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CBSE, State Boards To Bring In Gender Sensitivity Modules

With the increasing emphasis on gender sensitivity and issues of violence against women, both the CBSE and the State board are taking steps to sensitise their students and ...

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Health

Study: Measles Shot Helps Ward Off Other Illnesses

LOS ANGELES — A new study suggests that the measles shot comes with a bonus: By preventing that disease, the vaccine may also help your body fight off other illnesses...

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Gender

UNICEF: Dalit Girls Most Excluded From Primary Education In India

A report just released by UNICEF and UNESCO on out of school children in India highlights that Dalit girls have the highest primary school exclusion rate in India. The repo...

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Hollywood

Katy Perry Urges Viet Nam’s Young Professionals To Help Improve Children’s Lives

Katy Perry, UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador and global pop superstar, made a special stop-over to Ho Chi Minh City where she gave the keynote speech at Forbes Viet Nam first-eve...

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Sustainable Development

Why The Children Of The Poor Must Not Be Allowed To Work In Family Enterprises

The shocking decision of the Union Cabinet to legalise child work after school hours in family enterprises must compel us to turn an unflinching spotlight on one of our gra...

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Thought Factory

THE RITE OF PASSAGE

“Man is born free but everywhere he is in chains” quoted Jean Jacques Rousseau, the famous French philosopher. The history of mankind has been the history of ev...

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Thought Factory

Of Right Words And Persistent Images

‘Human rights are rights inherent to all human beings, whatever our nationality, place of residence, sex, national or ethnic origin, colour, religion, language, o...

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Hollywood

Paul Simon To Host Annual Children's Health Fund Benefit

The Children's Health Fund will hold its annual benefit on June 1, hosted by CHF co-founders Paul Simon and Irwin Redlener, MD. The event will feature a special appearance ...

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Sustainable Development

Govt Launches KhoyaPaya, A Web Portal For Missing Children

Here is yet another initiative by Government of India that uses technology to make it easier to resolve some serious issues our society faces. They have launched KhoyaPaya ...

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Health

Every 4th Schoolkid In City Fails Lung Test, Finds Survey

One in four Mumbai schoolchildren possibly has poor lung function, according to a multi-city survey released on the eve of World Asthma Day on Monday. The outlook is grimme...

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