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2.3 Lakh Karnataka Children Face Losing Academic Year As Parents Seek 90-Day Age Cut-Off Relaxation
Parents argue that more than 2.30 lakh children admitted in 2022 are now being forced to repeat UKG or Montessori-3 despite having completed three to four years of pre-primary education.
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"Young Country With Old Politicians": Raghav Chadha Makes Minimum Age Pitch
Making a pitch for reducing the minimum age for contesting elections, AAP MP Raghav Chadha said India is one of the youngest countries in the world in terms of the average age of its population and deserves representation which reflects that.
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Centre Asks All States To Make 6 Years Minimum Age For Class 1 Admission
The Ministry of Education has directed all states and Union Territories to fix the minimum age for admission in Class 1 as six years, officials said on Wednesday.
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Delhi High Court Transfers Request Seeking Uniform Minimum Age To Supreme Court
Delhi High Court on Tuesday sent to the Supreme Court a petition seeking uniform minimum age for marriage for both men and women.
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WhatsApp Raises Minimum Age in Europe to 16 Ahead of GDPR
WhatsApp will ask European users to confirm they are at least 16 years old when they are prompted to agree new terms of service and a privacy policy.
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US Gun Lobby Sues Florida For Raising Minimum Age To 21 For Buying Arms
The US' National Rifles Association (NRA) has sued Florida after Governor Rick Scott signed a gun control legislation, the first in the state, in the wake of the February 14 high school massacre, the media reported.
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France Proposes Age-of-Consent Rule for Facebook Users
"Joining Facebook will involve parental authorisation for minors aged under 16," Justice Minister Nicole Belloubet told reporters.
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Child Marriage' Bill In Iraq Scraps Minimum Age For Muslim Girls, Stirs Outrage
A proposal in Iraq's parliament to scrap the minimum age for Muslim girls to marry has stirred outrage among critics who view it as a licence "to rape children".
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Children Even Below 13 Have Facebook Accounts in India Says Study
Growing popularity of social networks has a huge number of children in India creating their accounts on Facebook even before they turn 13, a study by Intel Security claimed today. The social media platform has set 13 as the minimum age for a user to create an account.
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Tobacco Purchase Age May be Raised to 25 Years: Official
The Union Health Ministry is considering raising the minimum age for purchase of tobacco products in the country from 18 years to 25 years, an official said on Friday.
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Big B Finds Minimum Drinking Age 25 Strange
Amitabh Bachchan has described Maharashtra government's decision to increase the minimum age for drinking from 21 to 25 years, as "strange".
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2.3 Lakh Karnataka Children Face Losing Academic Year As Parents Seek 90-Day Age Cut-Off Relaxation
Parents argue that more than 2.30 lakh children admitted in 2022 are now being forced to repeat UKG or Montessori-3 despite having completed three to four years of pre-primary education.
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"Young Country With Old Politicians": Raghav Chadha Makes Minimum Age Pitch
Making a pitch for reducing the minimum age for contesting elections, AAP MP Raghav Chadha said India is one of the youngest countries in the world in terms of the average age of its population and deserves representation which reflects that.
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Centre Asks All States To Make 6 Years Minimum Age For Class 1 Admission
The Ministry of Education has directed all states and Union Territories to fix the minimum age for admission in Class 1 as six years, officials said on Wednesday.
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Delhi High Court Transfers Request Seeking Uniform Minimum Age To Supreme Court
Delhi High Court on Tuesday sent to the Supreme Court a petition seeking uniform minimum age for marriage for both men and women.
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WhatsApp Raises Minimum Age in Europe to 16 Ahead of GDPR
WhatsApp will ask European users to confirm they are at least 16 years old when they are prompted to agree new terms of service and a privacy policy.
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US Gun Lobby Sues Florida For Raising Minimum Age To 21 For Buying Arms
The US' National Rifles Association (NRA) has sued Florida after Governor Rick Scott signed a gun control legislation, the first in the state, in the wake of the February 14 high school massacre, the media reported.
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France Proposes Age-of-Consent Rule for Facebook Users
"Joining Facebook will involve parental authorisation for minors aged under 16," Justice Minister Nicole Belloubet told reporters.
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Child Marriage' Bill In Iraq Scraps Minimum Age For Muslim Girls, Stirs Outrage
A proposal in Iraq's parliament to scrap the minimum age for Muslim girls to marry has stirred outrage among critics who view it as a licence "to rape children".
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Children Even Below 13 Have Facebook Accounts in India Says Study
Growing popularity of social networks has a huge number of children in India creating their accounts on Facebook even before they turn 13, a study by Intel Security claimed today. The social media platform has set 13 as the minimum age for a user to create an account.
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Tobacco Purchase Age May be Raised to 25 Years: Official
The Union Health Ministry is considering raising the minimum age for purchase of tobacco products in the country from 18 years to 25 years, an official said on Friday.
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Big B Finds Minimum Drinking Age 25 Strange
Amitabh Bachchan has described Maharashtra government's decision to increase the minimum age for drinking from 21 to 25 years, as "strange".
