The owner of a private company was arrested on Sunday under the POCSO Act for molesting a young woman complainant, then a minor, on various occasions during training in computers in west Delhi, police said.


Firm owner held for molestation


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Aiming to train the youth in mobile hardware repair and technical training in computers and peripherals, Swedish telecommunications company Ericsson on Saturday opened a skill centre in partnership with Electronics Sector Skills Council of India (ESSCI) in Uttar Pradesh's Ghazipur.


Ericsson opens technical training skill centre for youth in UP


Innovation is the "buzz-word" of the 21st century and any society which does not innovate will stagnate, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said here on Saturday.


Innovations, enterprise key to India's development: Modi


A 12-year-old girl student of a Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) school died and 161 other students took ill following a medical dose administered at the school, officials said on Friday.


School girl dies, 161 hospitalised after taking tablets under Central scheme


Global IT and consulting services firm CGI on Friday opened the first digital literacy centre in this tech hub in partnership with the Indian IT industry apex body Nasscom Foundation for the benefit of the local communities.


IT firm CGI opens digital literacy centre in Bengaluru


The 37-year-old electrician, accused of raping a 6-year-old girl studying in Class 2 of a New Delhi Municipal Corporation school, was suspended along with the headmistress here on Friday.


Minor raped in NDMC school, action taken against authorities


With growing cooperation between Saudi Arabia and India in the fields of education and health, Saudi Arabia has donated $5 million to the Jamia Hamdard University in New Delhi as a contribution towards the cost of building the medical college and expanding the existing Majeedia Hospital.


Saudi Arabia donates $5mn to Jamia Hamdard


A teenage girl student of a BMC-run Urdu medium school died of suspected poisoning from a medicine dose while at least 30 others were taken ill, officials said here on Friday.


Mumbai schoolgirl dies, 30 taken ill after taking medicines


A Class 2 student was raped in an NDMC school here and the accused, an electrician working there, has been arrested, police said on Friday.


Class 2 student raped in Delhi school, accused held


A case was registered on Thursday against four persons on charge of gang-raping a schoolgirl and making a video of the crime, police said.


Schoolgirl gang-raped, case registered against four


An 8-year-old boy choked to death after swallowing a pen cap at his school in Andhra Pradesh's Nellore district on Thursday, police said.


Minor boy chokes on ingested pen cap, dies


Dozens of people were killed and injured as an airstrike hit buses carrying children in northern Yemen on Thursday, according to the Yemeni branch of the International Committee for the Red Cross (ICRC).


Dozens killed as airstrike hits school buses in Yemen


In a bid to support the next generation of innovative female entrepreneurs in India, Google on Wednesday joined hands with co-working community hub 91springboard.


Google, 91springboard to upskill female entrepreneurs in India


Two girls schools have been set ablaze in Pakistan's Balochistan province, police said on Wednesday. No casualty was reported.


Two schools burnt down in Balochistan


Ambassadors from EU member countries in Bangladesh and Human Rights Watch on Tuesday condemned the violence against students protesting over the lack of road safety in the country's capital.


EU, HRW condemn violence against Bangladeshi students


A nine-year-old student of a private school was allegedly molested by his seniors thrice in their school bus here, police said on Tuesday.


9-year-old boy molested by seniors in school bus


A nine-year-old boy, studying in class 4, was allegedly molested by his seniors in a school bus, police said on Tuesday.


9-year-old boy molested by school seniors in Delhi


A PG medical student of SV Medical College in Tirupati, who had accused three professors of sexual harassment, has committed suicide in Andhra Pradesh's Chittoor district.


Andhra medico who accused professors of sexual harassment commits suicide


Student protesters who are demanding safer roads and stricter traffic regulations in Bangladesh, clashed with the police here on Monday outside the East West University.


Student protesters clash with police in Dhaka


GoDaddy, the world's largest Cloud platform dedicated to small and independent ventures, is empowering small and medium businesses (SMBs) in tier 2 and 3 cities of India and, to its surprise, is finding young women more keen to learn the skills needed to go online.


Women in emerging Indian cities keen to acquire skills for digital growth: GoDaddy


The prime suspect behind the torching of 14 girls' schools in Pakistan's Gilgit-Baltistan region was killed during a search operation on Sunday, a police spokesman said.

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