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Better understanding of masculinity could prevent violence: Study

Understanding the positive aspects of masculinity helps to improve boys' attitude towards violence against women they are in a relationship with, researchers suggest.As part of a recent study, a program aimed at reducing violence against women and girls by focusing on positive expressions of masculinity changed the attitudes of middle school boys who may have been prone to harassment and dating violence as they got older.The findings, published in Children and Youth Services Review, suggest the pilot program, "Reducing Sexism and Violence Program - Middle School Program (RSVP-MSP)," improved attitudes related to the use of coercion and violence in relationships. It also found that the program, geared towards middle school boys, changed beliefs that violence, including harassment and sexual and dating violence, was acceptable."Most research on sexual and dating violence has focused on high school and college students - but research shows these forms of violence are also prevalent among

86.29% students pass class 12 board examinations in Bengal

An estimated 86.29 per cent out of the nearly 8 lakh students passed the Higher Secondary examinations in West Bengal this year, the results of which were declared on Monday. Out of a total of 7,77,266 candidates, who appeared for the examinations this year, 86.29 per cent students passed, the president of West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education, Mohua Das, told a press meet here. The overall pass percentage last year was 83.75 per cent, she said. A total of 7,818 candidates secured 90 per cent or above marks and 2,63,149 students secured 60 per cent or above marks in the examinations this year, Das said. Das said a total of 137 candidates were among the top ten rankers from all the three streams - science, arts and commerce. This year, every rank has been shared by more than one candidate, she added. Shovan Mondal from Birbhum Zilla School and Rajarshi Burman of Jenkins School in Cooch Behar jointly shared the first rank this year, Das said. Both of them ...

Musa killing: Several educational institutions remain closed

Classes at several educational institutions in Kashmir remained suspended on Monday to thwart student protests following the killing of Zakir Musa, the chief of an Al-Qaeda affiliate, in an encounter in Pulwama district last week, officials said. While many schools conducted normal operations till Class 10, all higher secondary schools and degree colleges in Srinagar, Budgam and Kupwara districts remained suspended as a precautionary measure, the officials said. Classes were also suspended in colleges and higher secondary schools of Baramulla town, Sopore and Pattan in Baramulla district, and some in Ganderbal district, they said. The teaching was suspended in degree colleges and four higher secondary schools -- two in Bandipora and one each in Sumbal and Hajin area -- of Bandipora district, they said. In Anantnag district, classes in degree colleges and higher secondary schools of Anantnag and Bijbehara towns was suspended on Monday. In Kulgam, classes remained suspended in all ...

'Yoga, Taichi can deepen China-India friendship'

Yoga and Taichi, two practices from world's ancient civilisations of India and China, are the best medium for both the countries to communicate with each other and deepen their friendship, feel a student and experts at China's first Yoga college set up in cooperation with India. The China-India Yoga College was opened at Yunnan Minzu University in Kunming in 2015 after the visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Before Yu Songsong started to learn yoga at the institution, he knew little about India, where the ancient practice originated. Having spent the last six years learning yoga disciplines, Yu is enamoured by the yoga culture and eager to travel to India, the state-run Xinhua news agency reported on Sunday. In 2013, Yu from a rural area in Guizhou fell ill ahead of an examination to enter university. He ended up studying marketing at a local college of finance not far from his home. "I don't like marketing at all, and I was suffering from an emotional disorder, almost depression. .

Yoga, taiji deepen China-India friendship

Before Yu Songsong started to learn yoga, he knew little about India where it originated.

Agency to conduct entrance tests for DU admissions not yet finalised

Delhi University's admission committee is yet to decide on the agency that will conduct the entrance exams for admission to various courses in the varsity, leading to a delay in the start of the process. Last year, the varsity's admission process had started from May 15. This time, the standing committee on admissions recommended that the process be started from May 27, but the varsity's admission committee has not yet finalised the date. Rajeev Gupta, dean, Students' Welfare, said the dates for the entrance exams are yet to be finalised. "The portal is the same for merit-based courses and entrance exam based courses. The admission process will start once the dates are finalised. We are yet to finalise the agency that will be conducting the entrance exams," he said. An official, however, said the National Testing Agency (NTA) is likely to conduct entrance exams for various Delhi University courses. Gupta said the coming week will likely see a finalisation on the admission ...

Jharkhand teacher arrested for 2017 FB post about beef

A government college teacher has been arrested here for allegedly writing an "objectionable post" on Facebook two years ago in support of a beef party in Chennai, police said on Sunday. Jeetrai Hansda, a contractual faculty member in the Jamshedpur Co-operative College, was apprehended from a village in Sakchi area of Jamshedpur on Saturday night, an officer said, adding that the teacher had been evading arrest. "Hansda has been booked under various sections of the IPC and the IT Act, and the process to forward him to judicial custody is currently underway," Rajeev Singh, the officer-in-charge of Sakchi police station, told PTI. The teacher, a resident of Parsudih here, had allegedly written a post in support of a beef party organised by the IIT-Madras students, prompting the Akhil Bharatiya Vishwa Parishad (ABVP), the student's wing of the RSS, to file a complaint against him, the officer said. The beef fest was organized at IIT-Madras in 2017 in protest against the restrictions ...

Poll effect: 15,000 govt schools get electricity connections in rural MP

The just-concluded general elections came as a boon for primary schools in Madhya Pradesh's rural areas. As per the state Chief Election Commissioner's (CEO) report, 15,000 government primary schools, which were made polling stations in far-flung areas, got permanent electricity connections during the Lok Sabha polls. Not just electricity, repair works were also undertaken and some schools provided water connections, officials said. Some primary schools in Jhabua, Ratlam, Betul, and Bhind and other areas of rural Madhya Pradesh were made polling centres for the first time, a senior election officer said. These schools either did not have electricity connections or had temporary arrangements for power supply, the official said. Power connections are necessary at polling booths as Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) and other equipment need continuous power supply. The education and power departments worked on a war footing to provide electricity connections in these schools, said the ...

Women do better math in warm temperatures: Study

Researchers have found that women tend to perform better on math and verbal tests at higher temperatures, while men perform the same tests best at lower temperatures.

Man held for cyber stalking ex-classmatein Hyderabad

: A 23-year-old man has been arrested here for allegedly cyber stalking and sexually harassing his former intermediate classmate on social media after she rejected his proposal, police said Sunday. The woman had recently blocked him on WhatsApp for sending 'unscrupulous messages' following which he allegedly created a fake facebook account, posted photos of her with sex soliciting comments as status and collected money from some through wallets, police said. The man and the woman were classmates in intermediate and he was in love with her but she had not responded to his proposal. She had also deleted his messages on a WhatsApp group of their classmates before blocking him finally. This is a case of sexual harassment in electronic form by stalking," a police release said adding the man, employed in a private firm, was arrested Saturday.

79 schools score less than 10% result in Gujarat 12th boards (2nd Lead)

A whopping 79 schools posted less than 10 per cent result in the 12th standard general stream examinations this year, even as English medium students performed better than their Gujarati counterparts, the Gujarat Secondary and Higher Secondary Educational Board (GSHSEB) announced here on Saturday.

Man enters Surat building on fire, saves over 10 students

It was an extraordinary decision which Ketan Jorawadia took and save the lives of over ten students who were trapped in Takshashila Arcade's razing fire here on Friday.When the commercial complex, where a coaching centre was being run, was in a blaze, many people passed through. Some even stopped to click photos and shoot videos but Jorawadia had something else on his mind.Without wasting a jiffy, he decided to risk his life and entered the razing building to save the stranded students. As many as 20 students lost their lives in the inferno but Ketan is happy to save over 10 students.Talking to ANI, Ketan said: "There was smoke. I could not figure out what to do. Meanwhile, a girl fell to the ground while trying to escape the blaze."That was the triggering point for Ketan."I felt pained when I saw a 13-year-old falling on the ground. I was able to see the accident.""I took the ladder. First helped the children get out of the place, managed to save 8-10 students from the back side of ..

79 schools score less than 10% result in Gujarat 12th boards

A whopping 79 schools posted less than 10 per cent results in the Class 12 general stream examinations conducted this year even as English medium students did better than their Gujarati counterparts, the Gujarat Secondary and Higher Secondary Educational Board (GSHSEB) announced here on Saturday.

English medium students beat Gujarati counterparts in 12th boards

Over 73 per cent of around 3,55,560 students cleared the Class 12 general stream examinations conducted this year, the Gujarat Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board (GSHSEB) announced here on Saturday.

BJP MP says he will send Jinnah portrait to Pakistan

Two days after being re-elected as BJP MP, Satish Gautam said that his first priority will be to send the portrait of Muhammad Ali Jinnah at Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) to Pakistan.

Creativity takes on new dimensions at this exhibition

Big-ticket artists get their fair share of praise, but an ongoing exhibition here is proof enough that Indian art students are no less creative.

394 MPs have at least graduate-level education

As many as 394 newly-elected members of the Lok Sabha have at least graduate-level education, according to a think-tank. In the soon-to-be-constituted 17th Lok Sabha, 27 per cent of the MPs have studied till class 12, while in the 16th Lok Sabha 20 per cent MPs had studied till class 12. Among the newly-elected MPs, 43 per cent are graduates, 25 per cent post graduates, and 4 per cent are doctorates, according to data collated by the PRS Legislative Research. Since 1996, at least 75 per cent of representatives of each Lok Sabha have been graduates, it said. In first back-to-back majority in the general elections for a single party in over three decades, the Narendra Modi-led BJP won 303 seats out of 542 in Lok Sabha polls, handing out a crushing defeat to the Congress and many other political opponents.

Reading with toddlers can reduce harsh parenting, boost child behaviour: Study

Parents who regularly read with their toddlers are less likely to engage in harsh parenting, enhancing children's behaviour, a study has found. The study, published in the Journal of Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics, suggests that shared reading facilitates a stronger parent-child bond and less hyperactivity and attention problems in children. Previous studies have shown that frequent shared reading prepares children for school by building language, literacy and emotional skills. However, researchers at Rutgers University in the US may have for the first time highlighted additional benefits of shared reading habits. "For parents, the simple routine of reading with your child on a daily basis provides not just academic but emotional benefits that can help bolster the child's success in school and beyond," said Manuel Jimenez, an assistant professor from the Rutgers University. According to the research, data on 2,165 mother-child pairs from 20 large US cities were reviewed in .

Reading with kids can make you a better parent

People who regularly read with their kids are less likely to engage in harsh parenting and their children are less likely to be hyperactive and have attention problems, say researchers.

Homeschooling might not affect general health of children: study

The concept of home-schooling is gaining widespread recognition today. A new study has put forth that the years spent in home-schooling doesn't seem to affect the general well being of children.The study published in the journal Health Promotion International puts forth evidence that the amount of time a student spends in home school is weakly or not at all related to multiple aspects of youth physical health."Although there may be differences in the health of elementary to high school home-schoolers, those differences don't seem to change with additional time spent in home school," said lecturer Laura Kabiri, Rice University."In other words, staying in home school longer isn't related to increased health benefits or deficits," she added.The results from the studies of more than 140 children in grades kindergarten to class fifth, who were tested against statistically normal data for children of their age and gender, accounted for prior published research that showed home-schooled ...