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Rural girls quitting education as schools lack toilets

School education minister Vinod Tawde has expressed concern over alarming increase in school dropout rate, especially for girls, and blamed it on absence of girl’s to...

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Bollywood

Kareena Kapoor to endorse campaign for children’s benefit

Bollywood actress Kareena Kapoor has been roped in to support Child-Friendly Schools and Systems (CFSS) campaign. It is a joint initiative by DTH provider Tata Sky and Unic...

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Hollywood

Stars work the stock market for charity

Dame Helen Mirren, Damian Lewis and Prince Harry became stockbrokers in London on Wednesday (03Dec14) to raise money for charity. They were joined by former Girls Aloud sin...

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Bollywood

Doordarshan and UNICEF honour Maharashtra’s Navjyotis

Nine girls coming from culturally diverse backgrounds and different parts of the state have one common message to share – ‘Girls are not any less’. These ...

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Hollywood

UN Sounds Alarm To End Global Pandemic Of Violence Against Women

Violence against women and girls is a global pandemic that destroys lives, fractures communities and holds back development, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon sa...

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Sustainable Development

Rickshaw drivers take 'respect for women' message to Delhi's streets

Delhi rickshaw driver Narotan Singh was never interested in the problems faced by women and girls – his only interaction with the opposite sex was with females from h...

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Sustainable Development

Eye On Education: Program Teaches Girls How To Control Media And Message

Every day we are bombarded with images in magazines, on TV, and online. And those images can shape a young girl’s self-esteem before she even understands what she&rsq...

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Health

UN Members Resolve To End Child Marriage

There are now more than 700 million women who were married before their 18th birthday. There are now more than 700 million women who were married before their 18th birthday...

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Sustainable Development

Many Indian girls are going to incredible lengths to get the education they deserve

India is hardly the place that comes to mind when you think of places that have made strides in girls’ education. Headlines are filled with stories of how badly the c...

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Festivals

Asha Bhosle Lends Voice to Marathi film Gurukul; sings lavani

Legendary singer Asha Bhosle today recorded a Lavani for Marathi film Gurukul, written and directed by Rommel Rodrigues.
“Ashaji’s golden melodious voice h...

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