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Controversial proposal for teachers to work on Saturdays and vacations

May 8, 2025 • 06:55 AM

The fight against the corona virus continues to have Germany firmly in its grip. Not only is retail, restaurants and cultural establishmentsforced to closedduring the second lockdown but also schools and daycare centers, despite evidence showing these areas are not places of high contamination. Although attempts are being made to make up for the lost classroom time via homeschooling, the fact is that the material cannot be taught to the same extent as it in the classroom. Additionally, numerous...

India farmers' protests raised by celebrities

May 8, 2025 • 06:55 AM

The Indian Embassy in Germany has issued the following statement with respect to the recent farmers' protests. "The Parliament of India, after a full debate and discussion, passed reformist legislation relating to the agricultural sector. These reforms give expanded market access and provided greater flexibility to farmers. They also pave the way for economically and ecologically sustainable farming. A very small section of farmers in parts of India have some reservations about these reforms....

Controversial Indian Farm Bills Explained

May 8, 2025 • 06:55 AM

In light of the increasingly destabilising protests by farmers in India, theConsulate General of India in Munich, has released an FAQ to help people understand the situation. The following is reprinted from an English translation of the German text, emailed to The Eye Newspapers. Q1.Why are the farmers protesting in India? The farmers' protests relate to two new laws passed by the Parliament of India in September 2020: (i) the Farmers' Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation)...

Cold a harbinger of severe winter to come

May 8, 2025 • 06:55 AM

The past week has certainly been rough on people across much of eastern North America. The Weather Network reported on Nov. 13 that "Toronto, Hamilton, and Ottawa airports all set new record lows Wednesday morning, as temperatures dipped into the minus teens, blasting past records set in 1986. New records were also set in Peterborough, Brantford, Barrie, Windsor, and Sarnia, among others." It was the same over most of the eastern United States. Weather.com reported that over 400 daily cold...

Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Your Candidate, and the Rise of Satire as a Political Weapon

May 8, 2025 • 06:55 AM

Recent parliamentary elections in Ukraine have been fraught with dangers and consequences.  One need only look at previous years to see how political rivals fared before, during or after national elections were held.  Yulia V. Tymoshenko was issued a 7-year jail sentence, which at the time was described as politically motivated.  Viktor Yushchenko suffered a mysterious dioxin-related facial disfigurement, which was suspected to be caused by deliberate poisoning.  Both candidates were...

State Parliament Elections in Hesse

May 8, 2025 • 06:55 AM

Shortly after Bavaria, the German State of Hesse has elected a new State Parliament on Sunday. CDU and SPD have again suffered heavy losses while the Greens achieved a record result. The AfD moves into the Hessian State Parliament for the first time and is thus represented in all 16 German state parliaments. It is unclear whether these results could have an impact on German federal politics. These are the preliminary official final results: Despite major losses, the CDU is still the strongest...

State Parliament Election Results

May 8, 2025 • 06:55 AM

Just under 9.5 million Bavarians turned out for the State Parliament Election on Sunday. 18 parties and electorate groups nominated 1923 candidates. As already predicted, the state parliament has been extended from the previously 4 parties to 6, so that besides the CSU, the Green Party, the SPD and the Freie Wähler (Independent Voters), the FDP and the AfD are now also represented. These are the preliminary official final results: Reaching 37.2 percent, the CSU received the second worst...

Bavarian State Parliament Elections 2018

May 8, 2025 • 06:55 AM

On October 14th 2018 the 18th election of the Bavarian state parliament after the Second World War will take place in Bavaria. The Bavarian State Parliament has four major tasks to fulfill: 1. Formation of the state government
2. Legislation
3. Control of the state government
4. Other elective functions and participation in other committees In the Bavarian state election, any German citizen who has reached the age of 18 and has been resident in Bavaria for at least three months may vote. In...

Let us Gear up the Battle Againgst TB among Children!

May 8, 2025 • 06:55 AM

The state of health centers in many developing countries is appalling. This is upsetting because it renders the recent global campaign to boost staffing in health facilities a non-starter. Some of the revelations at certain health centers are unbelievable. For example in Kassanda health center in Mubende district (located in Central Uganda), a woman who delivers is immediately transferred to another ward and "given space on the floor"! Such action is likely to cause dire consequences to both the...

Researchers and HIV Santuaries Need Smart Innovations For AIDS Eradication

May 8, 2025 • 06:55 AM

HIV/AIDS has had a devastating impact on the socio-economic growth of the world in the last three decades, leading to the loss of life, increase in the number of orphans all over the world, the increase in the number of child-headed families, reduced labour supply, reduced labour productivity etc., though quantifying the impact may not be so easy, but it has had gross implications on the socio-economic and political set of many nations especially the developing ones. The macroeconomic effects of...

Raila Odinga - 5 intriguing facts you never knew

May 8, 2025 • 06:55 AM

Raila Odinga is an outstanding personality in Kenyan politics, the party leader for Cord, and former Kenyan Prime Minister. If you are reading this then probably you are interested in the latest Raila Odinga news and some intriguing facts from his biography. If so, you have come to the right place because we have something to tell you. Read these 5 amazing facts about Raila Odinga you probably didn't know. 1. Both Raila Odinga and his father Oginga Odinga were Members of the Parliament at the...

Erdogan's power lust puts him ahead of Turkey

May 8, 2025 • 06:55 AM

The Turkish military's attempt last year to overthrow the government of strongman President Recep Tayyip Erdogan had roiled Middle East politics. At a time the region is stewing with insurgencies and civil wars triggered by power lust among leaders, the attempted coup brought Turkey at a crossroads and thousands of Turks are still paying the price for what happened close to a year ago in their country.

Though the tide in the affairs of Erdogan had been shaken by the events then, he has come a...

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