-United Nations News With the help of an innovative mobile phone service, UN agencies are working with the Government of Rajasthan, India, to combat child marriage. The poster shows a tiny girl with braided hair, tied at the end with pink ribbons. Her face droops in despair as she walks next to an older man. The garlands around their necks indicate that they have just been wed. She holds a little blackboard in...
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20,000 street Children identified, in process of rehabilitation across India: NCPCR
-PTI/ Livemint.com NCPCR chairperson Priyank Kanoongo estimated that around 15-20 lakh Children are living on the streets of India presently About 20,000 street Children have been identified across the country till now and are in the process of getting rehabilitated, according to NCPCR chairperson Priyank Kanoongo. Speaking to PTI on the situation of street Children in India, he said a web portal 'Bal Swaraj' has been made for street Children where their information...
More »Cancers Proliferate in UP Villages, Industries Safe -Rahat Touhid
-TheCitizen.in Eight years on GANGNAULI: On the banks of the Krishna river, in the Baghpat district of Uttar Pradesh, toxic chemicals discharged by nearby industrial units have turned the drinking water of villages around the river poisonous. This toxic river might be the reason for life threatening diseases like cancer, hepatitis, paralysis, mental illness and congenital bone deformities prevalent among people here. Back in 2014, former Haryana Pollution Control Board scientist Dr Chandraveer...
More »Learning loss a tragedy, but no mention in Union Budget: Raghuram Rajan -Ranjitha Gunasekaran
-The New Indian Express He said that instead of spending on the PLI schemes, the Centre should invest in filling the gaps in our education system, strengthening higher education, skilling, research, and development. Former Governor of Reserve Bank of India, Raghuram Rajan has expressed concern over lack of focus on the learning loss caused due to Covid-19 among school Children in the Union Budget, while a significant amount of money was allocated...
More »Sonia Gandhi asks government to resume midday meal
-The Telegraph She demanded that nutritional food be provided to kids below three years who don’t come to school under the Integrated Child Development Scheme New Delhi: Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday requested the Narendra Modi government to immediately resume the midday meal scheme, arguing that Children had been the worst affected by the pandemic both in terms of education and food. Raising the matter during Zero Hour in the Lok Sabha,...
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