Six-month pregnant Afghan policewoman brutally shot down before her children by Taliban
Kabul: The Taliban in Ghor Province brutally killed an Afghan Policewoman after gunning her down in front of her husband and children.
The information was shared by an Afghan Journalist on social media platform Twitter adding that the policewoman Nigara was six-month-pregnant when she was brutally killed.
Women feared for their lives and started buying headscarves and body coverings to avoid harsh punishments by the Taliban for not abiding by their set of rules, something that the country was used to in the late 90s, a Sputnik correspondent reported on Sunday.
Amid the Taliban taking control of Afghanistan once again after 20 years, dozens of women held protests in Herat carrying banners with slogans demanding rights and female representation in the government, Tolo news reported according to Times of India.
Experts are predicting that women in Afghanistan are most likely to face an uncertain future under the rule of the Taliban.
Dr. Sajjan Gohel, a security and terrorism analyst said that women are scared out of their (Taliban) minds.
"From the Afghan women I've spoken to, it's incredibly traumatic. You're looking at an entire generation who only read about the Taliban in books. Now, they're having to live side-by-side with what is effectively a misogynistic cult." Dr. Gohel was quoted as saying by Times of India.
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Three-year-old gets AI-based cochlear implant at govt hospital in Rajasthan
Jaipur (PTI): In a first for the government hospitals in the state, an artificial intelligence-based smart cochlear implant has been implanted in the ear of a three-year-old girl at the Rajasthan University of Health Sciences here.
The girl is stable after the nearly three-hour-long successful surgery and is expected to begin hearing and speaking within about 21 days, Dr Mohnish Grover, senior professor in the ENT department, said.
"This is the first such advanced cochlear implant procedure performed at the government hospital in the state, and it could open new possibilities in the treatment of hearing-impaired children," he said.
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Dr Grover said the girl had been suffering from congenital hearing impairment, which posed a major challenge for normal hearing and speech development.
She was not completely deaf since birth and could sense sounds. However, after the age of two, she gradually stopped hearing altogether.
Dr Grover said the implant contains a high-speed processing chip that improves sound quality. The internal implant placed inside the ear can function for nearly 30 years, while the battery of the external sound processor can last up to three years.
He said the implant uses a smart nerve technology that helps determine the correct placement during surgery. It also has internal memory to store the patient's mapping and data, and can be updated periodically like a smartphone.
Medical Education Department Commissioner Naresh Kumar Goyal said the procedure marks an important step towards providing advanced medical services in the state and will help strengthen efforts to offer modern healthcare facilities to patients within Rajasthan.
