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Underground art space, trampolines, and comics provide a comfortable indoor environment.
The Songeun Art Space is located in a building designed by the renowned Swiss architecture firm Herzog & de Meuron in the affluent Cheongdam-dong district of southern Seoul. Upon its opening in 2021, the building that houses Songeun Art and Cultural Foundation will provide visitors with the o...
The UAE Big Heart Foundation has donated approximately Dh31 million to 12 different nations
The Big Heart Foundation (TBHF), a UAE-based humanitarian organisation, has offered help worth more than Dh31 million via its various initiatives in 2021, touching the lives of over 590,000 individuals in 12 countries affected by conflict, natural catastrophes, and the continuing global health cr...
African medicines regulators benefit hugely with more than 100 million euros from Team Europe and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
The European Union, including the European Commission, the European Medicines Agency, and the EU Member States Belgium, France, and Germany, as well as the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, will mobilise over 100 million euros within next five years to maintain the newly created African M...
Johnson & Johnson’s HIV vaccine fails trials
Highlights
- The HIV vaccine has failed its trials done in Africa
- The HIV is an unique and much more complex virus as it uses the host’s machinery for replication
On Tuesday, Johnson & Johnson said, its experimental vaccine h...
INDIAN GOVERNMENT PLANNING TO EXPAND RESEARCH-ORIENTED HIGHER EDUCATION
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- Indian government is planning major changes to education policy.
- Steps are being taken to expand research-oriented higher education.
- The goal of new steps is to build a knowledge based economy.
National Educatio...
EX-HEAD OF SAMSUNG GROUP LIKELY TO BE DISMISSED FROM WELFARE FOUNDATION
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- Ex-head of Samsung Group likely to be dismissed from welfare foundation.
- Lee Jae Yong has been sentenced to 2 ½ years of prison for a high-profile bribery case.
- The company’s public welfare foundation is like...
SIX DEAD, TWELVE HOSPITALIZED IN LIQUID NITROGEN LEAK AT GEORGIA STATE POULTRY PLANT
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• The officials said five people died on the spot (Foundation Food Group plant, Gainesville) which is nearly 60 miles towards northeast of Atlanta, and one succumbed while being rushed to a hospital
• It appeared that a nitrogen line had burst and the caus...
TEMASEK FOUNDATION SINGAPORE TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO ATHLETES
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- Temasek Foundation on Wednesday (Jan 13) announced it will support athletes who are not receiving the government’s grant
The Temasek Foundation Inspire Fund introduced last year intends to give an advantage to promising competi...
THE 33RD TIFF COMES TO AN END; JAPANESE ROMCOM WINS THE SOLE AWARD
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- The 33rd TIFF comes to an end; Japanese romcom wins the sole award.
- The movie ‘Hold Me Back’ won the Audience Award after having its world premiere at the festival.
- The festival showed a total of 138 works, se...
KANAGAWA INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION REPORTS FINANCIAL STRUGGLES AMONG FOREIGN STUDENTS
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- Kanagawa International Foundation reports financial struggles among foreign students.
- Around 90% of the survey’s respondents did not receive any support from local governments.
- Around 75% of the respondents mentione...
JAPAN TO ESTABLISH A 2 HOUR COVID-19 TESTING CENTER AT NARITA AIRPORT
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- Japan to establish a 2 hour COVID-19 testing center at Narita Airport.
- Travelers will be able to obtain a certificate for negative test results within two hours.
- The facility will be set up in Nov.2 at two terminal buildi...
TOKYO MARATHON 2021 SCHEDULED FOR OCTOBER; RACE FOR 2022 EDITION SET FOR MARCH
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- Tokyo marathon 2021 scheduled for October; race for 2022 edition set for March.
- The 2020 edition was limited to an elite field of invited runners.
- 2021 Tokyo Marathon will see mass participation of about 38,000 runners.
BY LATE 2021 YOU CAN HAVE THINGS GOING BACK PRETTY CLOSE TO NORMAL: BILL GATES
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• Talking to The Wall Street Journal CEO Council, Bill Gates said by late next year they can have things going back pretty close to normal and that’s the best case
• The 64-year-old Microsoft founder said comparatively the western companies are ahead...
TOKYO MARATHON RESCHEDULED FOR FALL 2021 DUE TO GROWING CONCERNS OVER PANDEMIC
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- Tokyo Marathon rescheduled for fall 2021 due to growing concerns over pandemic.
- The marathon was earlier scheduled in March 2021.
- A board meeting of the Tokyo Marathon Foundation is organized to discuss the same. <...
GATES FOUNDATION COLLABS WITH 16 PHARMA COMPANIES TO ADVANCE COVID-19 VACCINES
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• According to an announcement by Mark Suzman, CEO, Gates Foundation, total 16 CEOs have signed a communique stating their commitments to help ensure equitable & effective global allocation of COVID-19 interventions
• The founder of Microsoft Bill Gate...
BILL GATES: COVID VACCINE IS A NEED, APPROX. 14 MILLION DOSAGES WILL SUFFICE FOR GLOBAL ACCESS TO ALL
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- Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation had donated $300 billion till now towards Covid19 vaccine research
- If multiple dosages of the vaccine will be the need, then 14 billion dosages will have to be produced, he said
As the Human t...
BILL GATES HAILS INDIAN PHARMA INDUSTRY, CALLS IT CAPABLE OF PRODUCING COVID-19 VACCINES FOR WORLD
The co-founder of Microsoft and world’s second richest man Bill Gates has stated that Indian Pharmaceutical Industry is capable of producing COVID-19 vaccines, not just for India but also for the entire world. This statement was given by him, while speaking in a documentary titled COVID-19:...
RELIANCE WILL ENSURE COVID-19 VACCINE REACHES EVERY PART OF THE COUNTRY: NITA AMBANI
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• Reliance Foundation will soon join hands with the government to conduct rapid mass-scale testing for COVID-19 said Nita Ambani
• Nita Ambani said the Reliance Foundation has changed lives of 30 million people in last 10 years
• Reliance Fo...
BLOCKCHAIN-BASED HEALTHCARE PLATFORM ANNOUNCED BY SOUTH KOREAN NGO
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- The Commons Foundation is planning to build a new blockchain platform to track coronavirus cases.
- This NGO is planning to develop ERS.
- The NGO is using MicroBitcoin to develop the platform.
To track COVID-19 cas...
KT CORP. TO DEVELOP AN APP WHICH CAN DETECT INFECTIOUS DISEASES
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- KT Corp. planning to develop a self-diagnosis application to detect infectious disease.
- This application could be used to detect COVID-19 as well.
- The South Korean company will be funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Fo...