Tennessee university reinstates professor fired over Charlie Kirk post, agrees to $500K settlement

Austin Peay State University has reinstated a tenured professor who was fired following a social media post made after the killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, and has agreed to pay $500,000 as part of a settlement.The Tennessee public university confirmed that Darren Michael, a professor of theatre and dance, returned to his position effective…

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Extreme asymmetry: Doctors warn after influencer spends 300 days training only one shoulder |

Image: Instagram @thecrookedman10 For more than 300 days, a man calling himself “The Crooked Man” has been doing something most trainers would advise against: repeatedly exercising only one trapezius muscle while leaving the rest of his body largely untouched. The result is a strikingly uneven physique, with one shoulder and upper back muscle ballooning far…

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Centre begins drive to end colonial-era dress codes & practices, railways discontinues bandhgala coats | India News

NEW DELHI: In a move to shed yet another colonial relic, railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Friday announced discontinuing the railway uniforms introduced by the British Raj — black prince coats (bandhgala coats) — saying that “we have to find every trace of colonialism and banish them”.TOI has learnt that govt is carrying out a…

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India outlook: Reforms put wind in its sails amid global headwinds; PMO’s Shaktikanta Das maps the road ahead

India is at the cusp of a historic economic journey, with government policies and reforms giving the country “wind in its sails” even as global trade uncertainties intensify, Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister Shaktikanta Das said on Friday.Delivering the inaugural Bibek Debroy Memorial Lecture, Das said India has emerged stronger from successive global shocks…

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