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Arise Nigeria, London office has lauded the Nigerian government on its adherence to global best practices in the sustenance of human rights in the country ”even in the face of outright falsification of facts and figures.” The group gave this commendation in a communiqué issued at the end of its emergency general meeting held in London, the United Kingdom to deliberate on the report submitted by its committee on human rights presented to the house for deliberations on the compliance of the Nigerian Government on Human Rights acts in Nigeria. ALSO READ: Tinubu is a man you can trust, says Agu, ex-Amnesty Chief(Opens in a new browser tab) Arise Nigeria noted that Nigeria has n doubt recorded tremendous improvements in the expression of human rights for all of its citizens regardless of ethnic or religious considerations, according to the communiqué signed by Dr Hale Longman Chairman, Communiqué Drafting Committee. It warned that organizations such as … [Read more...] about Nigerians in diaspora urge armed forces to sustain improved human rights record

JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesian President Joko Widodo said on Sunday he would make improving human resources his top priority in a second term in office to help lay the foundation for making the economy among the world’s top five by 2045. Widodo made the remarks after he was sworn in for a second term at parliament under tight security. The president said he would push two bills that would replace existing laws that have hampered job creation, as well as warning he could sack underperforming civil servants. Reporting by Jakarta bureau; Editing by Raju Gopalakrishnan Our Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles. … [Read more...] about Indonesian president pledges to improve human resources, job creation

When we talk about human evolution, we usually talk about how we evolved into humans: how we lost body hair, gained brain mass, started to walk on two feet—in short, things that happened millions of years ago.But evolution did not stop when the first modern humans emerged. A new study of two massive genetic databases—one in the United Kingdom and one in California—suggests genetic mutations that shorten lifespans have been weeded out since, and are possibly still in the process of being weeded out today.The idea for the study, says Molly Przeworski, a geneticist at Columbia, came when the health-care company Kaiser Permanente decided to make available a massive genetic database of certain patients in California. Over lunch at the time, she and the study’s coauthor, Joseph Pickrell, did a quick back-of-the-envelope calculation: With a 100,000-person database, they could see evolution acting on a mutation found in more than 10 percent of the population.So they … [Read more...] about Huge DNA Databases Reveal the Recent Evolution of Humans

A human library, a concept which seeks to replace books with humans, will be organised in Mysuru on December 8.The first event of Human Library, Mysuru Chapter 2, will be held at Mysore Institute of Commerce and Arts (MICA), 123-127, near GRS Fantasy Park at Metagalli in Mysuru from 9.30 a.m. to 12.30 p.m. on December 8, said a note from Pavithra K., founder of Human Library, Mysuru Chapter.The human library aims to break past long-standing prejudices and stereotypes by creating a safe framework for conservations by using a library analogy of lending people rather than books. “It intends to generate greater human cohesion across various social, religious and ethnic diversities,” the statement said.Human Library is a registered international non-profit organisation with its administrative headquarters in Copenhagen, Denmark. “The notion of Human Library was initially launched in 2000 in Copenhagen and currently exists in more than 85 countries, known as ‘The … [Read more...] about Human Library event in city on December 8

Story highlights NASA chief scientist, Ellen Stofan, wants humans on Mars by mid-2030s Astronauts would take 8 months to reach planet, face radiation, thin atmosphere Studying Mars would help us better understand Earth Believes there must be intelligent life in our universe Leading Women connects you to extraordinary women of our time -- remarkable professionals who have made it to the top in all areas of business, the arts, sport, culture, science and more. (CNN)We've just landed a dishwasher-sized robot on a comet and NASA's chief scientist has no idea. Dr Ellen Stofan is deep in conversation with a journalist when, unable to contain himself any longer, an adviser with phone triumphantly held aloft blurts out: "Rosetta -- It's landed!" "Wonderful" Stofan beams, and the handful of reporters gathered in a lecture theater at University College London excitedly fidget in their seats. Barely has the probe touched down on a comet 310 million miles from Earth, then one of … [Read more...] about Humans on Mars by 2035? NASA’s sci-fi dream could be reality

In entertainment, an awful lot of stuff happens behind closed doors, from canceling TV shows to organizing music festival lineups. While the public sees the end product on TVs, movie screens, paper, or radio dials, they don’t see what it took to get there. In Expert Witness, The A.V. Club talks to industry insiders about the actual business of entertainment in hopes of shedding some light on how the pop-culture sausage gets made. Chad VanGaalen is a talented musician and award-winning filmmaker/visual artist based in Calgary, Alberta (his latest album, Shrink Dust, came out last year on both Flemish Eye and Sub Pop Records). On February 27, 2002, prior to becoming somewhat indie-rock famous, VanGaalen and his pal Mark Feddes appeared as participants on the popular Late Show With David Letterman segment “Stupid Human Tricks.” VanGaalen talked to The A.V. Club about how he ended up on Letterman, being around Cher, and stealing green-room food. Advertisement The … [Read more...] about Chad VanGaalen on doing stupid human tricks for David Letterman