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US envoy to UN condemns Taliban's decision on banning girls over grade six
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], March 24 (ANI): Condemning the Taliban's decision to prohibit girls from attending school beyond the sixth grade, United States ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield said that the decision jeopardizes Afghanistan's future and its role in the internatio
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US expresses concern over Taliban's school ban for girls
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], March 23 (ANI): The head of the US mission to Afghanistan, Ian McCary on Wednesday expressed concern regarding the reports that the Taliban extended their indefinite ban on allowing female students above sixth-grade access to schools.
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UN decries Taliban's decision to extend school ban for girls
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], March 23 (ANI): The United Nations on Wednesday condemned reports that the Taliban extended their indefinite ban on allowing female students above the sixth-grade access to schools.
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More than half of 11-year-olds have smartphones: Study
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
California [USA], Oct 29 (ANI): More than half of the 11-year-olds or sixth graders now have a smartphone, according to a new report from Common Sense Media.
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Social difficulties may lead to early substance use in boys
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Dec 04 (ANI): Young adults, especially boys, who enter sixth-grade with co-occurring social skills, anxiety, learning and conduct problems, are at the greatest risk of developing aggressive behaviour and consuming alcohol and marijuana by the end of eighth grade.
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Kids can learn, perform CPR, too
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Nov 12 (ANI): Students as young as sixth-graders can learn and perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) effectively and should be targeted for training, according to a preliminary research.
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Sixth grader in Pakistan sues President House officials over plagiarism
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Dec. 24 (ANI): A sixth grader in Pakistan, through his father, has sued officials at the President House at the Islamabad High Court, accusing them for plagiarising and using his speech without his consent.
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15 percent of sixth-graders use technology to abuse their partners
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [US], Oct. 14 (ANI): Fifteen percent of sixth-grade students reportedly committed at least one form of abuse toward a dating partner through technology, according to a new study conducted at The University of Texas Health Science Center.
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