By News Briefing Central Asia Recent instructions by Uzbekistan’s president Islam Karimov to improve vocational colleges and schools by raising teaching standards indicate real concern about the state of education in the Central Asian state. Karimov ordered a programme of testing existing teachers to be pushed through by the time the new academic year […]
Kyrgyz Women Take to Hijab
Islamic dress becomes more popular in previously secular urban communities. By Asyl Osmonalieva For the last six months, 17 year-old Zarina Barinova has worn a Muslim-style headscarf whenever she goes out in northern Kyrgyzstan’s Chui province. A confident and outspoken student from the town of Karabalta, Barinova defies the common stereotype in Kyrgyzstan […]
Lubanga Verdict Prompts Debate on Reparations
Following international court’s conviction of first war crimes suspect, will proposed reparations process heal or divide communities? By Blake Evans-Pritchard, Mélanie Gouby For the former child soldiers whom Thomas Lubanga Dyilo forced to join his militia group, the Congolese commander’s conviction last month by the International Criminal Court, ICC, offered hope that they might eventually […]
10 killed, 2 injured in Kishtwar,CM announce one lakh each
UPDATED Jammu, April 28 (Scoop News) – Ten persons were killed and 2 others were injured when an over loaded Tata Suma on its way from Dhar to Drabshalla in Kishtwar fell into a deep gorge. Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah expressed deep shock over the loss of precious lives in the accident […]
Tesco And The ‘Best- Before’ Date Dilemma
On its website, the multinational retailer Tesco claims it is “always trying to make (its customers) shop easier.” However, on Friday afternoon, one of its customers witnessed a practice that could have meant serious health problems for her young toddler. Far from the ease and help promised by the third-largest retailer in the world, whose advertisements famously says “Every Little […]
ADGP asks CD Volunteers to help in snow clearance
Srinagar, February 01 (Scoop News) –Additional Director General of Police, Civil Defence, Home Guards and Auxiliary Police, Ms. D.R. Doley Barman has requested the Civil Defence volunteers to assist the civil administration and people in snow clearance, in view of the forecast of snowfall. Ms. Doley appreciated the CD Volunteers for the voluntary contribution […]
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