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Ranchi: The state school education and literacy development department are set to build 57 new residential schools for girls in the state by next year. Called ‘Jharkhand Balika Aawasiya Vidyalaya’ (JBAV), these schools will be modelled after the Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalayas (KGBV)s.

The improbable finish to the Georgia Tech-Florida State game has turned into a teaching moment at practice fields across the country.

The improbable finish to the Georgia Tech-Florida State game has turned into a teaching moment at practice fields across the country.

The improbable finish to the Georgia Tech-Florida State game has turned into a teaching moment at practice fields across the country.

The improbable finish to the Georgia Tech-Florida State game has turned into a teaching moment at practice fields across the country.

COLUMBIA, South Carolina - How should adults respond when a teenager defies her teacher?

Disturbing videos showing a school resource officer flipping a girl from her desk and tossing her across the floor this week raised tough questions. Police officers are commonly brought into public schools nowadays to maintain safety and deter illegal behavior. [...] the School Resource Officers' Association says school districts should first agree not to involve officers in classroom discipline. The Richland County Sheriff's Department has a "memorandum of understanding" delineating when officers should be involved... Читать дальше...

JERUSALEM (AP) — An American educator and peace activist who worked for coexistence and who died this week from wounds sustained in a Palestinian attack is the lead plaintiff in a lawsuit agai…

SAN FRANCISCO -- For the second straight quarter, LinkedIn saw its stock price soar. On Thursday it released earnings results showing strong growth for the professional social network's talent recruiting product as well as increased traffic on mobile. Shares of the company climbed more than 9 percent in after-hours trading.

Nova Scotia Transportation Minister Geoff MacLellan announced Thursday that the government had entered into talks with Bay Ferries, which previously operated a high-speed catamaran on the route. The Portland-to-Yarmouth route was operated over the past season by Maine-based Nova Star Cruises, which failed to meet ridership goals despite receiving $41.5 million in provincial subsidies in its first two years of operation.

Ranchi: Chief secretary Rajiv Gauba on Thursday directed the health department and Jharkhand State Pollution Control Board (JSPCB) to expedite the process of setting up biomedical waste management facilities in the state.

The coach of a Washington state high school football team who prayed at games despite orders from the school district to stop was placed on paid administrative leave after a group of self-described Satanists said it planned to attend a Thursday game to protest the practice.

The 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals had ruled the program, which Congress has overhauled, was illegal. The Court, however, believes it is best to allow it to wind down in an orderly manner.

The eleven NRI voters registered in the electoral rolls for the first time in Bihar elections were contacted by election officials through their family members.

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BETHESDA, Md., Oct. 29 (UPI) -- A variation in the gene for brain-derived neurotropic factor may cause less of the appetite-controlling protein to be produced, playing a role in obesity.

Electronic Arts Inc. raised its earnings outlook for the second time in as many quarters as Wall Street and videogame players alike await the release of the company's potential blockbuster: "Star Wars Battlefront."

The Indian Defense Ministry on Thursday cleared a proposal to upgrade the country's fleet of Russian-made Ilyushin Il-76 transport planes and Il-78 aerial tankers, The Times of India said.

Rolling Stones musician Keith Richards once brought a Laurel Canyon house to the ground, literally.

While the Pentagon has revealed that Northrop Grumman will develop the US military’s new Long Range Strike-Bomber, specifics of the project remain top secret. But experts have some ideas.

So, posing for selfies is a crime in Saudi Arabia.

Thanks to Arvind Kejriwal, Kaushambi is now a familiar name across India. But this serendipitous tryst with fame hasn’t translated into better living conditions for its nearly 30,000 residents.

Beware the bright lights ahead, but unless you’re a gremlin, watching this video should be safe. Lens flares are oftentimes thought of as accidents in film; moments where the director wasn’t careful about the lighting structure or there was a misplaced mirror nearby. Truthfully, a flare-up is one of the most breathtaking moments in a film; it’s a glorious supernova projecting off the screen and into your conscious. If flares weren’t beautiful, would someone like the inimitable Paul Thomas Anderson use them in nearly all his films... Читать дальше...

San Francisco-based artist and inventor Steven Johnson, 77, has been coming up with somewhat wacky automobile features since the early '60s.

In a bid to decongest traffic on the Mohan Nagar stretch in Ghaziabad district, two flyovers will be built on both sides of the metro rail track, an official said on Thursday.

The Clippers play their home opener against the Dallas Mavericks on Thursday, a day after beating the Sacramento Kings, 111-104, in their season opener.