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UN special envoy calls for representative governance, access to education
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], April 18 (ANI): Deputy Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General, Mette Knudsen, in his meeting with Chairman of Afghan Senate Fazal Hadi Muslimyar pressed for representative governance, the need for dialogue at all levels, and access to education for girls and
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Researchers highlight impact of social media on well-being varies across a
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
England [UK], March 29 (ANI): A new study led by the University of Cambridge has found that girls and boys might be more vulnerable to the negative effects of social media use at different times during their adolescence.
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UN chief welcomes Taliban's plan to reopen schools for girls, boys
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
New York [US], March 18 (ANI): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday welcomed the plan announced by the Taliban to reopen schools for girls and boys next week.
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BSF trains village youths to combat border crimes
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Phansidewa (West Bengal) [India], March 9 (ANI): Under the Border Area Development Program (BADP), 176 battalion of border guarding force BSF has started a one-and-half-month-long training programme for the girls and boys in the various Indo-Bangladesh border villages including Phansidewa.
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UNICEF provides cash support to all public school teachers for 2 months in
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], February 20 (ANI): As part of efforts to ensure all school-age girls and boys in Afghanistan go to school and learn, the United Nations International Children Emergency Fund (UNICEF) and partners are providing emergency cash support to all public education teachers for t
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Schools, universities in Afghanistan to reopen in March, says Taliban
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], January 17 (ANI): The Taliban on Sunday said that it will open schools and universities for girls and boys in March 2022.
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Naval Wives Welfare Association restores Kochi old age home cum orphanage
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Kochi (Kerala) [India], November 16 (ANI): As part of the Navy week activities, the Naval Wives Welfare Association (NWWA) (Southern Region) with the support of Southern Naval Command (SNC) and funding from Infosys Foundation as part of their CSR, restored Mathruchaya, a project of GSS that
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Conversion of Hindus for marriage is wrong, need to instil pride in their
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Haldwani (Uttarakhand) [India], October 11 (ANI): Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat has said that conversions of young Hindu girls and boys are wrong and that there is a need to instil pride in their own religion and traditions in them.
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Tokyo Olympics: Mary Kom has inspired me and millions of young girls and b
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], July 30 (ANI): India's first fencer at the Olympics CA Bhavani Devi penned a heartfelt appreciation note to Indian boxing great MC Mary Kom after she exited from Tokyo 2020 Olympics.
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Study finds how bullying, obesity can affect girls' and boys' mental healt
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Stockholm [Sweden], May 9 (ANI): Depressive symptoms are more common in teenage girls than in their male peers. However, boys' mental health appears to be affected more if they suffer from obesity. Irrespective of gender, bullying is a considerably greater risk factor than overweight for dev
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Researchers find clues to sex differences in autism
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], April 17 (ANI): While it is unclear why autism occurs much more frequently in boys than in girls. In a new Yale-led study, researchers find that autism may develop in different regions of the brain in girls than boys and that girls with autism have a larger number of genetic
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Gender equal football match in Kerala ahead of International Women's Day
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Trivandrum (Kerala) [India], Mar 3 (ANI): In its bid towards spreading the message of 'gender equality' ahead of the International Women's Day on March 8, the Women and Child Welfare Department of Kerala has organised a football match on Saturday in which both school-going girls and boys par
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