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- Offbeat
Sanitary napkins provided to boys in Bihar school
Patna: Nitish Kumar government’s well intentioned scheme to provide free sanitary pads to adolescent girls enrolled in government schools seems to have gained un-intentioned male beneficiaries ! The `unusual extension’ of the…
- Pakistan
Over 90% students in Pakistan weak in maths, science
New Delhi: More than 90 per cent of primary and lower-secondary students in Pakistan have only a weak or basic understanding of the mathematics and science they are required to learn, according…
- Bangalore
K’taka Hijab row; Minister calls move political, students unmoved
Bengaluru: The controversy surrounding the denial of permission to six girl students to classrooms for wearing hijab in the Government Girls Pre University College in Udupi of Karnataka has taken a political turn…
- Lifestyle
Suicidality linked to risky driving behaviours in high school students: Study
Washington: Two of the most common forms of death among adolescents have been suicide and motor vehicle traffic accidents. A new study published in ‘JAMA Pediatrics’ found that adolescents who reported at…
- India
140 Engineering students test positive for Corona in Karnataka
Mandya, (Karnataka): As many as 140 engineering students have tested positive for Covid-19 in Mandya district of Karnataka on Tuesday causing panic among the people. Following the development, PES Engineering College of…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Student dies by suicide after being ‘scolded’ by parents
Hyderabad: A Class 8 student on Sunday died by suicide in Chandanagar here reportedly after being scolded by his parents. According to the police, the boy was identified as 13-year-old Advaith Kimothi,…
- India
Kerala students to get COVID-19 vaccine doses in schools from Jan 19
Thiruvananthapuram: The Kerala Government on Sunday issued guidelines to start COVID-19 vaccination in schools for children aged between 15 and 18 years from January 19. The decision was taken in a high-level…
- Hyderabad
Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Bright Student Award, scholarships announced
Hyderabad: The Dr A.P.J Abdul Kalam Educational Welfare Society has announced the all-India Dr APJ Abdul Kalam ‘Bright Student Award’ and scholarships for students of grades four to ten, including those appearing…
- Hyderabad
120 Covid cases reported in IIT Hyderabad
Hyderabad: The Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad (IITH) has witnessed a spurt in Covid-19 cases with as many as 120 students and staff testing positive during the last one week. An official…
- Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh: Five students drown in rivulet
Vijayawada: In a tragic incident, five school students drowned in a rivulet in Andhra Pradesh’s Krishna district.Rescue workers on Tuesday recovered bodies of all the five students, aged between 11 and 14 years.…
- India
IIM students, faculty urge PM Modi to speak up against hate speech
Delhi: Students and faculty members from the Indian Institute of Management have written an open letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, urging him to address the issues of hate speech and caste-based…
- Andhra Pradesh
Four youth drowned at Vizag’s RK Beach
Visakhapatnam: Four youth were drowned at Visakhapatnam’s RK Beach on Sunday, police said. Those drowned include three youths from Secunderabad. While two bodies were recovered, the search was on for two others.…
- Chennai
Omicron scare: Tamil Nadu doctors call for online education mode
Chennai: The Tamil Nadu Government Doctors’ Association has requested chief minister M.K. Stalin to shift school and college classes purely to online mode. In a representation to the chief minister, the association’s president…
- India
Teacher booked for molesting student
Amroha: A teacher in the Hasanpur area has been booked for allegedly molesting a Class 10 student and threatening to fail her in the board exams if she revealed the incident to…
- India
Yogi kickstarts campaign to distribute tablets, smartphones to 1 crore students
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday launched the campaign to distribute free tablets and smartphones to one crore students of the state on the birth anniversary of former Prime…
