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Email Updated March 24, 2019 12:18:19 Photo: Sydney Aiello lost 17 of her classmates and teachers in the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High shooting. (Supplied: Sydney Aiello) Related Story: Parkland wounds still raw as US students mark a year since Florida massacre Related Story: US judge rules police, school not required to have protected students during Parkland shooting Related Story: Former student charged after 17 killed in Florida high school massacre Map: United States A US teenager who survived a deadly school shooting at a Florida high school last year has taken her own life after struggling with survivor's guilt. Key points:Sydney was on campus the day of the school shooting, and was close to one of the victimsHer mother said the 19-year-old had been diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorderAn online campaign has raised funds to cover the family's funeral costs Cara Aiello told US television network CBS that her 19-year-old daughter, Sydney, had been … [Read more...] about Tributes paid after death of teenager who survived Florida school shooting

The young researcher was in a hurry to publish a paper when he was approached by someone who claimed to be running a “science journal”. The offer was to get it done within 72 hours, without any peer review by expert academics, if he deposited an amount in a bank account.“Though the web address of that journal was in a foreign country, their bank account was in Hyderabad! Only later I came to know that such a journal did not even exist,” said the researcher who now works in an aided college affiliated to Calicut University. Welcome to the world of ‘predatory journals’, publications that seek manuscripts from researchers, publish mediocre or worthless papers without the mandatory review by academic experts, and often charge a huge amount for the process. The term was coined by Jeffry Beall, Librarian at the University of Colarado Denver, United States, who came up with a list of hundreds of such publications on his blog some time ago. Mr. Beall … [Read more...] about Mad rush towards predatory journals

Video PlayerClose BEIJING, Dec. 9 (Xinhua) -- The head of the government of Xinjiang on Monday said the region is determined in counter-terrorism, deradicalization and maintaining development. "Not any force can stop Xinjiang from moving towards stability, development and prosperity," said Shohrat Zakir, chairman of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region in northwest China. "The unity of all ethnic groups in Xinjiang and their endeavors to strive forward can not be deterred either." He made the remarks at a press conference in Beijing attended by senior Xinjiang officials. PUBLIC SECURITY SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVED No terrorist incidents have occurred in Xinjiang in three years, where social public security has improved significantly, Shohrat Zakir said. He said the counter-terrorism and deradicalization efforts made by the region in recent years have laid a solid foundation for the social stability and enduring peace in Xinjiang. In 2017, Xinjiang's GDP reached 1 trillion yuan (around 142 … [Read more...] about China Focus: Xinjiang determined in counter-terrorism, deradicalization, maintaining development

Arindam Banerji's strategic plan to make corporate India and the Indian nation forces to reckon with globally. The concluding segment of a three-part series.Part I: India Inc: What Next? Part II: Where is India going wrong? Are there lots of ways to skin this cat? Of course. But we have to start somewhere and once again, we cannot and must not, try to boil the ocean overnight. So, going back to our long-term national goals and metrics, I propose starting five very specific programmes that move us towards a better India Inc. 1. Theme trips I'll repeat what I've been saying for a while, now: Suppose, instead of taking visiting senators, reporters and legislators to Kashmir and showing them Pakistan's perfidy, let us: Take them to the GE medical R&D lab in Bangalore and invite executive from Bristol Myers Squibb, the global pharmaceutical company. Take them to the HP services centre that builds cutting-edge telecommunication software for some of the largest … [Read more...] about 5 Ways to Make India Inc Great