On the occasion of the International Museum Day (May 18) and Cultural Heritage Week, six museums will be inaugurated today in West Azarbaijan, Golestan, Gilan, Razavi Khorasan and Alborz provinces…
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Chinese investment in tourism will double to around 2 trillion yuan ($306 billion) by 2020, the China National Tourism Administration said in a report late on Sunday, as the country looks to…
PeopleWorking holidaymakers from overseas were given a reprieve Tuesday from being hit with a so-called “backpacker tax” in Australia after a campaign by farmers and the tourism industry.
PeopleVice-President for Women and Family Affairs Shahindokht Molaverdi said an insurance plan for housewives is being worked out through “a special mechanism.” She was speaking on the sidelines…
PeopleA new study suggests that as their wages increase relative to men’s, female workers become less likely to marry.
PeopleThere are 20,000 health houses as well as 900 hospitals in Iran, and “more than 96% of our demand for medications is domestically met,” Health Minister Hassan Ghazizadeh Hashemi, told Yohei…
PeopleCreating a sense of logical concern among people regarding earthquakes is necessary, said deputy head of the Iranian Red Crescent Society for education, research, and technology. “People in Iran…
PeopleIran will soon join the nations that have the technical knowledge to produce modern insulin, said Vice President of Novo Nordisk Pars Cem Ozenc. He made the remarks at the unveiling ceremony of…
PeopleNearly 600 medical equipment companies including 70 from Europe, Japan and South Korea are participating in the 19th Iran Health International Exhibition that opened in Tehran on May 15.
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PeopleThe Gilan University of Medical Science has plans to turn Gilan Province into a hub for Iran’s herbal medicine production, said Chancellor Shahrokh Yusofzadeh Chabok.
PeopleOver 85% of the Kahrizak Charity Foundation’s funds come from donations and contributions from philanthropists, said its head Hassan Ahmadi.
PeopleIndia is set to divert water from its rivers to deal with a severe drought, a senior minister has told the BBC.
Uma Bharati, water resources minister, said transferring water, including…
PeopleAli Teymouri, director of the Hunting and Fishing Office at the Department of Environment has denied claims that a leopard attacked and killed 23 sheep in Dehdasht County, Kohgilouyeh-Boyer Ahmad…
PeopleWith the Fort McMurray fire zone in Alberta still not safe to enter, many residents who fled to evacuation centers are wondering what’s become of their home.
PeopleThe World Health Organization’s updated database of worldwide air pollution has put Zabol in Iran’s Sistan-Baluchestan Province on top of the list, bestowing it the unenviable title of world’s…
PeopleA total of 47 Indo-Pacific humpback dolphins have been spotted in the Dayer Nakhiloo National Marine Park in Bushehr Province since a field monitoring project was launched in February 2014.
…PeopleSouth Korea has said it would punish Nissan Motor Co. with a fine and a recall of its Qashqai diesel sport utility vehicles after accusing it of manipulating emissions, an allegation that the…
PeopleMany people still do not know which infections can be treated with antibiotics, and doctors may not be warning their patients about the hazards of taking the drugs too often, a UK study suggests…
PeopleVice chair of the World Leisure Organization, Dr. Ricardo Uvinha, was in Tehran last week to attend the First Leisure Conference of Iran at Milad Tower’s Conference Hall.
“Leisure is a new…
PeopleA new study suggests that it’s not only what you read, but how you read it that matters.
Reading on paper versus on a digital screen may impact what you end up absorbing from the text,…
PeopleThe Iranian Electronic Health Record System, abbreviated as ‘SEPAS’ in Persian, is one of the Health Ministry’s ongoing plans launched in 1995.
PeopleThe first National Entrepreneurship Network for Youth will be unveiled by the end of the National Youth Week (May 12-19), said Deputy Minister for Sports and Youth Affairs Mohammad Reza Rostami.…
PeopleA 33 kg tumor was removed from the abdomen of a patient at Mashhad’s Imam Reza Hospital in Khorasan Razavi Province recently. The 50 year-old woman had visited the hospital complaining of stomach…
PeopleThe First Razavi International Cancer Congress will be held May 18–20 at Mashhad’s Specialized Razavi Hospital in Khorasan Razavi Province. This congress is designed to promote scientific…
PeopleIn a meeting with with the head of the Austrian Red Cross (ARC) on Saturday, the head of the Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS) explored avenues of expanding cooperation. Seyed Amir Mohsen Ziaei…
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