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JRC meets tomorrow on common river water sharing

The two-day long Joint Commission of Experts (JCE) meeting of the Joint River Commission (JRC) starts tomorrow in Dhaka to find a solution to sharing water of some common rivers between India and Bangladesh.

The Indian delegation arrives Dhaka today to take part in the 7th meeting of JCE. Vinod K Duggal, secretary of water resources ministry of India, will lead the Indian team in the secretary level meeting.

Dr Md Omar Faruque Khan, secretary of water resources ministry, will lead the Bangladeshi team.

"We have long been striving to work out a way to share the water of common rivers. I think we'll be able to reach a solution this time," Tauhidul Anawar Khan, member of the JRC, told The Daily Star.

India agreed to sit in the secretary level meeting after a couple of deferment from its part. The meeting will discuss how to develop a strategy to share the water of Teesta and six other rivers. Besides, erection of dam across the Indian part of Muhuri river will also be on the agenda.

The JCE headed by the water resources secretaries of the two countries has been working since its inception in 1997 to work out a…

JRC Learning Center dedicates new playground equipment

CANTON TWP. − It took just moments after the ribbon-cutting for the preschoolers at the JRC Learning Center to acquaint themselves with their new playground equipment.

Like ducklings to water, the little ones climbed, slid, ran and yelled for joy over their big new toy.

The equipment was installed at the JRC Myrna Pastore Campus at 3300 Parkway St. NW, which also houses an adult day care center. The playground was dedicated Thursday.

In 2021, the nonprofit campus underwent a $6 million expansion and upgrade. The Learning Center opened last October.

JRC CEO Julie Abiecunas said the new equipment will foster learning through play by enhancing kids' motor skills, healthy habits "and things that go with our program so well."

Zayda Washington, 4, peeks out of an opening as JRC Learning Center dedicates new playground equipment at the JRC Myrna Pastore Campus in Canton Township.

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"Play is such a huge component of early childhood education," she said. "It's such a huge piece of their education. They learn through imagination, expression and cooperation."

JRC CEO Julie Abiecunas (right) celebrates the dedication of new…

STOA delegation virtual visit to the Joint Research Centre (JRC) site in Ispra, Italy

Written by Andrés García Higuera,

STOA delegation virtual visit to the Joint Research Centre

Scientific and technological advances lie at the heart of economic growth, and will be key to the economic recovery post-coronavirus. In line with their mission to support technological innovation, the legislators on the European Parliament’s Panel for the Future of Science and Technology (STOA) recently took part in a virtual visit to the Joint Research Centre (JRC) site at Ispra, Italy – Europe’s leading research campus with a wide range of laboratories and unique research infrastructures. The JRC’s operations at Ispra are geared to providing science-based responses to policy challenges with scientific, technological and socio-economic dimensions, with a number of their key research areas being of particular relevance and interest to STOA, including their research on the economics of climate change, on energy efficiency and transport, and on knowledge for growth.

Initially scheduled for May 2020, this STOA Panel virtual visit took place on Tuesday 16 March 2021, following an introductory presentation of the JRC mission and activities and a formal invitation issued to Members by the Director-General of the JRC, Stephen Quest, at the STOA Panel meeting of 29…