New York state’s teachers union is calling on lawmakers to implement a ban on cell phones in school. The New York State United Teachers gathered a coalition of partners in education, healthcare, child and family advocacy, and law enforcement together on Monday who support “distraction-free schools.” “Kids’ personal devices have no place in the classroom….
Dec 09, 2024 07:48 AM IST Following a complaint filed by assistant jail superintendent Surinderpal Singh, Ludhiana’s Division Number 7 police booked inmates Gurpreet Singh, Hardeep Singh, Manpreet Singh, Gurdeep Singh and Gurjant Singh Ludhiana Central Jail staff on Sunday recovered five mobile phones from inmates during a special checking. Head constable Gurjeet Singh, who…
Best gaming mobile phones to buy under ₹20,000 in December 2024: With most smartphone manufacturers claiming unrivalled gaming performance on their devices, it can be difficult to choose the phone that suits your needs. To help you cut through the clutter, we have compiled a list of the best gaming-centric smartphones to consider when making…
LOS ANGELES — There’s little disagreement on what needs to be done: California schools must ban or restrict cellphones that disrupt learning. A law signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom mandates every school district in the state devise a plan for campus cellphone bans or restrictions by July 2026. But educators, who gathered recently with Newsom…
Was 2009 the greatest year in F1? Photo: Mark Thompson (Getty Images) With one final wave of the checkered flag, the 2024 Formula 1 season will come to an end on Sunday in Abu Dhabi, what did you think to it? Sure, Max Verstappen clinched a fourth title with little competition, but drama elsewhere on…
A woman in southwestern China has won 10,000 yuan (US$1,400) from a competition for abstaining from mobile phone use for eight hours while exhibiting no signs of anxiety. The contest took place at a shopping centre in Chongqing municipality on November 29, as reported by Jimu News. Ten contestants, selected from 100 applicants, were invited…
With a plethora of options to choose from in the budget segment, it can become a daunting task to find the device that matches your specific requirements. In order to ease the phone buying process, we have compiled a list of top devices you can buy with a budget of under ₹15,000. Best mobile phones…
Screening and selection processes Figure 1 provides the screening and selection processes for this meta-analysis. A total of 1,103 articles were identified from three databases, including PubMed, EMBASE, and the Cochrane Library. After the exclusion of 300 duplicate articles, 803 articles remained. Through primary screening using titles and abstracts, 502 articles were excluded. And then, for…
By: Fety Ilma Rahmillah, Queensland University of Technology in Brisbane. Distractions from mobile phones while driving can cause fatalities. Tackling the problem will require a multi-disciplinary approach. We have all come across this type of headline: “Fatal car crash — cops say driver was using mobile phone” Mobile phones have become indispensable, yet their impact…
WICHITA, Kan. (KAKE) – Erin Nichols is the Principal at El Dorado High School, and said that it’s recent cell phone policy change has been a success. The change said that students must stow away their phones during class periods. “To be honest, it’s gone really smoothly,” Nichols said. “We compared our current policy, which…