Society

At €55 billion ($65 billion) a year — roughly a third of the bloc's budget — CAP's allocation of flat-rate subsidies for land areas farmed was clearly out-of-date and should be oriented instead toward the new European Commission's Green Deal plan, said the alliance. … [Read more...] about Koblenz: civil society groups demand ‘radical’ EU farm policy reform

According to the principal of the HCM City Lý Tự Trọng College, Phạm Hữu Lộc, about 2,200 students have signed up for the 9+ model so far, accounting for 88 per cent of the expected target. Compared to the academic year of 2017 and 2018, this figure is eight times higher. This has proven that the 9+ model is on the right track. … [Read more...] about 9+ model changes society’s view of vocational training

This week’s budget should root us back in the domestic arena, so I am going to add my own bete noire: the overused but underscrutinised phrase “levelling up”. We know more about what Dominic Cummings wears and reads than what he and the prime minister mean by it. … [Read more...] about Before society can ‘level up’, the ruling Eton-Winchester clique needs levelling down

There is something admirable in the open and almost reckless way he deals with such questions. He is, I think, a restless soul, which perhaps has to do with his childhood. It was, he tells me, a happy one and Alvin Stardust “a good dad” – “I remember him watching me play rugby”. Then he adds, almost in the same sentence: “I wish I’d known more of him first hand, because where I saw him most as a child was on TV”. … [Read more...] about Elite private headteacher: ‘The children we educate will create a fairer society’

Ganpati celebrations are in full swing on the sets of TV show Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah (TMKOC) while following safety measures amidst the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. The residents of Gokuldhaam Society are all geared up for their performances in the Rangarang programme. Due to the pandemic, Tapu sena has ingeniously offered a solution to all residents to watch each other’s performances on TV. By installing cameras in and around the Ganapati pandal, everything will be streamed directly into everyone’s homes and for the first time in Gokuldhaam Society, Ganeshotsav will be celebrated virtually. “This year too, we are as excited, if not more, to welcome Bappa to Gokuldhaam Society. We seek his blessings for removing the suffering that the world is going through. Bappa has his ways and we are sure that sooner than later, we will see one of his miracles and everyone will go back to their lives with more strength and perseverance than before. But the thing that I … [Read more...] about Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah: Gokuldham Society celebrates Ganesh Chaturthi amid pandemic