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Toyota Launches its Second Generation Fortuner

The power of Fortuner is back as the Japanese auto giant Toyota launches its second generation priced at Rs. 25.92 lakh (ex-showroom Delhi).




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Statement by the OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría on Departure of Deputy Secretary-General, Stefan Kapferer

I want to congratulate Deputy Secretary-General Stefan Kapferer on his move to become the head of the German Association of Energy and Water Industries (BDEW).




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Early gender gaps drive career choices and employment opportunities, says OECD

Education systems have made major strides to close gender gaps in student performance but girls and boys remain deeply divided in career choices, which are being made much earlier than commonly thought, according to a new OECD report.




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Refugees are not a burden but an opportunity

When nearly a million Vietnamese “boat people” fled their country in the late 1970s and early 1980s and sought refuge elsewhere, they were typically seen as a burden and often turned away. Eventually, many were allowed to settle in the US. Most arrived speaking little or no English and with few assets or relevant job skills. Yet Vietnamese refugees are now more likely to be employed and have higher incomes than people born in the US.




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Labour market reforms in Portugal 2011-2015

This report has been elaborated by the OECD in very close collaboration with the Portuguese government and, in particular, the Ministry of Labour. A final version was submitted to the government in late December 2016 and it is expected to be released in Lisbon on the 19th of January 2017.




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Portugal should build on reforms to boost job creation

Comprehensive reforms to Portugal’s labour market between 2011 and 2015 have helped create jobs and reduce the country’s high unemployment rate but important challenges remain, according to a new OECD report.




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Portugal needs proactive enforcement to tackle severe foreign bribery risks, says OECD

Portugal’s enforcement of its foreign bribery laws has been extremely low. Not a single prosecution has resulted from 15 allegations of Portuguese companies bribing foreign officials in high-risk countries.




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Internship opportunities working on anti-corruption in the Middle East and North Africa region at the OECD

The OECD Anti-Corruption Division and Middle East and Africa Division offers short-term internships of 3-6 months for qualified students. These internships provide students with the experience of working in an international organisation on anti-corruption issues in MENA countries.




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Internship opportunities working on anti-corruption at the OECD

The OECD Anti-Corruption Division offers short-term internships of 2-6 months for qualified students. These internships provide students with the experience of working in an international organisation on anti-corruption issues and more specifically the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention.




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Education at a Glance 2012: Country Notes - Portugal

Education at a Glance 2012: Country Notes - Portugal




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Does lifelong learning perpetuate inequalities in educational opportunities? (OECD Education Today Blog)

More than 40 years ago, the former French Prime Minister Edgar Faure and his team published one of the most influential educational works of the 20th century: “Learning to Be”, better known as the “Rapport Faure”, in which he mainstreamed the idea of lifelong learning.




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Improving the school climate and opportunities to learn (OECD Education Today Blog)

Teachers can certainly face challenges in the classroom. In TALIS participating countries and economies, almost one in three teachers report having more than 10% of students with behavioural problems in their classes.




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Teaching in Focus No. 9 - Improving School Climate and Students' Opportunities to Learn

Almost one in three teachers across countries participating in the 2013 Teaching and Learning International Survey (TALIS) reports having more than 10% of potentially disruptive students with behaviour problems in their classes. Teachers with more than one in ten students with behaviour problems spend almost twice as much time keeping order in the classroom than their peers with less than 10% of such students in their class.




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Who enjoys the opportunity to be better educated than their parents? (OECD Education Today Blog)

Over the past decades, education systems have expanded enormously. They provide opportunities for many more students than before to access and succeed in secondary and tertiary education.




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Early gender gaps drive career choices and employment opportunities, says OECD

Education systems have made major strides to close gender gaps in student performance but girls and boys remain deeply divided in career choices, which are being made much earlier than commonly thought, according to a new OECD report.




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Why should we improve learning opportunities for young kids (OECD Education Today Blog)

More than hundred years ago, nations that are now members of the OECD introduced legislation to set the age compulsory education.




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PISA in Focus No. No 63 - Are disadvantaged students given equal opportunities to learn mathematics?

On average across OECD countries, the 20% of students who are most exposed to pure mathematics tasks (equations) score, on the PISA mathematics test, the equivalent of almost two school years ahead of the 20% of students who are least exposed.




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Portugal: Successful reforms have underpinned economic recovery

The Portuguese economy is gradually recovering from a deep recession thanks to a broad structural reform agenda that has led to rising economic growth, falling unemployment and remarkable progress in export performance.




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MP truck accident: Five migrant workers killed, 11 injured after truck overturns in Narsinghpur

The accident took place when the labourers were travelling from Telangana's Hyderabad city to Agra in Uttar Pradesh.




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Scaler Academy Review:The career accelerator offers engineers better access to employment opportunities with top companies

Scaler Academy is an ed-tech platform that has been helping working professionals and college graduates navigate the changing software technology landscape by training them on skills that are sought after by top tech employers




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Recovering from disaster can be an opportunity for change, says OECD

Through the example of Abruzzo, whose capital L’Aquila was destroyed by an earthquake four years ago, a new OECD report recommends policies that can speed the recovery of regions hit by natural disasters, making them more attractive to residents, tourists and investors.




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Spa Manager Required In Portugal Under TRC

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Six Years of OECD Work on The Safety of Manufactured Nanomaterials: Achievements and Future Opportunities

This communication outlines the achievements made so far by OECD in addressing the human health and environmental safety implications of manufactured nanomaterials





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Startups Weekly: SEC temporarily loosens crowdfunding regulations on small companies

A specific type of small startup has a window to raise crowdfunding in a somewhat less regulated way than normally required in the US based on a temporary set of rule changes by the SEC announced this week. Excited yet?




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Trusts set up to preserve fortunes of rich families can protect yours too

We give you the lowdown on those investment trusts where family money still influences the way that they are managed.




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More than 80% of fines for driving in bus lanes are overturned on appeal

Motoring organisations said the numbers are 'staggering' and called on councils to issue warning letters rather than fines for first-time offenders.




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Trusts set up to preserve fortunes of rich families can protect yours too

We give you the lowdown on those investment trusts where family money still influences the way that they are managed.




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An American striker produced the MMA win of the year by torturing Tony Ferguson, stopping him in the 5th round at UFC 249

Justin Gaethje tormented Tony Ferguson at UFC 249 on Saturday.Fighting in front of a reduced UFC production crew and no fans, Gaethje put together the best MMA win of the year so far.Gaethje relied on in-and-out footwork, leg kicks, and striking so accurate and powerful that he brutalized his opponent's thighs and tore his face apart.Gaethje now only has one opponent he wants to wage war against — lightweight champ Khabib Nurmagomedov. "I'm happy to represent the United States of America against Dagestan … Russia's best."Visit Insider's homepage for more stories.Justin Gaethje tortured Tony Ferguson at UFC 249 on Saturday, bringing an abrupt end to one of the most intimidating runs in mixed martial arts.Ferguson had been on a 12-fight winning streak which created one half of a salivating match-up




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MP: Five migrant labourers killed, 13 hurt as truck overturns

At least five migrant labourers were killed and 13 others injured when a truck in which they were travelling overturned in Madhya Pradesh's Narsinghpur district, a police official said on Sunday. The accident took place near Patha village on Saturday night whennearly 20 migrant labourers were going in the truck to Jhansi and Etah in Uttar Pradesh from Hyderabad, Additional Superintendent of Police Rajesh Tiwari said. Five labourers were killed and 13 others were injured after the mangoes-laden vehicle overturned, he said. The injured persons were admitted to the district hospital for treatment, he added.




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An opportunity and a necessity


At the receiving end of society's expectations and demands, many women find social work a natural calling. While their engagement of society's deepest problems may begin for very personal reasons, it often transcends these beginnings, and has much larger impacts, writes Puja Awasthi.




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Breaking the male bastion of Kumartuli


Women are making a mark in a profession almost entirely dominated by men. Shoma Chatterji talks to the women idol makers of Kumartuli to find out about their struggle and success.




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Suryanelli verdict : justice overturned?


The Suryanelli case involved a 16-year-old girl who was allegedly sexually harassed and assaulted continuously for 40 days by 42 men in 1996. A special court convicted 36 accused during 2000-2, but the High Court of Kerala surprisingly overturned that verdict in January this year. M Suchitra reports.




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Selectively virtuous


They protest when the BJP or Shiv Sena bans a book or intimidates an artist, should they not do likewise when the CPI(M) does likewise? The Taslima Nasreen case has tested, and will test, the integrity of the Left intelligentsia even more than Nandigram, says Ramachandra Guha.




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Special effects and virtual guests: China weddings go online

Coronavirus lockdowns and travel restrictions have forced people around the world to delay their nuptials or adapt to the unusual times by celebrating via web link. But in China -- where livestreaming is extremely popular -- some young couples are allowing anyone to watch their big day and even send them gifts.




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Karachi lady who listened, virtually

Photographs get morphed; contact numbers from stolen mobiles are used to stalk; confidential emails and text messages become grounds for bullying.




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Special effects and virtual guests: China weddings go online

Like many couples in the era of social distancing, Ma Jialun and Zhang Yitong held their wedding ceremony online -- but they added a twist by livestreaming the event to more than 100,000 strangers. Coronavirus lockdowns and travel restrictions have forced people around the world to delay their nuptials or adapt to the unusual times by celebrating via web link.




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From pregnancy seminars to zumba classes, events move to virtual space




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Torture of Dalit brothers: SC panel orders action

On Saturday, Kangra ordered the police to register a case against the accused policemen .




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Five Migrant Labourers Travelling from Hyderabad to UP Killed as Truck Overturns

The accident took place near Patha village on Saturday night when nearly 20 migrant labourers were going in the truck to Jhansi and Etah from Hyderabad.




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Portugal to take up to 60 unaccompanied migrant children from Greek camps

Portugal is to take up to 60 unaccompanied children from Greek refugee camps, according to Socialist Party lawmaker Isabel Santos, as concern mounts over the impact of the coronavirus outbreak on the vulnerable group.




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China's Animal Crossing gamers use code words, middlemen to enter virtual world

Chinese fans of Nintendo's Animal Crossing: New Horizons are paying a premium on foreign consoles and finding ways to skirt limits imposed by local regulators on a game that has become both a breakout worldwide hit and political flashpoint.




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Cycling: Vuelta cancels stages in Portugal amid COVID-19 crisis

This year's Tour of Spain will not go through Portugal as planned because of the COVID-19 crisis, organisers said on Saturday.




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Esports - Wehrlein ends Guenther's run of virtual Formula E success

Mahindra's Pascal Wehrlein took a lights-to-flag victory in the third round of Formula E's 'Race at Home Challenge' on Saturday to end BMW i Andretti driver Maximilian Guenther's run of success in the esports series.




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COVID-19: Lanning delivers virtual batting class for Ireland eves




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Meg Lanning provides virtual batting class for Ireland women's squad




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Retired Havildar arrested for torturing his wife

His wife had approached police thrice earlier complaining about him




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Kerala startup develops tracking app for effective quarantine




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Crash Course: Steelers rookies adapting to "virtual" path

This isn't quite the way Anthony McFarland expected his NFL career to begin. Pittsburgh's fourth-round draft pick is doing what he can to keep up during the first - and the NFL hopes only - ''virtual'' offseason amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Sure, he'd rather be at the Steelers' practice facility with the rest of the newcomers.




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Startup designs foldable japi

Startup designs foldable japi