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Nepal, May 27 By the end of the first wave of Covid-19, Nepal had lost around a thousand lives. This mortality rate was much lower than that of many other countries worldwide. Some attributed it to chance theory, but many linked it to the immunity of the Nepali people. Even Prime Minister Oli proudly acclaimed the strong Covid resistance of the Nepali population at large. The truth, however, started unfolding to us since the beginning of April when the second wave made its way, raising the death toll to an alarming 6,000-plus.
The wake of the second wave was not devoid of scientific observations either. Addressing the Britain-Nepal Academic Council, Prof Sharad Onta of the People s Health Movement stressed border management as an important strategy to break the chain of community transmission. Prof Padam Simkhada of Huddersfield University made a timely address to the Society of Nepalese Engineers in the United Kingdom, illu
Nearly 60 per cent of female students say they have been sexually assaulted at university, a shocking new survey has found.
Student news site The Tab asked 4,000 students about their experiences of sexual assault on campus for its 2021 Sexual Assault Survey.
It found widespread problems - with 59 per cent of female students who responded saying they d been sexually assaulted at uni.
But just seven per cent of students reported their sexual assault to their uni, the figures show.
It found two thirds were unhappy with how their uni handled their case and half of were say they were told nothing about the outcome of their complaint.
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Younger shoppers are driving a surge in sales of secondhand clothing and furnishings, spurred by the desire to help the environment and find alternative looks to fast fashion.
On eBay, sales of âpre-lovedâ fashion and homewares have shot up in the UK over the past year, with the company selling more than 60 million used items. Murray Lambell, general manager of eBayâs UK business, said: âThere is definitely a change in mindset, driven by younger consumers up to the age of 30.â
A âpreloved vintageâ secondhand clothing point in Asda, Leeds. Photograph: Molly Darlington/Reuters
Exeter University - where JK Rowling and Zara Tindall studied - tops the list of 108 universities where sex assault allegations have been made by people on the Everyone s Invited website.
The forum, set up last year by former student Soma Sara for people to share their stories of sexual abuse and rape culture , has shaken Britain s educational establishments.
Along with top schools, the UK s most prestigious universities were named in the 1,000 plus testimonials and red-brick Exeter appeared most, coming up in 65 anonymous testimonials on the website.
Oxford, Leeds, Edinburgh and University College London make up the top five.
Everyone s Invited s founder Miss Sara, who set it up while living with her grandmother s Paris home during lockdown after graduating from UCL, has said they were overwhelmed with new testimonials from universities.
Exeter University has had more reports of sexual harassment and assault than any other university in the country, according to Everyone’s Invited.
New data shared by the group with ITV shows that in just one week, over 1,000 students submitted anonymous reports of their experiences of sexual violence, assault and harassment.
Across 1,035 reports, 86 UK universities were named. Exeter had the highest amount of reports, with 65 testimonies. The university told The Tab student wellbeing is its “primary concern” and it is committed to tackling misogyny and violence against women.
Other universities with high numbers of reports of sexual assault and harassment include Oxford, with 57, and Edinburgh and Leeds, with 53 each.