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Amarinder Singh launches 'Pride of Punjab' partnership of State govt, YuWa
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], Aug 5 (ANI): Chief Minister of Punjab Captain Amarinder Singh on Wednesday launched a collaborative 'Pride of Punjab' programme as a partnership between the Department of Youth Services and Sports and YuWaah - a joint initiative of UNICEF, other UN agencies, civi
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UN Foundation initiative Girl Up joins call for active measures to combat
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 15 (ANI/BusinessWire India): Taking note of the expected surge in rape and sexual offences as the COVID-19 restrictions are gradually lifted, subject matter experts from fields of criminal law, forensics, and policy, came together with luminaries from the civil soc
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'Overwhelmed, will go for trial called by CFI': Bihar girl who cycled over
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Darbhanga (Bihar) [India], May 25 (ANI): Fifteen-year-old Jyoti Kumari, who cycled with her wounded father from Gurugram in Haryana to Darbhanga in Bihar covering over 1,200 km in around 7 days, is receiving help from all quarters, be it politics, civil society or administration.
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Eicher Group Foundation, Metso India join Plan India's project to support
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 27 (ANI): Eicher Group Foundation and Metso India have come forward to support Plan India's project which aims to fight the COVID-19 crisis while working in close coordination with the government, civil society organisations, corporates and donors to support weaker s
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Government has come up with digital platform to help link Covid warriors,
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 26 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his monthly radio programme 'Mann Ki Baat' on Sunday informed that the government has come up with a digital platform to link volunteers of social organizations, representatives of civil society and local administration. Read More
UN to screen Earth Anthem penned by poet-diplomat Abhay K
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Antananarivo [Madagascar], April 26 (ANI): The United Nations, Department of Global Communications, Civil Society Unit along with DGC Civil Society Youth Representatives Steering Committee will host a youth-led live event to commemorate Earth Day on Monday (April 27) from 9 am-11 am (local t
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Civil society in Gilgit-Baltistan demands immediate COVID-19 relief
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Gilgit [PoK], April 20 (ANI): The cooperative society of Gilgit-Baltistan has asked the Pakistan government to sanction Rs 10,000 crore to make up for the economic losses due to the COVID-19 outbreak.
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Protests held outside Karachi Press Club to seek justice for Mehak Kumari
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], Feb 15 (ANI): Members of the civil society and lawyers held a protest outside the Karachi press club here on Saturday to seek justice for Mehak Kumari, a minor Hindu girl who was forcibly converted to Islam and married to a Muslim man.
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Very good and eye-opening: Afghan ambassador on two-day visit to J-K
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 15 (ANI): Afghanistan Envoy Tahir Qadri, who was a part of second batch of 25 foreign envoys who visited Jammu and Kashmir, on Friday said that the visit was a good experience and that the diplomats got the opportunity to speak to people from civil society and senior m
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Centre must speed up investments, restore internet and fulfill all promise
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], Feb 13 (ANI): The 25-member delegation of foreign diplomats, who are in Jammu and Kashmir held extensive discussions with the prominent business community and political leaders in Srinagar.
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Foreign envoys meet civil society, local youth in Kashmir
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], Feb 12 (ANI): A delegation of foreign envoys on a two-day visit to Jammu and Kashmir met civil society members, youths and political activists here on Wednesday.
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Delegation of 15 foreign envoys meets civil society representatives, commu
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Jammu (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], Jan 10 (ANI): A delegation of 15 foreign envoys, who are on a two-day visit to Jammu and Kashmir, met civil society representatives and community leaders in Jammu on Friday.
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