One Laptop Per Child

I-T raids: Cash paid to Bollywood stars

Edit The Times of India 15 Jul 2016

In the course of investigation, the department has sealed 15 lockers while cash worth Rs 35 lakh, 10 laptops, 15 computers and 14 mobile phones have been seized from the premises. As per official sources IT sleuths have taken back-up of all the data. "Team has taken the data back-up from the recovered laptops and computers....

Report: link between child marriage and dropouts

Edit The Hindu 15 Jul 2016

A report on child marriage brought out by the NGO, Samajika Parivarthana Janandolana, showed that 49 per cent of child brides interviewed did not have access to high school, and as a result were forced to discontinue their education....

Why young Americans are having kids before marriage

Edit Indian Express 15 Jul 2016

By the end of the study, 53 per cent of the women and 41 per cent of the men reported having had at least one child -and 59 per cent of those births occurred outside of marriage ... Women who lived in an area with high inequality had 15 to 27 per cent lower odds of marrying before having a first child than did women who lived in an area with low inequality....

High cost of second child discourages many

Edit The Jakarta Post 15 Jul 2016

While the change of family planning policy allows couples to have an additional child legally, the high costs associated with growing a family discourages those who can't afford even one ... She was convinced that they could not afford to raise a child, according to news website dahe.cn ... It's not the first time for a couple to turn to the court to settle a dispute about whether to have a second child....

Former Chief of Defense Intelligence Agency: Some ISIS computers were 80% pornography

Edit Business Insider 15 Jul 2016

"We looked a ruthless enemy in the eye, the one that raped and exploited women and children, boys and girls, who beheaded people because it pleased him and who watched pornography on his laptop," Flynn wrote, according to RT. "At one point we actually had determined that the material on the laptops was up to 80% pornography....

Alerts on mandatory vaccinations

Edit The Hindu 15 Jul 2016

Increasing number of people ensuring that their children have the mandatory vaccinations is said to have helped bring down the number of child death cases because of vaccination-preventable diseases ... Now, nearly one lakh people have registered for this free service and vaccination rate has increased ... is less than five per cent....

Ful Apex 15" Laptop Backpack for $20 + $5 s&h;

Edit CNET 15 Jul 2016

As one of its daily deals, Meh offers the Ful Apex Laptop Backpack for $20 plus $5 for shipping. That's the lowest total price we could find by $21. It accommodates laptops up to 15" and features a front panel organizer, and front and back zipper compartments. Deal ends today ... ....

B4 School Checks on track towards target (New Zealand Government)

Edit Public Technologies 15 Jul 2016

'We are currently two per cent over the target of 83 per cent of children checked by the end of May, and we are on track to meet the end of financial year target of 90 per cent ... As of the end of May, we are one per cent over the 83 per cent target for high deprivation children.' ... One of the commonest findings in the check are on vision and hearing....

e-waste sale earns colleges over Rs. 7 lakh

Edit The Hindu 15 Jul 2016

Model Engineering College, Thrikkakara, topped the list, earning nearly Rs.5 lakh through the sale of 19,380 kg of e-waste, including used computers, laptops, television sets, and refrigerators ... CKC, which procures e-waste from local bodies at Rs.10 per kg, has fixed the rate at Rs.25 per kg for educational institutions as an added incentive....

McDonald's Helps Remove Education Barriers with Expanded Relationship with DeVry University (DeVry University)

Edit Public Technologies 15 Jul 2016

Program provides laptops to employees to maximize education options and meet technology demands. DOWNERS GROVE, Ill., July 14, 2016 - For more than six years, DeVry University, one of the largest private-sector universities in North America, and McDonald's, the world's leading global foodservice provider, have offered higher education opportunities to McDonald's workforce nationwide....

Situationer: Helping villagers cope with trauma

Edit Dawn 15 Jul 2016

The lights started to flicker again nine months ago. But these were not the turbines running again; these were laptops and satellite internet being powered by solar panels ... psychological ... “That’s ten per cent of the population,” Taha noted ... But she remembers meeting a mother who was worried her child was mentally disturbed after the disaster. Dr Nuzhat got the child assessed by a therapist and assured her there was nothing to worry about....

Expecting wife to earn is against Hindu philosophy: Madras High Court bench

Edit The Hindu 15 Jul 2016

The revision petitioner had challenged the order to pay maintenance on several grounds and one of them was that his wife was employed in a shop here and was earning sufficient money to maintain herself ... 5,000 per month will not be a fabulous amount for a woman and a child to meet their expenses towards a roof, food, clothing and additional nourishment for the child....

Getting mean

Edit Indian Express 15 Jul 2016

“Are you on the same page as your child?” A neon sign board advertising new mobiles at a traffic junction asks. A smart way to win new consumers, that advertisement, but an unsettling one at the same time ... A child cannot understand that forms of bullying vary ... Bullying can make a child lose interest in school and result in low self-esteem, depression and yes, in extreme cases, suicides....

One Laptop per Child

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