Voici la Une de News on Sunday de ce vendredi 10 janvier 2020

Beginning of Academic Year 2020

Minister of Education, Leela Devi Dookun-Luchoomun: “We are ready to take on the education hub”

10,330 students have been admitted in primary schools (Grade 1) and 14,442 students have been admitted in secondary schools (Grade 7) in the Republic of Mauritius on Friday 10th January. The grand start of the academic year 2020 will take place on Monday 13th January in all pre-primary, primary, secondary and tertiary institutions of our Republic. In an exclusive interview with News on Sunday, the Minister of Education, Leela Devi-Dookun Luchoomun, revealed the priorities of the Ministry, the challenges ahead and how the Ministry plans to address several issues in the education sector as well.

Domestic violence

A never-ending social scourge?

We have entered a new decade and yet major societal problems, such as domestic violence, continue to spread like a plague in our small island. Why is the situation not under control and will there ever be an end to domestic violence, which is causing more and more victims and deaths

Anoucheka Gangabissoon, teacher and poet

Young teacher compares poetry to therapy

Poetry is the medium that Anoucheka Gangabissoon uses to express her sentiments to the world. She has more than 400 poems published on her blog: -anoucheka.blogspot.com and poetrysoup.com and has five publications to her name.

Youshaa Bassa

The man behind Bride’s Choice

Being an entrepreneur in this competitive world is no easy task. But with determination, self-confidence and the willingness to take risks, nothing can stop you. Youshaa Bassa, a 27-year-old entrepreneur and director of Bride’s Choice, has demonstrated that ups and downs in life cannot prevent you from achieving your goals.

Compliance

A brake or an accelerator for your business?

Let’s take a test drive where you get to decide if your smoothly running organisation, much like a well-oiled vehicle, cannot be made the better for a core compliance mindset where AML/CFT, corporate governance and other relevant regulations come together to power your way to sure success – rather than act as a road-bump to be overcome or manoeuvred around.

Sciatica

Taming the back pain

Often confused with general back pain, Sciatica is usually caused by a compressed nerve in the lower spine. According to experts’ estimate, up to 40 percent of people will experience sciatica at least once in their life. Dr S. Karunagaran, Consultant Orthopedics, Spine Surgeon, Specialist in Joint Replacement & Sports Medicine at Wellkin Hospital, explains the causes, risk factors and most importantly, the treatment of sciatica.

World

The real reason the U.S. is interested in Iran

The American obsession with Iran is about oil and natural gas. If these two resources had been absent, it is hard to imagine such an intense American focus on the country from the time of a U.S. Central Intelligence Agency-backed coup of Iran’s elected government in 1953 to today.

Australians urged to evacuate as monster bushfires regenerate

Hot temperatures and high winds expected to fan flames of blazes that have devastated parts of country since September. Residents in the path of bushfires that have ravaged southeastern Australia since September were urged to evacuate again on Thursday as hot and windy conditions threatened to regenerate huge bushfires.