Monday, January 3, 2022 (Bracebridge, ON) – Earlier today, the Premier announced that schools would remain closed to in-person learning. Students enrolled in publicly-funded schools across Muskoka will now be engaged in virtual learning effective Wednesday, January 5, 2022. The District Municipality of Muskoka has begun to work with child […]
Year: 2022
Twitter Inc (TWTR.N) on Sunday said it permanently banned the personal account of Republican U.S. Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene for tweets that repeatedly violated the social media’s misinformation policy on COVID-19. Twitter has previously temporarily suspended Greene’s account, @mtgreenee. It has also labeled some of her tweets “misleading.” “Twitter is […]
Written by Isabel Kershner The mountain kept its secrets for centuries, its air of sacred mystery enhanced by a remote location in the Negev desert in southern Israel. But one day last week, hundreds of Israeli adventurers headed deep into the wilderness to reach Mount Karkom, determined to get closer […]
The US removed access for Ethiopia, Mali and Guinea from a duty-free trade program on Saturday, due to their recent alleged human rights violations and recent coups. US President Joe Biden had threatened to remove Ethiopia from the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) in November, due to human rights […]
They have shown up whenever women rallied against sexual violence and gender biases in South Korea. Dozens of young men, mostly dressed in black, taunted the protesters, squealing and chanting, “Thud! Thud!” to imitate the noise they said the “ugly feminist pigs” made when they walked. “Out with man haters!” […]
US authorities asked major telecoms operators to hold off on their planned rollout of 5G networks for another two weeks on Saturday. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and the head of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Steve Dickson, asked AT&T and Verizon — two of the country’s biggest operators — for […]
We all want our hair to be healthy, shiny and black. But, due to factors like lifestyle, diet or hormonal imbalance, premature greying of hair has become increasingly common these days. While colouring the hair may hide those silvery strands for a while, it’s just a temporary solution. However, you […]
The adjectives that come to mind when describing Savitribai Phule are ‘path-breaking’, ‘conviction’ and ‘reform’. She was reforming the society at a time when educating the girl child was unthinkable, in addition to the limping barriers that the caste system imposed on people. As such, Phule’s work cannot be quantified. […]