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COVID-19 pandemic disproportionately impacting women, girls: Blinken
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], March 9 (ANI): Women around the world have been disproportionately affected by the coronavirus pandemic and are facing increased employment and economic insecurity, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Monday.
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Merck Foundation together with African First Ladies marks International Wo
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Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India]/Accra [Ghana], March 8 (ANI/BusinessWire India): Merck Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Merck KGaA Germany together with 18 African First Ladies, Ministries of Health, Education, Communication, and gender, mark International Women's Day through their "More Th
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Google unveils USD 25 million in grants aimed at empowering women in India
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New Delhi [India], March 8 (ANI): Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google, on Monday announced a range of programs and a grant of USD 25 million to nonprofits and social enterprises working on empowering girls and women.
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MRN Foundation fulfils 'Beti Bachao Beti Padhao' promises, empowers a youn
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Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], March 8 (ANI/NewsVoir): Deepa - a mother of three children (two daughters and one son), is a Yemalur based hustler who wakes up to take care of her family and many other households.
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Meghan Markle, Prince Harry reveal second baby's gender in Oprah Winfrey i
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Washington [US], March 8 (ANI): Meghan Markle and Prince Harry are set to become proud parents to a little girl! The couple revealed the gender of their second child during their interview with American talk show host Oprah Winfrey on Sunday.
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Is it justifiable? Nitish jibes Giriraj Singh for 'beat up officials' rema
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New Delhi [India], March 8 (ANI): Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Sunday used sarcasm to target Union Minister Giriraj Singh's recent remark of "beating up officials."
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US poet who performed at Biden's inaugural 'tailed' by security guard tail
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Washington [US], March 8 (ANI): The first youth poet laureate of United States, Amanda Gorman, acclaimed for her performance at President Joe Biden's inauguration, has said that she was "tailed" on her way home and confronted by a security guard who alleged that she looked suspicious.
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Goa Congress says Centre's new OCI notification will 'finish Goans working
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Panjim (Goa) [India], March 7 (ANI): In a scathing attack on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led Central government, Goa Pradesh Congress Committee (GPCC) president Girish Chodankar on Sunday said the 'draconian Overseas Citizens of India (OCI)' notification issued by the Union Home Ministr
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Bulandshahr court sentences two men to 30 years in jail for raping minor
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Bulandshahr (Uttar Pradesh), March 7 (ANI): A Bulandshahr court has sentenced two persons to 30 years imprisonment each for raping a 13-year-old girl in January this year.
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BSP condemns Giriraj Singh's 'beat up officials with bamboo sticks' commen
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New Delhi [India], March 7 (ANI): A day after Union Minister Giriraj Singh advised the people of Bihar's Begusarai to "beat up officials with bamboo sticks" for appearing insensitive to their concerns, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) on Sunday condemned the "controversial" statement saying that it
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Beat up officials with bamboo sticks if they don't listen, says Giriraj Si
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Begusarai (Bihar) [India], March 7 (ANI): Union Minister Giriraj Singh on Saturday advised the people of Begusarai, his Lok Sabha constituency in Bihar to "beat up with bamboo sticks" those officials who appeared insensitive to their concerns.
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Wishes pour in as 'Dhadak' girl Janhvi Kapoor turns 24
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New Delhi [India], March 6 (ANI): As the 'Dhadak' girl of Bollywood, actor Janhvi Kapoor ringed in her 24th birthday on Saturday, she received a plethora of warm wishes from the film industry on the occasion.
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