Teased and bullied – the challenges of starting school with a stutter
Mark Onslow, University of Sydney Starting school can be daunting for any child. Often it is the first excursion into the world without parent contact. The teacher is a new person in the child’s life, who, among many other things, is a daytime caregiver. For a child who stutters, the school years can be a […]
Aadhaar data fully safe, secure: UIDAI
PTI/Representational ImageAdmitting to an instance of attempt to misuse biometrics data, the Unique identification Authority of India (UIDAI) on Sunday said that the information on individuals enrolled by it is safe and secure. This clarification by the UIDAI, which administers the Aadhaar project, comes in the wake of recent reports of breach in the security […]
Rohith Vemula’s mother, brother to undertake ‘Dalit Rath Yatra’ across Telangana and Andhra
PTI Radhika Vemula, mother of University of Hyderabad (UoH) research scholar Rohith Vemula, has announced that she will lead a ‘Dalit Rath Yatra’ across the two Telugu states of Telangana and Andhra. Writing for the Hindustan Times, Sudipto Mondal reports that Radhika was speaking at a rally on Saturday in Bengaluru, where she said, “On March 14, Raja (Rohith’s […]
Fitness tracking devices may be ruining your sleep
Unable to get proper sleep at night? Blame that sleep tracking app, as a new study has revealed that wearable sleep tracking devices such as Fitbit or Apple Watch, designed to help people track sleep, may actually be keeping people awake. The findings showed that when it comes to sleep, that enthusiasm for the devices […]
The United States Department of State’s report on Human Rights Practices for 2016: Kuwait
Kuwait Times There were numerous reports of police arresting and detaining foreign nationals without a warrant Kuwait is a constitutional, hereditary emirate ruled by the Al-Sabah family. While there is also a democratically elected parliament, His Highness the Amir holds ultimate authority over most government decisions. The parliamentary elections held on November 26 were generally […]
Death of a Telangana officer: Did Chitti Babu kill himself over harassment by superiors?
CrimeA police complaint by the SI’s son blames Siddipet Commissioner Shiva Kumar and ACP Narasimha Reddy for the death.TNM StaffChitti_babu 3×2.jpgImage: Facebook/Venugopal Sirimalle Dubbak Two days after a police sub-inspector from Telangana killed himself and his wife, a deeper look into the case has raised many questions. On Friday, Chitti Babu, who was serving as […]
Trump calls Schumer a ‘total hypocrite’ over Russia ties
Author: The Associated PressSun, 2017-03-05ID: 1488658588204806400NEW YORK: President Donald Trump, his administration under siege for contacts with Russian officials, is calling for “an immediate investigation” into Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer’s own ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin. The president on Friday tweeted a 14-year-old photo of the two men, calling for a probe into Schumer’s “ties […]
684 Kuwaitis applied for public jobs, 161 for private jobs this year
Kuwait Times KUWAIT: The Public Authority for Manpower explained that a neutral consultancy firm has been assigned to merge the authority with the Manpower and Government Restructuring Program (MGRP) to become a single government body. The authority added that the company was the same one that prepared the economic reform study and recommended the merger. […]
Coops to hire 3,000 Kuwaitis
Kuwait Times KUWAIT: The Union of Consumer Cooperative Societies (UCCS) plans to employ up to 3,000 citizens at the cooperative markets and hire non-Kuwaitis for jobs for which nationals show no interest. Fehaid Al-Htaitah, the federation deputy chairman, indicated in a statement yesterday that the decision was taken following a recent meeting that grouped officials […]
Remember the Rohtak sisters? The three men accused of molesting them have been acquitted
Two years after a video clip of two girls thrashing three men on a bus in Rohtak, Harayana went viral, a court discharged the accused on Friday as the police did not have enough evidence to put the men on trial. The video clip first surfaced in December 2014, where two girls, later dubbed the ‘Rohtak sisters’ […]
