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As punishment, teachers in Thailand give mass haircuts: Why has it evoked protests?

Giving humiliating haircuts in schools is a way to punish students in Thailand. Now activists are demanding that the practice be stopped after a teacher haphazardly cut the hair of more than 100 students to discipline them

Explained: Why India lags behind in organ transplant despite a rise in donation

While the number of organ donations and transplants is increasing, there is a significant gap between supply and demand. There is a wide difference between patients who need transplants and the organs that are available in India

Maldives: Nine Indians among 10 killed in fire at cramped lodgings in Male

The fire broke out in a garage of a cramped lodgings of foreign workers in the Maldives capital Male on Thursday morning

Remembering Operation Cactus Maldives: When India’s quick actions thwarted a coup in Male

On 3 November, 1988, Sri Lankan militants from the People's Liberation Organisation of Tamil Eelam (PLOTE), backed by Abdulla Luthufi, invaded Male. Then president  Abdul Gayoom issued a plea for help to several countries, but it was India that stepped up

Jaishankar commends Maldives' government for implementing its $100 million 'climate adaptation' project

The 'climate adaptation' project aims to provide safe and secure freshwater to 105,000 people on the outer islands of the Maldives, in response to climate change-induced water shortages

Still barred from school, Afghan girls yearn for lessons and question arbitrary gender rules

The de facto Taliban education minister has told the UNICEF that a framework to allow all girls to go to secondary school will be announced soon

Girls not allowed to return to secondary school in Afghanistan: Taliban statement

Primary schools have already reopened, with boys and girls mostly attending separate classes and some women teachers returning to work

Islamic extremists behind attack on Maldives' ex-president Mohamed Nasheed, says top official; two arrested

Investigators still do not know which extremist group was behind the attack, which left Nasheed, 53, in critical condition in an intensive care unit after life-saving surgeries to his head, chest, abdomen and limbs, the official added

India signs $50 million defence deal with Maldives to boost maritime capabilities of island nation

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, who is in Male on a two-day visit, tweeted that the agreement "underscores the importance of connectivity in our Maldives partnership"

Adult men should start colon cancer screening earlier at age 45 instead of 50 says a US health panel

81 percent of young adults with colorectal cancer surveyed said they experienced at least three symptoms of cancer before they got a diagnosis