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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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Movies

Bombay Velvet

Critics rating: 2 Stars

Cast: Ranbir Kapoor, Anushka Sharma, Karan Johar, Kay Kay Menon, Manish Chaudhary, Satyadeep Misra, Siddharth Basu,...

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Health

India Faces Reminders of Failing Maternal Safety

Pregnant with her first child, 17-year-old Guna did not know she was anemic. Nor was she aware of the complications this could cause because no government female health wor...

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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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Bollywood

Deepika Padukone Supports Gokuldham Society’s ‘Save The Girl Child’ Initiative

After saving a girl child, the residents of Gokuldham are lauded for their heroic act and flooded with congratulatory greetings from across the city. Even Bollywood actress...

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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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