IIT Kharagpur and the National Institute of Urban Affairs collaborate to build accessible, safe and
IIT Kharagpur and the National Institute of Urban Affairs collaborate to build accessible, safe and inclusive indian cities
IIT Kharagpur and the National Institute of Urban Affairs have collaborated to build accessible, safe and inclusive Indian cities.
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UPDATED: February 4, 2021 18:16 IST
IIT Kharagpur has inked an MoU with the National Institute of Urban Affairs (NIUA) for ‘Building Accessible Safe and Inclusive Indian Cities (BASIIC). The collaboration is aimed towards developing a framework for universal city planning which would be more accessible and inclusive for various sections of the community with age-friendly disabled-friendly measures.
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NGOs: End violence against children
Thu, 28 January 2021
Three international NGOs have collaborated to launch a project dubbed
Ending Violence Against Children in and around Schools in Cambodia’ (ENDVAC) on January 29 in support of 13,000 children in Siem Reap and Preah Vihear provinces.
ENDVAC is jointly implemented by Save the Children, World Vision and Plan International Cambodia, using evidence-based tools and approaches, according to a press statement.
Save the Children will lead overall implementation and national coordination. World Vision will handle project operations in Preah Vihear while Plan International will operate in Siem Reap.
The project stems from a study conducted in 2013 which found that 52.7 per cent of women and 54.2 per cent of men aged 18-24 reported at least one experience of physical violence prior to the age of 18. Violence in schools often occurred between children of the same age, but teachers were the most common perpetrators of violen
China mulls broader pretext for war: analyst
Staff writer, with CNA
Amendments to China’s National Defense Law this month indicate that Beijing is shifting its defense policy to make it easier for it to launch a war, a defense analyst said.
Lin Cheng-jung (林政榮), a visiting research fellow at the Institute for National Defense and Security Research, made the assessment in a paper released on Tuesday last week.
The Chinese National People’s Congress ratified the amendments on Dec. 26 last year, and they took effect on Jan. 1.
The law, which was introduced in 1997, serves as the parent legislation of all Chinese military regulations, Lin said.
New amendments to National Defence Law push China close to war: Scholar ANI | Updated: Jan 18, 2021 16:16 IST
Taipei [Taiwan], January 18 (ANI): The Chinese Government s recent amendments to its National Defense Law indicate that China has shifted its defense strategy to a more pre-emptive posture, making it more likely that it wages war, according to an expert with a government-funded think tank in Taiwan.
According to Focus Taiwan, the assessment was made in a paper by Lin Cheng-jung, a visiting research fellow from Taiwan s military at the Institute for National Defense and Security Research (INDSR), which was posted on the institute s website on January 12.
The Chinese Government recent amendments to its National Defense Law indicate that China has shifted its defense strategy to a more pre-emptive posture, makin