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have observed that education does have impact on suicides. The trend revealed that more educated the people were lower were their chances of suicide. Highest number was reported with secondary education (2,244) followed by never educated (1,273). Only 84 graduates and seven post-graduates resorted to suicides in the state. Hanging was the most adopted means to end life in the state; 20% victims hung themselves, mostly at home, for suicide. It was followed by consuming poison (1,454) and immolating self (1,041). Use of sleeping pills and jumping took a back seat in 2009 with a dip of nearly 25% compared to 2008. (TOI, 11/01/2011) Want a leg up from lady boss? Shave MUMBAI: Women bosses prefer clean-shaven male colleagues, a survey conducted across eight metros shows. More than 82% in the Nielsen India study, done in December, said "female bosses always prefer clean shaven men in the office". In the first-of-its-kind survey, 626 men were asked what they want and "on what they think women want". Among those who lent their voices to this prickly issue are Bollywood actors Mallika Sherawat, Maliaka Arora Khan and Neha Dhupia. Of the 414 women bosses surveyed, almost 90% said they "prefer clean-shaven men"; 79% said such men have successful careers. "It's always the clean-shaven employee who gets a chance to attend meetings and travel out of the office," said 85% of the respondents. Particularly, in a woman-on-top situation, 86% said that "when it comes to promotion, especially with female bosses, the clean-shaven men always have an upper hand". The doorto-door survey, which might make men shift their attention from the iPad to the mirror, covered teens as young as 15 to those who were well entrenched in careers at 45. While online videos on hair removal below the neck and "everywhere" aimed at the average Joe are attracting millions of views from men in Manhattan to Melbourne, men across India still take pride in facial hair. But illustrating a changing trend in the metros, 66% of the respondents in cities said "getting a job is a cakewalk for a clean-shaven man". Last year, a survey showed that women liked their men stubble-less. In the latest survey, 80% men agreed that a woman wants her man to be clean-shaven every day, and 66% agreed that women feel clean-shaven men are more approachable. Men on the marriage market prefer to be clean-shaven; 71% of the respondents said women prefer taking a clean-shaven man to meet her parents. Also, if men think they can slacken off during weekends, they might have to think again; 73% of the male respondents said women like to accompany clean-shaven men to a party and almost an equal percentage said women feel their partners should be clean-shaven especially on weekends. (TOI, 12/01/2011) Sexual minorities' rally in Belgaum today BELGAUM: The members of Karnataka Sexual Minorities Forum will stage a protest rally here on Wednesday, urging the government to fulfil their demands. The rally will begin from Ramdev Galli at 12 noon and conclude at Gogte Ranga Mandir. Addressing mediapersons here on Tuesday, forum state president Veena said there is a need for creating awareness among the people about sexual minorities, who are facing lot of problems in society. "What is our mistake for being like this? Most of the families deny property share to sexual minorities and send them out from home. Many families forcibly arrange their marriage with the opposite gender, which should be stopped," Veena said. Veena blamed the government for sidelining sexual minorities, saying the government order which was issued five months ago in favour of the community has not reached the departments concerned so far. The GO mentions the inclusion of community into 2A category, paying Rs 400 monthly pension on the lines of Devadasis, giving houses through Slum Board, issuing BPL ration cards through the food and civil supply department, paying loan to start small-scale business, including their names in voters' list and giving 1% reservation in higher education. (TOI, 12/01/2011) Indian girl invited to attend WEF in Davos When language fails, art takes over, said world renowned neuroscientist V S Ramachandran at an interaction here recently. Anjali ChandrashekarThe observation fits 17-year-old Anjali Chandrashekar, who started using visual arts to serve social causes like health and environment. Anjali is not only the youngest Indian but also the only Asian to be invited as a “global changemaker” for attending the prestigious World Economic Forum (WEF), annual meet at Davos in Switzerland being held from January 26-30. The British Council has chosen her as part of the “Global Changemakers Initiative”. “The WEF is one of the biggest fora and I look forward to be a part of it,” Anjali told Deccan Herald. She is leaving next week for a six-day training programme for youth participants in Zurich before the WEF meeting. A class XII student of Padma Seshadri Bala Bhavan Junior College in Chennai, Anjali will be joining four others—
a girl each from Israel and Brazil and a boy each from New Zealand and US—to get a feel of the world’s “Ideas Lab” at the WEF. “The ‘Global Changemakers’ is a network of young social entrepreneurs and activists from 110 countries who come together to share ideas and work together on projects impacting lives of the poor,” according to the British Council (BC). A commerce student, Anjali has been into painting and sculpture making from the age of four. She learned the arts from students of the Government College of Arts, Chennai. “I have been learning alongside them, though I did not have a formal tutor,” she said. Putting her art to use for fund-raising for social causes, Anjali teaches blind children to make sculptures and volunteers for Unesco and Unicef. Anjali’s painting of a logo for the 2010 International Biodiversity Year will be published by the Food and Agriculture Organisation this year. In November 2010, she was one of the 60 people from 37 countries to participate in a ‘Global Youth Summit’ near London. From that group, she was one of five youths selected for the WEF. She gets her Karnataka connection from her mother, Anuradha, who is from the state. Her father, P V Chandrasekhar, is a Railways employee. (Deccan herald, 13/01/2011) Rape case registered against MLA, 3 others A case was finally registered against Bahujan Samaj Party MLA from Naraini (Banda), Purshottam Naresh Dwivedi, and his three cohorts in connection with the torture and rape of a poor girl on Wednesday. While issuing orders to arrest the accused, the state government claimed that the victim too was not innocent and was involved in a theft. Addresing mediamen, Cabinet Secretary Shashank Shekhar Singh disclosed Wednesday evening : "A case has been registered against MLA Purshottam Naresh Dwivedi and his three aides and instructions have been isued for their arrest." Identifying the legislator's aides as Rajendra Shukla, Surendra Neta and Ravindra Shukla, Singh said that a case of rape, kidnapping and hurling abuses was registered at the Kotwali police station of Banda under sections against the four accused. The government decision came after the pobe agency - Crime Branch-Crime Investigation Department (CB-CID), finding victim sheelu's allegations true, submitted a preliminary report to DGP Karamveer Singh. The report was handed over to the Cabinet Secretary by the DGP and ADG (CB-CID) Gurbachan Lal earlier in the day. Meanwhile replying to a querry on whether the victim was set up and sent to jail to silence her, Singh explained that the CB CID found the charges of theft against Sheelu to be true. "The CID sleuths found that during her four day stay at the MLA's house, the girl had stolen a cellphone set and Rs 5,000. She later made at least 150 calls from the mobile phone," said the Cabinet Secretary. Well placed sources claimed that the CB-CID sleuths were now waiting for the DNA test report to collect some conclusive evidence against the accused. (Pioneer, 13/01/2011) Illiterate, they perform root canal operation TILONIA (AJMER): Bhawri and Kesar Devi of Tilonia village in Rajasthan's Ajmer district have never been to school. They used to work in the fields and also doubled up as village midwives to eke out a living. Now, the two women, in their fifties, are learning tricky dental procedures like root canal operation. Bhawri and Kesar were chosen by a team of Italian dentists visiting Tilonia's Barefoot College, an NGO run by Sanjit Roy, popularly known as Bunker Roy. They were looking to train village women to perform basic dental procedures and make villagers aware of dental hygiene. "The idea was to simplify the procedures so that illiterate women could learn. For this, we wanted to select women who are not afraid of the sight of blood," said Giuseppe Petretta, an economist working with four doctors on the project conceived four years ago. Bhawri and Kesar fitted the bill. And, their training in dentistry began at the Barefoot College. "Dentistry is not so developed in India, especially in rural areas. So, we wanted to do something here. I scouted round the country for NGOs to get associated with us so that we could teach them," he said. They found the Barefoot College to be the "perfect place". Bhawri and Kesar can now clean teeth, fill cavities and are skilled in tooth extraction. They treat 120-odd patients from nearby villages every month.They also teach children dental hygiene at night schools. Now, they are learning how to perform root canal operation. And, they are keen learners. While performing a root canal on a patient's wisdom tooth, the Italian dentist said, "Hand me the prop. Where is the mirror? Keep the tweezers ready." Bhawri and Kesar didn't fumble. Deftly, they passed the correct surgical instrument to the dentist. And, not knowing English didn't pose any problem. "We used to call the instruments 'kanta', 'aina' and 'cheemta'. The doctors taught us their English names," said Bhawri. The duo also get unexpected rewards for a job well done. "Recently, a person, surveying the area for mining work in a helicopter, had a toothache. With no dentist around, he touched down at the college helipad. Bhawri and me treated him. Since we don't charge money, he took us for a joy ride on his copter," Kesar said. (TOI, 13/01/2011)
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Page 25 and 26: Girl gangraped in Sikar, eight yout
Page 27 and 28: People should also realise this fac
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Page 31 and 32: Budhabhatti, pioneer pilot and foun
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following which a case was register
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district, taking the number of fres
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directions of District Magistrate H
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stressed than their sisters in deve
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Mandi area. Her father is a washer
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‘I don't want AIDS, but I can't q
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dowry death cases and Narcotic Drug
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and taking regular and consistent a
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MUMBAI: Rural Maharashtra seems to
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these districts. Cradle baby centre
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Volunteers, in fact, donned white T
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Rs.50,000 (earlier Rs.22,200) would
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Haveli, Daman and Diu, Lakshadweep
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of the officers listen to the griev
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NEW DELHI: A 68-year-old woman has
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Create awareness on guidelines to p
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AMBALA: Afraid of being harassed by
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VISAKHAPATNAM, September 10, 2011:
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provide them is dignified death. At
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preference for the male child. Glob
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ecovered from Singh, confirmed a se
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material would be distributed in ar
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inheriting land is not really an op
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would encourage women to join the w
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More Indian women prone to anaemia:
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Bengaluru 308, Indore 211, Hyderaba
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ensure that victims, who do not get
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'Need to eradicate caste, dowry sys
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Only sustained vigilance on the par
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the safety and security of girls an
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Comprehensive Information, Educatio
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Meanwhile, the organisers have urge
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directed the Naubasta police to lod
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though interestingly, Ahmedabad sur
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were divided into different groups
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