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Hans India
5 days ago
- Business
- Hans India
Pezeshkian to propose Ali Madanizadeh as Economy and Finance Minister
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian is set to propose economics professor Ali Madanizadeh for the post of Minister of Economic Affairs and Finance to the parliament, reports said. If Madanizadeh manages to secure the vote of confidence from the Majlis, he would replace Abdolnasser Hemmati, who was impeached on March 2, Iran's Mehr News Agency reported Hemmati, a former Central Bank Governor, was accused by a large section of the conservative-majority Majlis of not remedying the country's dire inflation situation and the Iranian rial's rapid fall in value. Almost two-thirds of the Majlis members present during the impeachment vote backed the motion to remove him in just around six months at the helm in the sanctions-hit country. Following his removal, Rahmatullah Akrami was the caretaker Economy Minister, but President Pezeshkian has not proposed him for the key post. Madanizadeh is a professor of economics at Sharif University of Technology. During his school years, he won a gold medal in the Iranian Mathematics Olympiad and a bronze medal in the International Mathematics Olympiad. He completed his postgraduate studies at Sharif, Stanford, and Chicago universities, as per Iranian media.
Hans India
28-05-2025
- General
- Hans India
Vijayawada students excel at SOF
Vijayawada: Three students from Vijayawada have secured top ranks in the SOF exam for 2024-25. G Gowtham Reddy, a student from Atkinson High School, achieved the first rank in the International Social Studies Olympiad, earning a gold medal and a merit certificate. Ch Kavya Sree, a student from Atkinson High School, also claimed the first rank in the Olympiad, receiving a gold medal and a merit certificate. Bhuvan Saharsh J, a student from N St Mathew's Public School, claimed the first rank in the International Mathematics Olympiad, earning a gold medal and a merit certificate. This year SOF saw participation of millions of students across 72 countries, including over 15, 400 students from Vijayawada. Notable schools from Vijayawada, Atkinson High School and N St Mathew's Public School were among the participants. SOF organised a felicitation ceremony at Dr Ambedkar International Centre, Delhi to recognise the International Olympiad winners and teachers of academic year 2024-25. A total of 750 students and teachers attended the ceremony. The occasion was graced by chief guest Justice JK Maheshwari, Judge, Supreme Court of India. During the event, the top three SOF worldwide rank winners from classes First to Twelve that participated in eight Olympiad exams were recognised. The 74 international rank-1 winners received Rs 50,000 in addition to an international gold medal and a merit certificate, while the 74 international rank-2 winners received Rs 25,000 as well as an international silver medal and a merit certificate, and 74 international rank-3 holders were given Rs 10,000, a bronze medal, and a merit certificate.
IOL News
26-05-2025
- Science
- IOL News
South African students to compete in International Mathematics Olympiad and Pan-African Mathematics Olympiad
The 2025 IMO Team. Top from left to right: Youkyum Kim, Pocoyo Pun, and Ellen Grant‑Smith. Bottom from left to right: Yian Xu, Moied Baleg, and Eli Williams. Image: Supplied The South African Mathematics Foundation (SAMF) proudly unveils the select group of exceptional learners set to represent the nation at two prestigious international mathematics competitions: the International Mathematics Olympiad (IMO) in Australia, scheduled for 10–20 July 2025, and the Pan-African Mathematics Olympiad (PAMO) in Botswana, taking place from 11–18 June 2025. This selection marks a significant milestone in a decade-long journey that begins as early as Grade 4 with the SAMF's South African Mathematics Challenge. To qualify for these esteemed teams, students journey through a rigorous pipeline. Learners achieving 50% or higher in the first round of the Old Mutual South Africa Mathematics Olympiad (SAMO) advance to the second round. The top 100 Juniors (Grades 8–10) and top 100 Seniors (Grades 11–12) then proceed to a final round where the top scorers are identified and invited to intensive training camps. This careful selection ensures that only the most mathematically adept learners are chosen for the international stage. The 2025 PAMO Team. Top from left to right: Ruth Trimble, WanRu Zhou, and Olivia Castleden. Bottom from left to right: James Prins, Noah Greenblatt, and Eric Senekal. Image: Supplied Video Player is loading. Play Video Play Unmute Current Time 0:00 / Duration -:- Loaded : 0% Stream Type LIVE Seek to live, currently behind live LIVE Remaining Time - 0:00 This is a modal window. Beginning of dialog window. Escape will cancel and close the window. 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We congratulate each learner and trust their achievements will inspire others to pursue the beauty of mathematics.' The IMO is regarded as the World Championship Mathematics Competition for high school students, hosting countries from across the globe every year. Since its inception in 1959 in Romania, the competition has grown significantly, now featuring over 100 participant nations, with each country permitted to field a team of no more than six contestants alongside a leader and deputy leader. This year's South African team for the IMO is a powerhouse of talent, featuring: Moied Baleg (Grade 12) from Settlers High School – represented South Africa in the IMO 2024 and was the overall winner of the Old Mutual South African Mathematics Olympiad in 2024. Youkyum Kim (Grade 12) from Reddam House, Durbanville – also an IMO 2024 representative and the overall winner of the Old Mutual South African Mathematics Olympiad in 2023, as well as the South African Mathematics Challenge winner in 2019. Eli Williams (Grade 11) from Westerford High School – an IMO 2024 representative and silver medallist in both the South African Mathematics Challenge (2019) and the Old Mutual South African Mathematics Olympiad (2022, 2023 and 2024). Pocoyo Pun (Grade 10) from Elkanah House – represented South Africa at PAMO in 2024, earning silver medals in the Old Mutual South African Mathematics Olympiad in 2023 and 2024. Yian Xu (Grade 12) from Redhill High School – an IMO 2024 representative and silver medallist in the SA Maths Olympiad from 2021 to 2024. Ellen Grant-Smith (Grade 12) from Westerford High School – represented South Africa in the 2024 IMO and earned silver at the Old Mutual SA Maths Olympiad in 2022 and 2024. The PAMO is an annual competition organised by the African Mathematical Union (AMU), wherein teams consist of six contestants (three girls and three boys), along with a team leader and a deputy team leader. The South African team for PAMO 2025 comprises the following talented individuals:
Yahoo
19-05-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Who is Nicusor Dan, the pro-EU centrist who beat a nationalist in Romania's tense presidential race?
BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Nicusor Dan, the former civic activist and pro-European Union centrist politician who defied the odds to decisively defeat a hard-right nationalist in Romania's critical presidential race, has emerged as a counterforce to the right-wing populist wave sweeping across Europe. Final results from the presidential race showed Dan, the mayor of Bucharest, winning 53.6% of the vote over the hard-right candidate George Simion, who had been considered the favorite in the run-off, boosted in the first round by his nationalist messaging. Sunday's final vote was held months after the annulment of the previous election plunged Romania into its worst political crisis in decades, following the surprise first-round success of far-right outsider Calin Georgescu. In an emotional speech after he secured the presidency, Dan told thousands of supporters gathered outside his headquarters near Bucharest City Hall that 'Romania begins a new chapter, and it needs every one of you.' 'It needs experts to get involved in various public policies, it needs people in civil society, it needs new people in politics,' the 55-year-old said. 'We have a Romania to build together, regardless of political choices.' Who is Nicusor Dan? Born in 1969 in Romania's central town of Fagaras, Dan discovered 'a passion' for mathematics in middle school and excelled academically. In the late 1980s, he won gold medals at the International Mathematics Olympiad, and in 1998 he obtained a doctorate in mathematics from Paris' prestigious Sorbonne University. In the late 90s, he returned to Romania, saying he was convinced his country needed him. 'I started organizing meetings with Romanian students in Paris in which we discussed what we could do to ensure that Romania took the right path as a country,' he states on his official website. He then worked as a mathematics researcher at the Romanian Academy, the country's supreme scientific body, and later founded a school in Bucharest to meet the needs of Romanian students at an international level. Dan first rose to public prominence as a civil activist with his Save Bucharest Association. That was tasked with saving built heritage and fighting against illegal real estate projects in green spaces, in a system he described as a 'real estate mafia.' He won hundreds of lawsuits. He has two children with his partner, and is fluent in English and French. What does Dan stand for? More than a decade ago, Dan joined a protest movement against a controversial gold mining project by a Canadian company in a mountainous western region of Romania that contains some of Europe's largest gold deposits. He also joined a wave of anti-corruption protests that gripped Romania through the mid-2010s. In 2016, he then founded the reformist Save Romania Union party — at the time largely viewed as an anti-corruption party — but later left. In 2020, he successfully secured the mayorship of Bucharest and was elected for a second term last year. He has tackled some key infrastructure projects, such as modernizing Bucharest's ailing residential heating systems, which previous mayors have been accused of neglecting. In the presidential election rerun, Dan ran independently on an 'Honest Romania' ticket, reaffirming Western ties, support for Ukraine, and fiscal reform. He has also been vocal against endemic corruption and promised fiscal reforms. Romania's chaotic election cycle has exposed deep societal divisions, and Dan reached out in his speech Sunday evening to those who favored Simion. 'We have a Romania to build together, regardless of political choices,' he said. After Dan is sworn in as president, he will face the challenge of nominating a prime minister who can garner the support necessary to form a government, no small task in a country whose political landscape is now fragmented. Does he have the right experience? As winner of Sunday's race, Dan will be charged with nominating a new prime minister after Marcel Ciolacu stepped down following the failure of his coalition's candidate to advance to the runoff. The presidential role carries a five-year term and significant decision-making powers in national security and foreign policy. Many observers saw Sunday's vote as crucial to maintaining Romania's place within Western alliances, especially as the war continues in neighboring Ukraine and the continent scrambles to arm itself as the United States' commitment to European partners has waned under US President Donald Trump. While Dan is a staunch advocate for Romania's strong membership of the EU and NATO, his civic and political background means he has limited foreign policy experience. Claudiu Tufis, an associate professor of political science at the University of Bucharest, says what makes Dan unique in Romania is that he's 'not taken the traditional route to being a politician, he's coming from the civil society.' 'There are certain advantages, but there are also certain disadvantages,' he told The Associated Press. 'He doesn't really have any foreign affairs experience. I am not sure that he actually paid a lot of interest to what was happening outside Romania.' 'What I know for sure is that … even though he may not be the best, he's probably the best of what we had in front of us.'
19-05-2025
- Politics
Who is Nicusor Dan, the pro-EU centrist who beat a nationalist in Romania's tense presidential race?
BUCHAREST, Romania -- Nicusor Dan, the former civic activist and pro-European Union centrist politician who defied the odds to decisively defeat a hard-right nationalist in Romania's critical presidential race, has emerged as a counterforce to the right-wing populist wave sweeping across Europe. Final results from the presidential race showed Dan, the mayor of Bucharest, winning 53.6% of the vote over the hard-right candidate George Simion, who had been considered the favorite in the run-off, boosted in the first round by his nationalist messaging. Sunday's final vote was held months after the annulment of the previous election plunged Romania into its worst political crisis in decades, following the surprise first-round success of far-right outsider Calin Georgescu. In an emotional speech after he secured the presidency, Dan told thousands of supporters gathered outside his headquarters near Bucharest City Hall that 'Romania begins a new chapter, and it needs every one of you.' 'It needs experts to get involved in various public policies, it needs people in civil society, it needs new people in politics,' the 55-year-old said. 'We have a Romania to build together, regardless of political choices.' Born in 1969 in Romania's central town of Fagaras, Dan discovered 'a passion' for mathematics in middle school and excelled academically. In the late 1980s, he won gold medals at the International Mathematics Olympiad, and in 1998 he obtained a doctorate in mathematics from Paris' prestigious Sorbonne University. In the late 90s, he returned to Romania, saying he was convinced his country needed him. 'I started organizing meetings with Romanian students in Paris in which we discussed what we could do to ensure that Romania took the right path as a country,' he states on his official website. He then worked as a mathematics researcher at the Romanian Academy, the country's supreme scientific body, and later founded a school in Bucharest to meet the needs of Romanian students at an international level. Dan first rose to public prominence as a civil activist with his Save Bucharest Association. That was tasked with saving built heritage and fighting against illegal real estate projects in green spaces, in a system he described as a 'real estate mafia.' He won hundreds of lawsuits. He has two children with his partner, and is fluent in English and French. More than a decade ago, Dan joined a protest movement against a controversial gold mining project by a Canadian company in a mountainous western region of Romania that contains some of Europe's largest gold deposits. He also joined a wave of anti-corruption protests that gripped Romania through the mid-2010s. In 2016, he then founded the reformist Save Romania Union party — at the time largely viewed as an anti-corruption party — but later left. In 2020, he successfully secured the mayorship of Bucharest and was elected for a second term last year. He has tackled some key infrastructure projects, such as modernizing Bucharest's ailing residential heating systems, which previous mayors have been accused of neglecting. In the presidential election rerun, Dan ran independently on an 'Honest Romania' ticket, reaffirming Western ties, support for Ukraine, and fiscal reform. He has also been vocal against endemic corruption and promised fiscal reforms. Romania's chaotic election cycle has exposed deep societal divisions, and Dan reached out in his speech Sunday evening to those who favored Simion. 'We have a Romania to build together, regardless of political choices,' he said. After Dan is sworn in as president, he will face the challenge of nominating a prime minister who can garner the support necessary to form a government, no small task in a country whose political landscape is now fragmented. As winner of Sunday's race, Dan will be charged with nominating a new prime minister after Marcel Ciolacu stepped down following the failure of his coalition's candidate to advance to the runoff. The presidential role carries a five-year term and significant decision-making powers in national security and foreign policy. Many observers saw Sunday's vote as crucial to maintaining Romania's place within Western alliances, especially as the war continues in neighboring Ukraine and the continent scrambles to arm itself as the United States' commitment to European partners has waned under US President Donald Trump. While Dan is a staunch advocate for Romania's strong membership of the EU and NATO, his civic and political background means he has limited foreign policy experience. Claudiu Tufis, an associate professor of political science at the University of Bucharest, says what makes Dan unique in Romania is that he's 'not taken the traditional route to being a politician, he's coming from the civil society.' 'There are certain advantages, but there are also certain disadvantages,' he told The Associated Press. 'He doesn't really have any foreign affairs experience. I am not sure that he actually paid a lot of interest to what was happening outside Romania.' 'What I know for sure is that … even though he may not be the best, he's probably the best of what we had in front of us.'
