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Miss Worlds including Manushi Chillar unite to fight COVID-19 stigma
"At a time like this, whatever each one of us can do to raise as much awareness about COVID-19 i…
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India beats the world with over 60,000 babies born on New Year's Day
The beginning of a new year and a new decade is an opportunity to reflect on our hopes and asp…
PTI
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Extreme weather uprooted 43 million children within six years, with India second worst affected
According to the report, the Philippines had the most child displacements due to weather events dur…
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Four in five expecting mothers in India deprived of government’s maternity benefits scheme
Merely 12% women received all three installments under the scheme — with Himachal Pradesh and …
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Indian ads have prominent female characters but they are still highly stereotyped: Study
A study released by UNICEF and the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media reveals persistent gend…
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Indian economic slowdown is leaving its infants hungry as only 10% are given acceptable diet
According to the report, merely 10% of Indian infants are provided with minimum acceptable diet.…
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India will start skilling its youth starting from those who are ten years old
Every month a million people in India turn 18, ready to take up jobs. To help them, Smriti Irani, M…
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Over 10 million children in Congo, Nigeria, Sudan and Yemen will suffer from acute malnutrition in 2021, UNICEF warns
More than 10 million children in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), northeast Nigeria, the…
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Over half of Indian students will not have skills for 21st century jobs, warns UNICEF
By 2030, half of South Asian youth will not be able to find a decent job for the lack of skills. …
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Nearly 800 million children affected by lead poisoning — half of them live in South Asia
“With few early symptoms, lead silently wreaks havoc on children’s health and development, with …
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World Menstrual Hygiene Day: Brands come forward to raise awareness
Feminine care brands have launched awareness campaigns on World Menstrual Hygiene Day.
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India still hangs back in the routine immunisation programme: WHO-UNICEF report
The Southeast Asian region registers about 37 million births annually and about 88% of these new…
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COVID-19: UNICEF, FICCI join hands for action plan to support vulnerable populations
"The impact of COVID-19 on children has the potential to be devastating and lifelong. Millions of …
PTI
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South Asian children might miss life-saving vaccinations due to the Covid-19 pandemic
South Asia could face another health emergency a children across the region were likely to miss out…
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Lack of focus on women’s well-being, education is leading to stunted growth in India’s children
Stunted children are quick to contract illnesses and disease and easily succumb to them. It is a…
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Almost 4 lakh diarrhoeal disease deaths can be averted if Jal Jeevan Mission meets target: WHO study
Almost 4 lakh diarrhoeal disease deaths can be averted if 'Jal Jeevan Mission' meets its target of …
PTI
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Health Budget 2020: After 963 children died in one hospital in the last year, Indians will be watching the Centre’s allocation to upgrade public healthcare
The pressure will be on the government to step up spending to upgrade public hospitals, whic…
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India has fewer undernourished people now but obesity and anaemia are on the rise
The number of obese adults in India, which has a population of over 1.38 billion, grew to 34.3 mill…
PTI
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Nepal Earthquake: The tragedy and what all is being done to help so far
We at Business Insider bring to you an update on all that has happened since then, the number of li…
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How BYJU’s aims to provide customised education to 10 million children in India by 2025
BYJU’s has launched a digital film to remind us of the catastrophic education emergency that the pa…