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Time of India
31-07-2025
- General
- Time of India
'Umeed on Wheels': Blue bus rolls into Delhi's slums, bringing digital learning and a ray of hope to children left behind
N EW DELHI: When the rain started on Tuesday, some children in the Sriniwaspuri jhuggi ran out of their homes. In their soaking wet skirts and shirts, they all ran towards a blue bus. To them, this is the bus of hope. It is called Umeed on Wheels. The bus has no passenger seats, nor a driver at the wheel. What it has is 16 computers. The flickering blue light of the screens is what draws the children of the JJ cluster to the bus. The bus is like an alternative universe - a school classroom that is more fun, more accessible and digital. In it, the children are taught typing and sketching on MS Paint. Some have been trained in data entry. Umeed on Wheels is where the kids would rather be when it's pouring down in sheets. Inside the bus, the air is of quiet interest. You Can Also Check: Delhi AQI | Weather in Delhi | Bank Holidays in Delhi | Public Holidays in Delhi In a way, this bus is the answer to the Covid-induced deprivation that children of Delhi's many jhuggis faced when classes went online. It was possible only for richer, more privileged children to study on digital screens to which they had exclusive access. For 13-year-old Tejaswi (name changed), this was never an option. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Is this legal? Access all TV channels without a subscription! Techno Mag Learn More Undo "It was hard during Covid. I had to share one phone with two siblings. My father, who is a driver, couldn't always manage the recharges," she said. "This is the first time I'm learning properly. I wish we had this back then." The bus-turned-digital classroom was launched by SOS Children's Villages India. It was flagged off on Tuesday after two months of trials in the neighbourhood. Now, 48 children arrive at its door in three staggered shifts. The reason why the NGO started this bus is related to a hard question it asked: how many children in Delhi are locked out of the digital world? The answer wasn't encouraging. A Delhi govt survey in 2021 found that nearly 45% of govt school students had no access to smartphones or a reliable internet connection. The ASER 2021 urban survey showed that 60% children in the city had access to smartphones at home, and just 37% could attend online classes regularly. In 2023, a National Skill Development Corporation report showed that only one in three youths had enrolled in skill programs that had any kind of digital literacy component. The gap isn't just about lack of access to devices. It is also about where the kids live. "The divide isn't evenly spread," said Sumant Kar, CEO of SOS Children's Villages India. "Urban slums and JJ clusters are the worst hit. These are places such as Sarai Kale Khan, Jahangirpuri, Seelampur, Madanpur Khadar, Sangam Vihar, Dakshinpuri, Narela, and Sriniwaspuri. That's why we started here," he said. The bus, he said, is a low-barrier, high-impact solution. It takes digital education to the heart of underserved communities, does not need long commutes, nor waitlists. Just a run down the lane, even if it rains. Inside the bus are trained educators who focus on digital skills, online safety, and basic life skills such as communication and confidence-building. The curriculum is age-appropriate, with interactive content, e-books and lessons aligned to what the children are already learning in school. Twelve-year-old Uttam (name changed) said he found the bus-school more helpful than his real school. "I don't understand a lot there. There's not enough time, and sometimes the teacher is not even there," he said. "Here, ma'am explains slowly. I will learn more." This bus will later roll into other localities, much like a travelling circus, but of digital learning. The NGO plans to deploy more buses. In its first year, it hopes to reach at least 500 children. For Tejaswi and Uttam, it's about finally having a shot at digital learning, one click at a time, sitting in a bus.
Buzz Feed
28-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Buzz Feed
Think You've Got A High IQ? Take This General Knowledge Quiz To Find Out
Do you think you're smart? I'm gonna have to ask you to prove it by taking these general knowledge quizzes. They'll test you on all kinds of random stuff, which should be no problem for a genius like you, right? Think You've Got A High IQ? Take This General Knowledge Quiz To Find Out We'll keep it simple to start. This quiz is just straightforward trivia about a variety of subjects. Take the quiz here. If You Can Identify These 14 Famous People From History Drawn In MS Paint, You Must Have A Superior IQ Score User mattc43a58ece2 commented, "You'd have to be a complete tomato can to miss these" on this quiz. So let that encourage you. Take the quiz here. You Have A Higher Than Average IQ If You Can Answer These Double Negative Brainteasers You won't not need to concentrate to keep all these words straight. Take the quiz here. Fair Warning: Only A Person With 130+ IQ Can Pass This Math Symbol Riddle Quiz Sorry about the math, but does it make you feel better that we hid the numbers with cute fruit emojis? Take the quiz here.
Yahoo
10-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Rightwingers have started 'transvestigating' the new pope and the internet is roasting them
The post-conclave white smoke has barely cleared, but the new pope is already being dragged into internet conspiracy theorists' favorite bigoted past time — transvestigations. A viral post from "Skull & Gait," an X account dedicated to "transvestigations," claims Robert Prevost has a "bio female skull" based on… what appears to be some lines drawn in MS Paint. "Pope Leo XIV, the first-ever American Pope - Bio Female skull (skull check only)," they posted on Thursday morning alongside the goofy annotated pictures. — (@) For those who have managed to remain blissfully unaware, transvestigating is a ridiculous phenomenon in which basement dwellers spend their free time inventing "proof" that various celebrities and public figures (or even statues) are secretly transgender. They generally do this through highlighting features that they believe can tell whether a person was born male or female, all in service of exposing some imagined mass gender conspiracy. Of course, science, logic, and reason all go out the window in these scenarios. These so-called investigations rarely, if ever, account for the ways features and bone structure shift as people age, vary across ethnicities, or simply don't conform to their predetermined ideas rooted in bioessentialism and pseudoscience. The whole phenomenon is so absurd that it's become fairly difficult to gauge whether someone conducting a "transvestigation" is a true believer — or just mocking those who are. The same can be said for @SkullandGait, whose bio reads "Bones never Lie, but people do ~wake up from their Lies ~" before referencing Bible verses and listing their location as "They are Everywhere !" Deeply delusional or a pitch perfect mockery? Who can say? Well, the internet is taking the account at face value, and dunking on them accordingly. — (@) "I'm not sure this overlay is a human skull at all. The proportions look very weird, compared to the 'female' version." — (@) "if you dissociate from reality hard enough this is hillarious" — (@) "#girlpope mission complete" — (@) "tweeting from the conclave (2024) universe" — (@) "They used a fucking stock photo drawing with a fish eye lens effect instead of real skulls you can't make this shit up" — (@) "I'm a fucking prophet" — (@) "you haven't truly made it until you've been transvestigated by right wing extremists"
Yahoo
07-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
MSPaint Announce New EP No Separation , Share Video for New Song: Watch
All products featured on Pitchfork are independently selected by Pitchfork editors. However, when you buy something through our retail links, Condé Nast may earn an affiliate commission. MSPaint, photo by Thorne Hood MSPaint, the Hattiesburg, Mississippi, synth-punk band, have announced a new EP. No Separation arrives May 23 via Convulse. Leading the quartet's return is the single 'Angel,' which comes with a music video directed by Alex Thiel. In the Matrix-coded clip, a suited-up Thiel stars as a business man suffering from controlling images as he becomes possessed by a hooded figure. Watch it below. ADVERTISEMENT 'Angel' is the first new music from MSPaint in two years, following their 2023 debut album, Post-American. While that breakout LP, which features Militarie Gun singer-guitarist Ian Shelton on the single 'Delete It,' was produced by Shelton and Taylor Young, No Separation instead opted for Show Me the Body's Julian Cashwan Pratt and Harlan Steel to record and produce the new EP. 'Most of our music is genuinely inspired by our relationships to each other,' explained synthesizer player Nick Panella. 'We bring together disparate musical philosophies and try to marry them and create our own community that can accept those differences and actually thrive as a result of them. Originality ultimately isn't about creating something new as much as it's about navigating your own inner world and the inner worlds of those directly around you until you've learned something that hasn't been learned before.' Read about MSPaint in the essay 'Hardcore Expanded Its Boundaries in 2023—and the Scene Embraced It' and see where their song 'Delete It' landed in 'The 100 Best Songs of 2023.' No Separation EP: 01 Drift 02 Wildfire 03 Surveillance 04 No Separation 05 Angel MSPAINT: No Separation EP Originally Appeared on Pitchfork
Forbes
08-04-2025
- Business
- Forbes
How To Trade The Crash 2025
Stock market crash and panic, financial losses, economic recession concept. Red arrow over negative ... More financial figures. Digital 3D render. I'm getting a lot of folks asking me what to do now the market has crashed. I don't blame them. The signals – and the situation itself – are wildly unusual. A crash is generally accepted to be a drop of 25%. We have had that on the Nasdaq. There are further levels to crashes, and crudely, if you look at the Nasdaq now, they would be 15,000, 10,000, and 5,000. Another way to look at it: -25% and -33% can happen frequently, then -50% and -75% are progressively rarer. For example, -75%+ only happened in 1929 and during the Dotcom crash. It takes a fair bit of disaster to get past -25%, but to be clear, I feel we are in for a lot more. However, that's just my opinion – and not only can I be wrong, but circumstances can change significantly. We all need a simple guide to how crashes unfold. The 'now' is about navigating what comes next. So here are the basics of how a crash pans out. Here's a picture crafted by my own hand and MS Paint: The different shapes to the bottom of a crash This is only extremely obvious when you're not trying to catch a falling knife and somehow trade your way out of horrible losses. If you study previous crashes, you'll start to see how things tend to play out. Don't assume recovery is inevitable or will happen quickly. For example, it took until 1957 for the 1929 crash to recover its previous level. The way to think about the future is to understand what the bottom looked like, when it happened, and where the safest part of the cycle is to re-enter. The V-shaped bottom is very rare. This crash is unlikely to have one. You don't want to try and catch the first inevitable bounce at the base of the initial fall, because that fabled dip might just be a pause – especially if there appears to be a good reason for the initial drop. Most likely, the bottom will be a W, and you can check previous crashes to judge for yourself. A W is simply the next most common form of recovery after the two-step fall and rebound. It's just a crash and recovery with an extra step – more plausible than a clean V. The following piece of naïve graphic design has served me well for a couple of decades: Avoid the dead cat bounce and buy when the market is starting to recover By buying the last leg of the W, you avoid buying into a fall that's only halfway down – the classic danger of 'catching a falling knife.' You've likely read my articles warning of this crash, so now for me it's about re-entering at the right time and place. That's as tough as getting out near the top. Pundits like to say it's not possible, and maybe my luck in doing so over the years here on Forbes is just a happy fluke. My observations are: I'm not fan of the 3D chess players and prefer to let the hive mind of the markets judge reality for me and communicate the true situation. As such, I'll watch for the next leg down and let the market tell me if I'm right or wrong. So here is a map: The Nasdaq: a map of what to watch out for You know I like to keep it annoyingly simple. The tariff dynamic should be priced in by now. You can see this setback puts us back on a trend from 2016-2017, which is sustainable under the right circumstances. Without any more madness, the market should trend normally from here. Volatility should cool, and then a new trend – whatever it may be – should begin. However… More madness, and down we go. I won't trade hope. I'll be buying the last leg of the W.
