TEHRAN –Sharif University of Technology students have claimed the first top three positions in a programming contest known as the 25th International Collegiate Programming Contest (ICPC) for the West Asia region.

TEHRAN –During a ceremony held in Tehran on Saturday, the winners of international scientific Olympiads were honored in the presence of President Masoud Pezeshkian.

TEHRAN – The Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS) rescued 630 individuals over the past three days.

TEHRAN –During a ceremony held on Thursday, the head of the Department of Environment (DOE), Shina Ansari, unveiled an atlas of the country’s biosphere reserves as well as the endemic fish poster.

TEHRAN –Due to low precipitation and insufficient water right allocation, some 43 percent of the wetlands of the country are subject to dryness, the head of the Department of Environment has said.

TEHRAN – The Iranian robotics team ranked first, securing a gold and a silver medal in the third Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Countries Worker Skills Contest, held in Qingdao, China’s Shandong, from December 15 to 18.

TEHRAN –The tenth international congress on nanoscience and nanotechnology is scheduled to be held from January 29 to 30 in Rafsanjan, a city in the southern Kerman province.

TEHRAN –During a ceremony held on Thursday, the head of the Department of Environment (DOE), Shina Ansari, unveiled an atlas of the country’s biosphere reserves as well as the endemic fish poster.

A woman is buying dried nuts for Yalda Night which is traditionally celebrated on the last day of the final month of autumn in the Iranian calendar that falls on December 20 this year.

TEHRAN –The 22nd international environmental exhibition started on Wednesday in Tehran with the theme of ‘public involvement, green economy, sustainable future’.

TEHRAN –The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), in collaboration with the Korean International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), has started a project to modernize and update the Instructor Training Center (ITC) and the Technical and Vocational Training Organization (TVTO) of the country.

TEHRAN – Considering the fact that the fertility rate in Iran is stabilized at around 1.6 children per woman, which is much lower than the rate required to replace its aging population, the transition of society from young to middle-aged has become inevitable.

TEHRAN –The fourth Persian Medicine Festival is planned to be held in February with the theme of ‘integration of Persian medicine into the healthcare system’.

TEHRAN –Under the nationality law amended in 2019, a total of 29,045 Iranian identity cards have been issued for children born to Iranian mothers and foreign fathers.

TEHRAN — At the 16th Conference of the Parties (COP16) to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) in Riyadh, the Asian and Pacific Centre for the Development of Disaster Information Management (APDIM) of ESCAP and the Arab Centre for Climate Change Policies (ACCCP) of ESCWA took over the co-chairship of the UN Coalition on Combating Sand and Dust Storms.

TEHRAN –Ali Jafarian, a senior advisor to the health minister, has stated that the relations between Iran and Cuba in the health sector are strategic.

TEHRAN –According to the Metrological Organization, the weather is forecast to get 1 ° C warmer than normal, and the precipitations are expected to decrease till the end of next week (December 27).

TEHRAN –A group of senior police officers of the Iranian Anti-Narcotics Police have attended a training workshop on ‘Investigation of Crimes related to Drug Trafficking’.

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TEHRAN –The Kazakh ambassador to Tehran, Ontalap Onalbayev, has expressed his country’s interest in expanding cooperation with Iran in the fields of medicine, medical education, and treatment.

TEHRAN –The Ministry of Science, Research, and Technology is planning to strengthen the three secretariats affiliated with the Ministerial Standing Committee on Scientific, and Technological Cooperation (COMSTECH), whose headquarters are in the country.

TEHRAN –The 22nd international environmental exhibition will kick off on Wednesday, December 18, in Tehran and will conclude on Sunday.

TEHRAN –The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime has lauded the Iranian government for its substantial efforts and steadfast commitment to tackling drug trafficking.

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Climate change poses a serious threat to the most important aspects of life in mountain countries. These include an increase in natural disasters, threats to food security, growing hungry populations, the most vulnerable of whom are women and girls, slower economic growth, water scarcity and growing tensions between countries.

TEHRAN – The Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS) rescued 3,407 individuals trapped in heavy snow and blizzard conditions in 15 provinces on Saturday.

TEHRAN –A Flock of whooper swans have been observed in Kani Barazan International Wetland, which is known as the ‘paradise of birds’ in the northwestern province of West Azarbaijan.

TEHRAN –According to the health ministry, 945 cases of dengue fever have been diagnosed so far in the country.

TEHRAN –Obesity is getting more and more prevalent in Iran, so the health ministry is planning to compile a map of obesity for the next ten years.

TEHRAN –Zahra Behrouz-Azar, the vice president for women and family affairs, paid a visit to Agounk Christian charity in Tehran on Saturday to become familiar with activities of the center toward empowering women and children.

TEHRAN –According to the latest census, the number of aged citizens in the country is growing by 3.62 percent which is five times faster than the total population growth rate, which is 1.24 percent.

TEHRAN –More than 36.8 percent of the births in the first eight months of the current calendar year that started on March 20 were second-born children, according to the Civil Registration Organization.

TEHRAN – Supported by the Organization for Development of International Cooperation in Science, Iranian knowledge-based companies will participate in the 27th edition of the Ruplastica exhibition which will be held in Moscow from January 21 to 24.

With autumn nearing the end, farmers are busy picking oranges in Savadkuh, northern Mazandaran province.

A festival on innovation and technology was held for students from Tuesday to Friday in the city of Tabriz.