2 children among 7 injured in gas cylinder explosions

Seven persons, including two children, were injured in separate gas cylinder explosions in the city on Sunday. They were admitted to Osmania General Hospital and Gandhi Hospital for third degree burns. The incident occurred around 12.30 a.m., when an elderly couple and their grandchildren were asleep in their house at Malakpet. The victims were identified … Read more

Traffickers target tribal children from A.P., 4 other States

The poor and illiterate people of the Agency areas of Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Odisha and Chhattisgarh are easy prey for traffickers who are luring them with job offers. “More than 200 tribal folk, particularly children and women, were trafficked in the last few years, of which 50% were children aged between 8 and 15 years. … Read more

When worked-up children do the ‘vanishing act’

Terminology such as “stress factor, yoga, meditation and planning” are common and seem to be an unending rhetoric in academic circles, from Class X to B. Tech. With each passing year, the number of motivational speakers and psychologists is steadily on the rise, addressing lakhs of students with so-called “power-loaded” verbose to boost their morale … Read more