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Peshawar, Sep. 8 (ANI): At least four children were killed and three others injured in a militant attack in Orakzai Agency on Tuesday morning.

Sources said militants opened indiscriminate fire at school going kids in Kalaya, capital of Orakzai, killing four children on the spot while injuring many others.

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Washington, July 11 (ANI): Daniel Radcliffe and Emma Watson have reportedly urged the makers of ‘Harry Potter’ flicks to burn the school uniform they wear in the films, once the series of J.K Rowling’s novels ends.

Both stars hate to dress up like school kids, and wish to get rid of [...]

London, July 9 (ANI): Kids at a primary school in England are being egged on to read to dogs in the classroom to make better their skills – because the pooches do not laugh or get impatient when they stammer.

St. Michael’s Primary School in Bournemouth, Dorset, launched the pioneering scheme in April to help the [...]

Barapatthar (Uttarakhand), July 2 (ANI): A group of visually challenged kids amazed everyone with their grit and determination when they performed activities like rock climbing, river crossing and trekking with apparent ease.

At a camp in Barapattar of Uttarakhand, the group of around 25 school kids showed real grit and determination as they overcame their [...]

Washington, May 9 (ANI): An ongoing study suggests that a daily exercise programme may help reduce levels of several known risk factors for cardiovascular disease among school children as young as 11.

Started four years ago in the German city of Leipzig, the study has already shown that kids assigned to daily exercise lessons reduced [...]

London, Apr 22 (ANI): Cyberbullying has become the biggest trauma for school kids, with almost 10,000 children each week seeking help to cope with online abuse.

Terrorised schoolkids are turning to a support website for advice after being subjected to abusive mobile phone texts and emails.

The shocking results from www.cybermentors.org.uk, set [...]

Amritsar, Apr 12 (ANI): Hundreds of school kids here took to streets against the doling out of drugs, liquor and other intoxicants by political leaders during the elections.

The rally was organised by an NGO, Amritsar Citizen’s Forum.

Holding placards, kids raised their voice in order to create awareness against its ill effects. They urged voters to [...]

Washington, Apr 9 (ANI): A new study by researchers at The University of Texas School of Public Health has shown that school kids as young as 12 are engaging in risky sexual activity.

A team led by Dr. Christine Markham, assistant professor of behavioural science at the UT School of Public Health, examined sexual risk behaviours [...]

Washington, Mar 24 (ANI): A new study has revealed that school kids who skip their breakfast miss out on essential healthy brain fuel.

The national MBF Healthwatch survey discovered that children ‘wag’ breakfast as they have ‘no time’ to eat, they are ‘too tired’ [...]

London, Mar.18 (ANI): One in seven migrant pupils in the United Kingdom does not speak English, even as the number of immigrant children in primary schools has soared by 25 per cent in five years.
According to The Sun, around 566,000 primary children now have a foreign language as their mother tongue – up by 113,500 [...]

Chennai, Mar 14 (ANI): The Guindy National Park (GNP) authorities, along with few voluntary organisations and college students started its annual deer census here on Saturday.

A total of 11 teams were formed with each team having 4 members for conducting [...]

Chandigarh, Mar 7 (ANI): With an objective to spread awareness among school children on the adverse effects of global warming and related environmental problems, Tellusart, a Swedish non-government organisation, recently conducted an art workshop in Chandigarh.

The workshop witnessed a participation of about 200 [...]

London, February 7 (ANI): Amy Winehouse has reportedly been sticking cannabis joints – in her war against drug addiction.

The ‘Rehab’ hit maker, who has been holidaying in St. Lucia, was said to be puffing ten joints to overcome her yearning for class-A drugs, and getting back on a healthy track.

“Amy hasn’t touched crack or cocaine [...]

London, January 22 (ANI): A British Government-appointed consumer watchdog has round that large companies are paying thousands of children to test and promote food, drink, gadgets and video games to their classmates.

Ed Mayo, the newly-appointed “consumer tzar”, writes in a book titled ‘Consumer Kids’ that the companies that are recruiting school kids for market research [...]

Melbourne, Jan 19 (ANI): Terrified of gang violence in schools, many kids in the UK are wearing stab-proof vests to protect themselves, according to a new report.

According to the Independent, teachers at one school where pupils are said to be “seriously involved in gangs” were “aware of young people wearing bullet-proof/stab-proof vests in school”.

It is [...]