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These are the 11 books in progress that the Rs 18-lakh New India Foundation fellowships will support The books are meant to be works of non-fiction that throw light on an aspect of post-1947 India. 4 hours ago Novelist and poet Anjum Hasan is one of the 11 recipients of the fellowship. She will write a book on Shillong. | Zac O Yeah India is not known for funding literary projects in the making. There are – or were,...

  The death of Nelson Mandela, at age 95 on 5 December 2013, brings genuine sadness. As his health deteriorated over the past six months, many asked the more durable question:  how did he change South Africa ? Given how unsatisfactory life is for so many in society, the follow-up question is,  how much room was there for Mandela to maneuver ? South Africa now lurches from crisis to crisis, and so many of us are tempted to remember the Mandela years – especially the first democratic governm...

Express News Service KOCHI: For the LDF, the denial of the ticket to TM Thomas Isaac, the finance minister in the outgoing Left government, means a new face will hold the office if the front returns to power. Likewise is the case with the UDF after the 2019 demise of veteran politician K M Mani, who had been a permanent fixture in the front’s finance ministry for the past several terms.The names being discussed for the finance portfolio in the LDF camp are K N Balagopal, P Rajeev and K K Sha...

Salifu); Centre for Development and Policy Advocacy ( Seidu) "...directs attention to specific areas at the backbone of any response to public health emergency, and where CSO-health system intersections can be particularly leveraged and better strengthened in LMICs." In the wake of global health crises such as the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic, the role of civil society organisations (CSOs) in effective responses has been recognised. Such participation is often premised on the assumption that CSOs gr...

Economic reform (Part Two): Operation Vulindlela ushers in significant era of ‘reform-mongering’ in South Africa This is Part Two of a two-part series. Part One can be . Two important actions in the past few weeks signal that – at last – the president and his allies in government have seriously started to engage with the hard business of reform.  The Budget – whatever else you might say about it – involved an unambiguous set of decisions to halt the endless rise in South Africa’s...

Designing a training curriculum (including online trainings) Facilitation skills and techniques (including online trainings) Evaluating a training programme Training/Learning Methodology and Approach This training will be online. The online learning infrastructure will be accessible and easy to use by all participants. As far as possible it will still make use of the full range of participatory adult learning models including individual and group tasks, case studies and simulations amongst othe...

The election of Kamala Harris as the 49th vice president of the United States has gone down in the history books. Not only is she the first female VP, but also the first woman, the first person of colour, as well as the first person of African and Asian descent to hold that position. Whatever your stance on her policies may be, you have to admit that she is – by virtue of her

News from the world of education March 03, 2021 00:06 IST Updated: March 03, 2021 00:06 IST Updated: Share Article Key to growth and innovation IT consultancy and service organisation Xebia recently hosted the XGRAD 2021 Higher Education Summit online on the theme Industry and Academic Partnerships: A key to innovation and Growth. Dr Anil Sahsrabudhe, Chairman, AICTE, spoke about the importance of multidisciplinary education and lifelong learning. The colloquium discussed how industry and acad...

The Survey as policy with ideological overtones Updated: Updated: March 02, 2021 23:18 IST To say that growth and inequality converge in terms of their effects on socio-economic outcomes is outrageous Share Article AAA To say that growth and inequality converge in terms of their effects on socio-economic outcomes is outrageous The Economic Survey 2021 (https://bit.ly/2OfqfVQ) does not seem to be a policy document derived straight from the empirical data of the economy or the social compulsio...

Public wage bill a major issue for Mboweni, trade unions ahead of Budget speech Finance Minister Tito Mboweni has made no secret of his intention to slash the bill, which tripled between 2007 and 2019. FILE: Workers protest as public sector unions seek to strike a wage deal. Picture: EWN 43 days ago JOHANNESBURG - Finance Minister Tito Mboweni will deliver the Budget Speech on Wednesday with the critical iss...