Both mentally challenged used to stay at the facility I n a tragic incident involving two mentally challenged women, one was killed by another, who is a minor, in a home run by a non-governmental organisation in Kothrud . According to information shared by police, the 14-year-old minor girl pushed a 33-year-old woman, also an inmate of the home, from the second floor of the building in Kothrud. Bhusari Colony in Kothrud. A case has been registered at Kothrud police station. One Anita Tapre has lodged the complaint in this regard. According to the police, the NGO , Savali Mati Mand and Bahuviklang Pratishthan in Bhusari Colony runs a home for mentally challenged and physically challenged children. On February 26, the 33-year-old mentally challenged woman was walking on the ramp on the second floor of the building. At that moment, the minor girl grabbed the deceased from behind and took her to the second floor. She then pushed her out of the building and killed … [Read more...] about Woman killed by minor in Kothrud’s NGO home
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Italian Populist Leader Slams EU and NGOs ‘Funding and Planning’ Migrant Crisis
The leader of Italy’s populist Northern League party has described the migrant crisis as an “invasion” that is being orchestrated by Brussels after European Union (EU)-backed NGOs were accused of working with people smugglers. “You can’t any longer speak about immigration but about an invasion organised, funded and planned by Brussels with the complicity of Rome,” Matteo Salvini said Monday, according to ANSA . On Twitter, Mr. Salvini also suggested Europe is “funding shipwrecks, mafia and Islamic terrorism” and called for border checks to be “moved to North Africa”. Several NGOs and charities, some EU-funded , are now under investigation for allegedly exploiting migrants and colluding with people smugglers and the mafia. Some groups have been accused of arranging to meet migrant boats just a few miles off the African coast and taking bribes from criminals. Italian prosecutors are already investigating one group and Trapani prosecutor Ambrogio Cartosio in May … [Read more...] about Italian Populist Leader Slams EU and NGOs ‘Funding and Planning’ Migrant Crisis
New, ‘prescriptive’ laws not the ideal solution against online falsehoods: Social media, Internet giants in written submissions
SINGAPORE: In addressing the issue of fake news, new prescriptive laws are not an ideal solution, according to industry association Asia Internet Coalition (AIC), whose members include social media companies like Google, Facebook and Twitter. Instead, a “stringent self-regulatory approach”, executed in coordination and cooperation with the authorities, will have a better outcome. The association made this point in its written representation to the Select Committee on Deliberate Online Falsehoods. It gave oral evidence to the committee on Thursday (Mar 22), together with representatives from Google, Facebook and Twitter. Explaining its rationale, AIC’s managing director Jeff Paine said in his written representation that prescriptive legislation will not adequately address the issue effectively, due to the highly subjective, nuanced and difficult task of discerning whether information is true or false. “There is also a real risk of compromising freedom of expression and speech … [Read more...] about New, ‘prescriptive’ laws not the ideal solution against online falsehoods: Social media, Internet giants in written submissions
A tweet helps Indian Railways rescue a girl from human traffickers
A 19-year-old orphan girl was rescued from traffickers in India, after a co-passenger tweeted to the Ministry of Railways. The rescue operations played out real-time on Twitter, with help reaching the girl within a few hours. See also: Chennai flooded after worst rains in a century, locals unite on social media Radha Lohar was onboard a train from Hyderabad and handed over a letter to a fellow passenger that revealed that she was being forcibly taken to Delhi. This co-passenger then passed on the information to a relative Divyansh Khunteta, who tweeted a photograph of the letter written by Lohar to the Indian Railways. @Divyansh131 Matter notified for immediate action @IR_IGCNI — Ministry of Railways (@RailMinIndia) January 5, 2016 @sureshpprabhu ot some informarion from a relative who is travelling in Train No 12723. "A girl from siliguri is taken forcefully to Delhi. — Divyansh Khunteta (@Divyansh131) January 5, 2016 @Divyansh131 @sureshpprabhu … [Read more...] about A tweet helps Indian Railways rescue a girl from human traffickers
Thang Long Citadel management urged to speed up conservation efforts
The request was made at a conference on February 23 between the agency and the Hanoi Party Committee, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the UNESCO representative in Vietnam. At the conference, experts noted that the site management work should be unified under an agency as recommended by UNESCO, suggesting that the Ministry of Defence should transfer the remaining area of the site that is under its management to the agency soon. They also asked the Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences to hand over the archaeological findings during its research to Hanoi. For the central sector of the citadel, it is necessary to soon relocate the former building of the Department of Operations, as it is blocking the space of Kinh Thien Palace, the core of the citadel. According to experts, research should be made to restore Kinh Thien Palace using 3D technology first before proceeding with the physical restoration. For the archaeological zone at 18 Hoang Dieu, researchers called on … [Read more...] about Thang Long Citadel management urged to speed up conservation efforts