), Pilani, India, and the largest institution exclusively offering engineering programmes in Dubai International Academic City, one of the largest education hub in the MENA region. BITS Pilan...

Dubai institute unveils Dh5 million student scholarship programmes Nandini Sircar/Dubai AP file photo used to illustrative purpose Move aims to help and encourage students to finance their educational expenses BITS Pilani has announced new merit scholarships worth Dh5 million for candidates enrolling in the institute’s various programmes for the academic year 2021-22. The institute is the branch of Birla Institute of Technology & Science (BITS), Pilani, India. It is the largest institution exclusively offering engineering programmes in Dubai International Academic City, which is one of the ...

Cool innovation: Singapore firm and academics create probiotic ice cubes Singapore ice supplier Uni-Tat Ice & Marketing has launched a probiotic ice cube product in several supermarkets across the island-state. Made from filtered water, each ice cube weighing 26g contains Bifidobacterium lactis ​at a CFU count of 2.8bn. The innovation is a result of its collaboration with Nanyang Technological University (NTU) via a project partially funded by government agency Enterprise Singapore. Speaking to NutraIngredients-Asia, ​Andy Goh, general manager at Uni-Tat Ice...