It was also, perhaps most important of all, the birth of radio. The BBC and Radio Moscow made their first broadcasts in 1922 and 500 radio stations were launched in America when the very first radio was installed in the White House. This new form of communication, bringing voices directly into your home, rippling in […]
A leading scientific organization, the Royal Society (the British equivalent of the National Academy of Sciences), has published a report discourage social media censorship, with particular reference to the COVID-19[female[feminine pandemic: The Royal Society, the UK’s science academy, published a study on online science and health misinformation on Wednesday, investigating its root causes and brainstorming […]
Zubair Qureshi Some 20 parliamentarians from all Pakistan’s provinces and political parties and civil society organizations have lent their support to the new Parliamentary Education Caucus. The EPC was formed to address major bottlenecks in the country’s current education system and offer suggestions for improvement to decision makers. The main focus of efforts w This […]
Employees at JBS Meat Processors receive a $100 bonus to get vaccinated against COVID-19. The Lidl grocery chain offer $200 to employees who are vaccinated. Trader Joe’s offers employees two hours pay per dose of vaccine. In the town of Acworth, Georgia, $200 gift cards waiting for city workers who can prove they have received […]
WASHINGTON, January 25 (TNSRep) — The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society issued the following press release: An overwhelming majority of adults (79%) believe the government should regulate insurance products that exploit loopholes to discriminate against cancer patients and others with pre-existing conditions, according to a new national survey. Health insurers are increasingly selling the coverage — […]
CEC Sushil Chandra, image courtesy of ECI New Delhi: Chief Electoral Commissioner Sushil Chandra on Tuesday stressed the need for efforts by society as a whole to discourage people with criminal backgrounds from participating in elections. “It is equally essential to limit the influence of money and muscle power in elections. Efforts must be made […]
St Mary’s University, Twickenham is pleased to announce the Politics and Society Book Launch Series which will comprise four events in February and March 2022. The first event of the series, the 2n/a of February, will celebrate the release of Christianity and Confucianism: culture, faith and politics (ix, 635pp; Bloomsbury, 2021), by Visiting Professor Christopher […]
The evolution of a democratic society is centered on the expansion of rights — civil, political, economic and cultural, leading to the empowerment of people. Democratic nations respect individual and collective rights for moral and instrumental reasons. Duties, both legal and moral, are cherished in order to enforce these rights. The obligations of the individual […]
As the daylight increases and the Omicron recedes, forgive me if I don’t share the upbeat mood that is created when ‘restrictions’ are lifted. Freedom Day 2.0 anyone? The pandemic has both revealed and served as a cover for larger endemic social problems and the populism of the rhetoric about “defeating” it will tempt us […]
Second, every effort should be made to rejuvenate and transform public sector universities in Jammu and Kashmir. These are in desperate need of comprehensive restructuring and are important for the development of a knowledge society. Today, many of these institutions operate at their own risk and responsibility in a world dominated by global capitalism where […]
Jan. 20 (THEWILL) – A coalition of several pan-Yoruba and civil society groups has launched the campaign for a minimum of 40 million voters in the former Western region comprising the current six South Western states with Delta and Edo States. The group also targets the Yoruba people in Kwara, Kogi States. The project, according […]
the herald Daniel Nemukuyu Survey Editor The Law Society of Zimbabwe’s dual role as a regulator of the profession and a representative body representing lawyers is now being challenged in the courts, with a growing number of lawyers wanting roles to be shared, as is currently happening in many other professions such as medicine. Lawyers […]
Monday, January 17, 2022 GoLocalProv Lifestyle Team View larger + Van Horne. PHOTO: RI Black Heritage Society the Rhode Island Black Heritage Society announced that he will host a “FREEDOM IS NOT ENOUGH: The Life and Times of Reverend Mahlon Van Horne” presentation to celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s National Day. The virtual presentation […]
This is the first time that the American Whig-Cliosophic Society can revoke an honor Student members of the prestigious Princeton University political society voted to revoke an honor bestowed on Senator Ted Cruz. The American Whig-Cliosophic Society voted 37 to 32 in favor of the motion to revoke the James Madison Republican Politician’s Award for […]
As a new administration enters political office in the United States, the division in American political ideology is still very apparent. Political polarization is something that has affected the United States across multiple jurisdictions. It has only grown over the past few decades, but one organization believes simple conversations might be able to close that […]
Dr. Jose Rizal’s line, “Ang kabataan ang pag-asa ng bayan” may have been immortalized in our books. Yet, as cliché as it may sound, it remains relevant more than ever. The Political Society of the University of the Philippines (UP POLSCi) presents one of the largest and most anticipated inter-high school political competitions in the […]
The Definitive Guide to Political Society from the University of Stirling – Brig Journal Welcome to Brig Diary Click to listen to the highlighted text! Welcome to Brig Diary Previous story Government funding awarded to Stirling Uni research team for groundbreaking healthcare system study Next story Johnston under fire from EU and global institutions amid […]
Georgian civil and political society are joining forces to save one of the oldest gold mines in southern Georgia and prevent Russian gold and copper mining company RMG Gold from expanding there. For this reason, 14 Georgian political parties established the Dmanisi Survival Foundation and participated in an auction announced by the Georgian Ministry of […]
Why does Kwame Nkrumah, the first president of Ghana, still remember long after being toppled and his body decomposed in the swallowed lands of his home village, Nkroful? Since Nkrumah, Ghana has had more than 10 heads of state, including Hilla Limann. Who remembers, let alone heard of Hilla Limann, who was president of Ghana […]
AGORA CEE 2018 MEETING IN CIESZYN (5TH EDITION) Right-wing populism, soft dictatorship, illiberal democracy, anti-liberal counterrevolution: there is no shortage of terms and labels to describe the specter that haunts Europe, not just its central and eastern parts. There is no lack of balance sheets, each pointing to its alleged origin: reaction to the crisis […]
Shideh Ghandeharizadeh | Daily Trojan In art, there are no rules. French Dadaist Marcel Duchamp mounted a bicycle wheel on a wooden stool and called it ready-made art; photographer Andres Serrano immersed a crucifix in a basin of his own urine; Performance artist Chris Burden had his friend shoot him with a .22 rifle in […]
Eugene Ionesco (1909-1994) was a French-Romanian absurdist playwright and member of the French Academy for 24 years. His most essential pieces, including works like Rhinoceros and The chairs, are touchstones of mid-century French avant-garde theatre. A world-famous and respected writer, Ionesco died in 1994 at the age of 84. The human condition was of great […]
WASHINGTON, July 11, 2006 (RFE / RL) – Given the opaque nature of the Iranian government, the public might never know how pervasive the activities of the Hojjatieh Society really are. But former vice president Abtahi was quoted by the hard-line daily “Kayhan” on July 5 as saying that several members of the Hojjatieh Society […]