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Himachal Pradesh University forms policy covering rights of disabled pupils

  The Himachal Pradesh University (HPU) has formulated a comprehensive policy document covering all statutory rights of disabled students. The policy document “Equal Opportunity Policy for Persons with Disabilities ” emphasises non- discrimination and complete empowerment of the disabled students and also envisages establishing a Grievance Redressal Cell for disabled students, teachers and employees. The policy provides a major safeguard to such teachers and employees, so that their services can never be terminated due to disability. Apart from education, the students would be entitled to equal opportunity in sports, yoga, library, coaching, skill development and recreational activities. The university would also create a barrier- free environment, the document states. Vice Chancellor Prof SP Bansal congratulated the disabled students as HPU has become the first university in the northern states, after Delhi, to prepare such a policy document. It would be strictly implemented and disab
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The beauty tips you need to know about if you suffer from hay fever

Hay fever season is upon us - those who are regular sufferers of the seasonal condition will have started to notice their noses streaming, annoying sneezes and watery eyes. The pollen count is predicted to be high this week, but if you're heading out to enjoy the Easter break you may be worrying about how hay fever will impact on your social life. Well, worry no more, as there are some beauty hacks you can learn to enable you to still look your best even with your symptoms getting in the way. These tips and tricks will help you rid those itchy eyes and dehydrated skin that the reaction can often be the dreaded cause of. And, if you're wondering, the Met Office 's pollen forecast has predicted levels are going to remain high until at least Sunday so you may want to keep this guide to hand over Easter weekend. Here are some top tips on how to keep looking fresh amid hay fever season. What is hay fever? The condition basically means you have some sort of allergy to pollen, wi
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Op-ed: The office was once a vital technology, but its time may be over

Medieval and early-modern workers did not have to go to work. Nor did they work from home; they just worked where they lived, or lived where they worked. Double-entry bookkeeping was invented at the end of the Middle Ages, but for centuries before the industrial age all   offices   were, literally, home offices; special buildings entirely and exclusively devoted to bookkeeping, paperwork, and administration—buildings where no wares were kept, and nobody slept at night—only became common over the course of the 19th century. The golden age of the office building came in the second half of the 20th century—but it coincided with the rise of new information and communication technologies that would soon make the corporate office tower, as well as the physical trading floors at the core of the modern financial districts, equally unnecessary. The mid-20th century rotary phone was made for the office, and designed as an ideal desktop appliance. It redefined office life, but people who did not
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Healthy Lifestyle Tied to Longer Life, Delayed Onset of Dementia​

  A healthy lifestyle in older adults is associated with longer life expectancy and with an increased proportion of remaining years lived without Alzheimer dementia, according to a study published online April 13 in   The BMJ . Klodian Dhana, M.D., Ph.D., from the Rush Institute for Healthy Aging in Chicago, and colleagues conducted a prospective cohort study involving 2,449 men and women aged 65 years and older to examine the impact of lifestyle factors on life expectancy among those with and without Alzheimer dementia. A healthy lifestyle score was developed based on five modifiable lifestyle factors: a diet for brain health, late-life cognitive activities, moderate-to-vigorous physical activity, no smoking, and light-to-moderate alcohol consumption. The researchers found that compared with women aged 65 years with zero or one healthy factor, those with four or five healthy factors had a life expectancy of 24.2 years and lived 3.1 years longer. Women with four to five healthy factors
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