Skip to main content

Child Marriage, Teenage Pregnancy - Girls Worst Off In Pandemic: UN Envoy

The Covid pandemic has reversed years of progress made on the girls' education front, Jayathma Wickramanayake, the UN Secretary-General's Envoy on Youth, said. This besides the rise in other social...

from NDTV News - Special https://ift.tt/3nTqiXb
Labels:

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

All About The 'Benadryl Challenge' That Claimed The Life Of A US Teen

A 13-year-old boy from Ohio, US tragically died after overdosing on over-the-counter medication while attempting a viral TikTok trend, New York Post reported. The teenager died after ingesting 12 to 14 pills of Benadryl, an antihistamine as part of the 'Benadryl Challenge' on the social media platform TikTok. What is the 'Benadryl Challenge'? 'Benadryl Challenge', encourages its users to take dangerous amounts of the over-the-counter-drug diphenhydramine, commonly found in products like Benadryl and other OTC medications. The challenge, which particularly targets teenagers, urges them to take 12-14 pills at a time to induce hallucinations. Participants then record the whole ordeal on TikTok to share their hallucinating experience online.  The stunt became popular around 2020 when teenagers uploaded their attempts on TikTok, a report by the  New York Post  said.  Notably, Benadryl contains diphenhydramine, an antihistamine that temporaril...
Post a Comment
Read more

"Major Crisis" In Tech Industry: Israel PM On Silicon Valley Bank Collapse

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned on Saturday that the implosion of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), the second largest bank failure in US history, created a deep crisis in the technology industry. "I am closely monitoring the collapse of the American investment bank, Silicon Valley Bank, which has led to a major crisis in the high-tech world," tweeted the Prime Minister of Israel. Netanyahu said that he's been in touch with senior Israeli tech figures following the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank in the United States. "If necessary, out of responsibility to Israeli high-tech companies and employees, we will take steps to assist the Israeli companies, whose center of activity is in Israel, to weather the cash-flow crisis that has been created for them due to the turmoil," he tweeted. Meanwhile, Netanyahu said that the Israeli economy is strong and stable, adding "which finds expression in this crisis as well." Netanyahu, who is in Rome fo...
Post a Comment
Read more