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Teachers say they resort to physical punishment because of the inherent problems of India's public education system, specifically, the immense challenge of maintaining control of huge classes of unruly children. "Most children in my school are criminal-minded," says Dr. S.C. Sharma, the principal of a government school in South Delhi. "We have caught them stealing fans from classrooms and even the iron grills from the windows. How do you discipline such kids?" In Sharma's school the teacher-student ratio is 1:63, compared with a recommended ratio of 1:35. (Read "How India's Young and Restless...
Although time-shares may be temptingly inexpensive, experts warn they should be vacation plays, not investment plays. "Don't buy it to flip it," cautions Howard Nusbaum, president of the American Resort Development Association. Buyers need to be cautious and carefully read all the fine print in the contracts, especially when purchasing a resale unit. State laws regulate sales of new time-shares but not resales...
...also for this entire institution. But for the Crimson, cutting nationally-ranked teams or those still finding their footing does a disservice to the mission of DHA. As we await the announcement of the 2009-10 budget, let’s hope that such drastic measures are a last resort...
...Pressure on the local police, especially in small towns, gets so high that arrests are often based on nothing but scarce evidence," says Beijing-based lawyer Liu Xiaoyuan. "Even though they know it's illegal to force a confession by means of torture, the police still resort to it because it's hard for suspects to protect their own rights, and they don't have the right to keep silent...
...Unlike the U.S., where companies slash jobs at the first sign of financial trouble, many of Singapore?s largest companies are controlled by the government. Retrenchments at such government-linked giants as offshore oil rig builder Keppel Corporation, shipper Neptune Orient Lines, or DBS Bank are considered a last resort, after pay cuts, reduced employer contributions to retirement funds, and unpaid leave. A spokesperson for Singapore Airlines, for example, confirmed that in early April roughly a tenth of the airline's 14,000 employees had agreed to take unpaid leave. (See 25 people to blame for the financial crisis...