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Daily Mail
25-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Popular picks for July: SEVEN RULES FOR A PERFECT MARRIAGE by Rebecca Reid, MY OTHER HEART by Emma Nanami Strenner, THE SECRETS OF DRAGONFLY LODGE by Rachel Hore
Seven Rules for a Perfect Marriage is available now from the Mail Bookshop SEVEN RULES FOR A PERFECT MARRIAGE by Rebecca Reid (Bloomsbury £9.99, 304pp) Moral fable meets urban romance in this tale of relationship influencers. Jessica and Jack have millions of followers, plus book and TV deals coming out of their ears. Everyone wants a marriage as wonderful as theirs. Behind the scenes, however, they're both miserable. She wants a baby while he wants his old job back at the BBC. During a moment of drunken madness, Jack unwisely reveals all. What now, as followers and publishers desert the golden couple in droves? Lots of fun media detail and some great minor characters; Jack's stingy and snobbish parents, in particular. MY OTHER HEART by Emma Nanami Strenner (Hutchinson Heinemann £18.99, 416pp) A sharp upstairs-downstairs look at the Asian-American experience. We're in Philadelphia with Kit, Japanese adopted daughter of a wealthy white couple, and her BFF Sabrina, child of a poor Chinese single mum. School's just ended and this last summer before college has some big surprises in store. While feckless, beautiful Kit flies off to find herself in Tokyo, the less assured Sabrina interns at a downtown migrant charity. In the background is Vietnamese Mimi, whose child was snatched as a baby, and Lee Lee, Sabrina's prickly ma. I loved this family drama which considers geography and destiny from a fascinating point of view – with a great twist at the end. THE SECRETS OF DRAGONFLY LODGE by Rachel Hore (Simon and Schuster £16.99, 480pp) Writer Stef's researching a book about pioneering women scientists. One is zoologist Nancy Foster, an elderly Norfolk neighbour of her mother's. Brilliant as she was, Nancy's career never reached the heights it should have, but why? Stef sets about finding out, getting to know her subject's smouldering grandson along the way. There unfolds a tale of sexism and skulduggery. The action moves between modern-day Stef and 1950s London, where Nancy studies alongside dashing and dastardly James West. Hore's novels are absorbing, calming and wonderfully sane. They should be prescribed on the NHS.
The Hindu
11-07-2025
- Health
- The Hindu
IIT Kharagpur's ‘campus mothers' programme draws mixed response
The Indian Institute of Technology at Kharagpur (IIT-KGP) recently announced an artificial intelligence (AI)-driven student welfare app, and a community engagement programme with 'campus mothers', drawing concerns from mental health professionals around ethics and gender. Titled 'HEART' (Help, Empower and Resiliently Thrive: A Mother's Touch for Campus Wellness)' the programme seeks to enlist a two-pronged approach towards student welfare. 'We have planned to introduce an all-in-one app. It will have a chat service to help students ventilate at a preliminary level and navigate the three main student spaces in the university namely the hostel, department, and the social and extracurricular spaces. It will also assist students with availing medical or financial facilities,' director of IIT KGP Professor Suman Chakraborty told The Hindu. He said the app will be partially driven by AI and will provide analytics to authorities concerning the overall mental health of students. 'However, if someone is struggling, it cannot be resolved entirely through analytics or mechanised intervention. Hence the app will have a physical interface — a human touch — in the form of community engagement with campus mothers who can emotionally support our students. We feel those who have tasted motherhood have a natural ability to meet the emotional needs of young adults… While psychologists are respected and needed for their expertise, they cannot be scalable for 16,000 students,' Professor Chakraborty said. He added that 'campus mothers' would undergo an orientation programme by trained psychologists and would be told about limits that they should practise while interacting with students. He further said that the programme can help tackle the stigma of directly approaching a mental health professional. 'Any female campus resident, whether staff or family members of staff, can sign up to be a campus mother. We announced the programme on Wednesday (July 9, 2025) and so far, 20 women have already registered to volunteer. Their efforts would be recognised through a token honorarium and out of pocket allowance that they can use to take students out for meals or small outings,' the Director said. Professor Chakraborty added that the programme should be operational, at least in a skeletal form, by June 22 when the new batch of incoming students is expected to join the institute. Concerns around gender and ethics However, activists and mental health professionals have raised concerns over the gendered nature of the programme, and questioned the ethics around judgment and confidentiality by participating faculty members, staff and their relatives. 'It's laudable that the new director of IIT Kharagpur is prioritising student mental health. Community support spaces within campus are important, however, they do need to be facilitated well. Due to diverse backgrounds and mindsets, peer community spaces can create internal conflicts. The idea of the facilitation by trained professionals is to create safe spaces where people can feel safe, seen, heard, supported, and accepted. It's also important to have accountability measures in place to create meaningful safe spaces,' said Pompi Banerjee, a Kolkata-based practising clinical psychologist. She highlighted that a large number of student suicides are a result of experiences of prejudicial treatment by peers and faculty members, and that without, addressing such issues, surface level support interventions may not be fully effective. 'Moreover, many students may have experienced difficult parental relationships. It's therefore important to have campus 'parents' or 'elders', not just mothers, who are trained to hold non-judgmental listening and support spaces. In the queer community, people often use the term 'chosen family' - indicating a network of people who feel safe and supportive, not due to any mandate, but because of sheer human connection, affection and care. This approach often works wonders especially in the queer community, where experiences with natal families are filled with distress and rejection. Any intervention to curb student suicides also must engage with the natal families and primary caregivers of the students to promote a more sustainable impact,' she added. Dr. Sudip Kumar Som, a senior child and adolescent psychiatrist in Kolkata, raised questions over whether the campus mothers would be screened and trained to be non-judgmental, non-dictatorial, practise confidentiality, and have unprejudiced values. 'I also feel that instead of limiting this to women, they can also involve male volunteers, as well as retired staff and senior citizens who often suffer from loneliness and can benefit from companionship with students. However, in all such cases, adequate screening, training, and supervision by trained professionals is a must,' Dr. Som added. Aparna Ladha Somani, a Kolkata-based clinical psychologist, said empathy from a mothers' group is a great way to identify first signs and symptoms of mental illness provided they are trained well by professionals. 'They can convince the struggling student to take professional help overcoming student stigma. Mothers' group as a first step can be helpful provided they receive training in first aid and basic red flag identification,' she said.
Time of India
10-07-2025
- Business
- Time of India
Hinjewadi IT meet sparks row over exclusion of local stakeholders
Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis PUNE: The state Urban Development Department's meeting scheduled for Thursday (July 10)in Mumbai to address long-pending civic and infrastructure issues in Hinjewadi has drawn sharp criticism for excluding key local stakeholders. Chaired by chief minister Devendra Fadnavis , the meeting has invited local MLAs Shankar Jagtap and Mahesh Landge, along with officials from the district administration. However, prominent elected representatives and organisations who have been actively raising concerns—including Baramati MP Supriya Sule , Bhor MLA Shankar Mandekar, and the sarpanchs of Hinjewadi and Maan villages—have been left out. Notably, the Hinjewadi IT hub falls under the Bhor Assembly constituency. You Can Also Check: Pune AQI | Weather in Pune | Bank Holidays in Pune | Public Holidays in Pune Also excluded are members of the Hinjewadi Industrial Association, Hinjewadi Maan Employees and Residents Trust (HEART), and the Forum for IT Employees (FITE), who have consistently flagged civic issues such as poor road conditions, traffic congestion, drainage bottlenecks, and lack of planning authority. 'This meeting is being held without those most affected. How can it be meaningful without the presence of the local MP, MLA, sarpanchs, gram sevaks, and grassroots organisations?' asked Dnyanendra Hulsure, president of HEART. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like So sánh mức trượt giá: Hợp đồng tương lai (CFD) Bitcoin vs Ethereum IC Markets Tìm hiểu thêm Undo 'The outcome of this meeting will certainly questioned as we are not part of the discussion as we too wanted to share our views,' he said. MP Supriya Sule and MLA Shankar Mandekar, both of whom had been following up with the Chief Minister's Office (CMO) on the matter, have not received invitations. 'It is surprising that no local representatives were called despite repeated letters to the CMO,' said another activist. Pavanjit Mane of FITE, which has long campaigned for better civic services in the area, said the exclusion was disappointing. 'We have submitted memorandums and even requested meetings with the CM. If included, we could have raised direct questions on why Hinjewadi continues to face such infrastructure challenges,' he said. Villagers and IT professionals from the area have echoed similar concerns. 'The sarpanch of Maan should have been on that list. These are the people who deal with the issues on a daily basis,' said a resident of Maan. When contacted, officials from the CMO told TOI that the list of invitees had been finalised. 'Sixteen members from the IT sector are attending. The list has been drawn up and approved by the CMO,' an official said. 'The minutes of the meeting could help yield positive results,''said a member from the UDD department.
Yahoo
15-04-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
Air rescue team celebrates 30 years serving area
ELIZABETHTON, Tenn. (WJHL) — What started 30 years ago as a program with one helicopter serving one hospital has grown to a team serving the entire region, having improved the outcomes of nearly 40,000 patients. One of those patients was Elizabethton's Larry Parlier. He fell off his roof in December 2002. 'I was finishing putting up the Christmas lights when I fell,' Parlier said. He doesn't remember much after being loaded into what was then Wings Air Rescue. The service got him to the hospital in a 15-minute flight. It would have been a 45-minute drive by ambulance. 'The doctor came in and he told me that there was probably about a 15% chance that I would have even lived. If they hadn't got me, I would probably would have died.' Wings was initially a service of Johnson City Medical Center and began in March of expanded service is now called Highlands Emergency Air Rescue & Transport (HEART) and contracts with Ballad Health. Ballad Health says HEART replaced the Wings and Wellmont branding that Ballad previously used. Pilot Dwain Rowe has been there since the beginning and is now the director of HEART. 'When we started, there was no service in the Tri-Cities for helicopter EMS service such as our own,' Rowe said. 'And as we implemented it and continue to grow, we saw the need in other areas. So our second helicopter we put down in the Greene County, Hamblin County area, our third helicopter we put in the Norton, Jenkins area to serve that community. And our fourth helicopter is in Smyth County, Marion, Virginia,' Rowe told News Channel 11 from his base at the Elizabethton Municipal Airport. Rowe said initially they employed six nurses, five paramedics and four pilots. He said that's times four now. As of the March 30 anniversary date, 37,900 patients have been transported in one of two ways. 'So there are two types of flights that we do. Basically, one is scene flights where a paramedic or fire department or police agency calls us to the scene. We pick up that patient and we fly them to the closest appropriate facility. The second is interfacility, which is when we take a patient from one facility to another, and that the intent of that is to go to a higher level of care at the receiving facility,' Rowe said. Rowe says even though they contract with Ballad Health, they transport to the closest appropriate hospital, and it may not always be a Ballad facility to which the patient is taken. 'When we go on a scene, it is our responsibility to determine what the closest appropriate facility that is and depending on what region we're in,' Rowe said. 'That may be Roanoke Memorial Hospital, it may be Winston-Salem Burn Center, it could be UT Medical Center or East Tennessee Children's Hospital. Our goal is to take the patient to the closest appropriate facility for their injury or illness.' Rowe says they can't save every life, but outcomes are better if a patient is transported by air rather than ambulance when minutes count. 'They do better in the long run. And they're in the hospital for a shorter amount of time,' Rowe said. Larry Parlier is a testament to the difference minutes can make. He admits life hasn't always been easy since his accident, but he's alive. 'I'm just thankful for the opportunity to, to be here still,' Parlier said. 'My kids are grown, I've got two granddaughters now. So there's a lot of things I could have missed out on if it had not been for them.' In addition to the medical flights, the program does community service events with area first responders. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
BBC News
02-03-2025
- General
- BBC News
'Terrified' dog rescued in Thaxted needs £10k leg surgery
An animal charity is trying to raise £10,000 for surgery after rescuing a puppy found in Harlow Essex Animal Rescue Team (HEART) said a dog walker found the Caucasian shepherd soaking wet in Thaxted on 8 puppy had a deformed or broken leg and the charity suspected he had been abused or commercial manager Felicity Sutton is looking after the puppy, which has been named Bear, and described him as a "bit of a BFG". The 34-year-old, who lives in Farnham near Stansted Mountfitchet, said it looked like Bear had cigarette burns on his face, was very skinny, smelled "terribly" and had "an oil texture to his coat"."He was terrified and was kind of making squeaky noises," she said."[But] he became very trusting of us quite quickly". HEART has raised almost £3,000 so far and Ms Sutton said vets, trainers and people providing hydrotherapy had offered estimated the puppy was about six months old and would double in size with age."The weight of the dog is going to get too much on his legs," she explained."Ultimately it'll probably shorten his life expectancy."Despite his trauma, Bear was in high spirits and welcomed visitors, she said."He wants to be as close and as on you as he possibly can," she Sutton has also rescued a one-eyed dog from Romania and a tortoise which now lives with her mother in Dunmow. HEART's Abbie Parrish was first to the scene when Bear was spotted."It took about 30 minutes to coax him out of there safely... but once he realised I wasn't there to hurt him it was like a lightbulb moment," she suspect Bear has a condition called carpus valgus, most likely caused by starvation."It still amazes me that people can be so cruel to something so defenceless," Ms Parrish said due to the remote area Bear was in, it was likely someone drove him out there to abandon charity said a specialist orthopaedic consultant said he would need surgery in both legs, at a cost of £5,000 per leg.A tabletop sale has been arranged at Ugley Village Hall on 23 March to raise further funds for Bear's treatment. Follow Essex news on BBC Sounds, Facebook, Instagram and X.
