Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation general secretary-designate Phil Ní Sheaghdha attributed the scale of assaults to poor workforce planning by health service management and the absence of staff training. File photograph: Cyril Byrne/The Irish Times There have been nearly 3,500 serious assaults on staff in the health service over the last six years it has emerged. About two-thirds of those Read More

After seeing the deteriorating quality of education of Bihar, Union minister Upendra Kushwaha recently blamed  Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and RJD chief Lalu Prasad for “digging out the foundation” of the education system in the state. (Read: Bihar Board to pay Rs 50 lakh to students for denying them to sit for NEET counselling )  Here’s what Upendra Kushwaha said: “Bade Read More

New Delhi: Monsoon brings good rainfall, offering much needed relief to people from the scorching heat of the sun. But the rainy season is the also the perfect breeding ground for mosquitoes, which in turn lead to vector-borne diseases, such as dengue fever, chikungunya and malaria, affecting a lot of people. Similarly, the onset of monsoon also leads to a spurt in Read More

The New South Wales Ombudsman’s office says it is keeping a close eye on national disability service provider Lifestyle Solutions. Key points: A senior supervisor with Lifestyle Solutions in NSW was convicted of fraud in 2015 The disability service provider is accused of having poor oversight NSW Ombudsman’s office advised by Lifestyle Solutions it has developed an “action plan” It Read More

Employee training serves multiple purposes in any business. It allows you to set a standard for how your business operates. It also keeps employees safe, helps improve customer satisfaction, increases efficiency, and enables productive work. If you don’t have a formal employee training program, however, you can’t measure results or maintain consistency. Imagine a school without a curriculum. Teachers wouldn’t know Read More

Park View academy in Birmingham gave children the gift of attainment – those who trashed its reputation do not appreciate the cost of what has happened. Photograph: David Sillitoe for the Guardian In 2014 the so-called Trojan horse scandal broke in Birmingham, when it was said that a group of hardline conservative Muslim governors and teachers had set out to systematically take Read More

Goods and Services Tax (GST) may have made new cars more affordable but it will increase the prices of used cars, boost the unorganised market and wipe out smaller players from the organised segment. According to used car operators GST on used cars is the same as new cars which is 28 percent and this is several times higher than Read More

HIGHLIGHTS BSNL new plans have an additional data benefit WhatsApp camera on iPhone gets a new Night Mode Lenovo Vibe K5 Note to go on sale via Flipkart at Rs. 9,499 Reliance Jio’s Jio Dhana Dhan and Jio Summer Surprise are ending and customers will have to start paying the full amount soon. It seems that state-owned BSNL wants to capitalise on this with Read More

HIGHLIGHTS The prototype uses backscatter communication technology It can currently only make calls and send texts A more advanced version is in the works A team of researchers at the University of Washington has come up with a working prototype of a cellphone that doesn’t require a battery to make calls or send text messages – instead, it harvests energy Read More

The simple and thoughtful Water Conservation Lifestyle by students from Cate School won first place in this year’s Water Wise High School Video Contest, as well as the People’s Choice Award. Diarra Pouye and Kyril van Schende, both juniors at the private school in the Carpinteria foothills when they made their animated video, won a $500 prize for their school, donated by Read More