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Mondialogo Engineering Award - extension of registration to 31 December 2008

Organisation: Mondialogo

Closing Date: 31 December 2008 | EN

BMJ Global Leadership Award: Call for nominations

Organisation: British Medical Journal Group

Closing Date: 19 December 2008 | EN

Request for proposals on Diagnostics, Vaccine Delivery Technologies, Modified Insect Vectors & Nutritionally Enhanced Foods

Organisation: McLaughlin-Rotman Centre for Global Health

Closing Date: 16 January 2009 | EN

The role of agricultural biotechnologies for production of bioenergy in developing countries

Organisation: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

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National Conference on Nanotechnology and Regulatory Issues

Organisation: Co-organized by TERI and the Department of Law, Calcutta

Closing Date: 31 October 2008 | EN

Media briefings on tobacco control efforts by Indian Media Centre for Journalists, Lucknow

Organisation: IMCFJ

Closing Date: 20 December 2008 | EN

Online Survey: IGES White Paper "Climate Change Policies in the Asia-Pacific: Re-uniting Climate Change and Sustainable Development"

Organisation: Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES)

Closing Date: 31 March 2009 | EN

New book: 'Open Access to Knowledge and Information: Scholarly Literature and Digital Library Initiatives - the South Asian Scenario'

Organisation: UNESCO

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Information Services

Where is science in the developing world?

A series of articles, written by TWAS members and published by Nature, discusses the status of science in the South

Tackling cyclones in the Indian Ocean

How can countries better forecast, prepare for and adapt to future cyclones? SciDev.Net examines the issues at hand

Pakistan's science advocate steps down

The scientist behind massive increases in Pakistani scientific research spending has resigned


News in brief

Round up of news from or about South Asia

Opening the debate on Indian patent bill

Is India being too hasty in drafting a new law to increase university patenting?

Kidney disease baffles Sri Lanka doctors

An epidemic of kidney disease among farming communities is puzzling Sri Lankan researchers


Science in Himalayan countries

Sustainable technologies are making the best of local resources


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