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What is Turning Juveniles to Heinous Crime?

Seasoned Academicians* from newly set up Jindal Institute of Behavioral Sciences (JIBS), JGU, Sonepat, try to provide an answer   “What makes the teens (adolescents) commit heinous crimes such as rape?” The answer to this question is highly complex. Mental health studies indicate that currently adolescents are low on resilience, grit, hope, tolerance, and high on aggression, conflict, mood modification …

Make Your Child Feel special THIS CHILDREN’S DAY

In India, every year 14th November, the birth anniversary of country’s first Prime Minister, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru is celebrated as the National Children’s Day or Bal Diwas in Hindi. Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru was very fond of children, who called him Chacha Nehru lovingly and that is the reason behind celebrating his birth anniversary as Children’s Day.   Schools organize many …

Young victims of cyberbullying twice as likely to attempt suicide and self-harm, study finds

Children and young people under-25 who become victims of cyberbullying are more than twice as likely to enact self-harm and attempt suicide than non-victims. And the perpetrators of cyberbullying are also more likely to experience suicidal thoughts and behaviours, researchers say. The study, which is a collaboration of a number of researchers from across the UK, including the University of …

The Festival of Education, Jaipur: Taking Education to centre stage

In a truly inspirational benchmark of celebrating the power of education and bringing education narrative  into public and governance discourse , Rajasthan led the way by staging the first ever Festival of Education in India at Jaipur Exhibition and Convention Centre, Jaipur over two days on August 5-6.   The festival held in partnership with Dubai-based GEMS Education (esb 1959, …

Chemistry is in every one, & in everything that we do: Dr. A. Ajayaghosh, Director, NIIST

If relationships are strong, then it is considered that the chemistry between two people is working.  Chemistry is in everything that we do.  It is in each one of us. There is no Life Science without Chemistry. Everybody is made of chemicals. Chemical reactions occur when we breathe, eat, sleep. It is in the food we eat, clothes we wear, …

SPOTLIGHT: “How summer schools can give children an inside edge”

Summer holidays at school have thrown open a vast array of opportunities for “Summer Schools”. In an overly competitive international environment, these courses have gained popularity world-wide offering innovative academic and non-academic courses that span a variety of fields and interests says Vanita Uppal OBE, Director,The British School, Delhi Students experience student life on campus, explore and develop leadership and communication …

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