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Punjab: Girls escape from Jalandhar ashram, allege lack of facilities
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Jalandhar (Punjab) [India], March 9 (ANI): Several girls on Monday evening alleged that they tried to escape from an ashram in Jalandhar as they were not being given proper food and protested the lack of facilities.
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J-K Lt Governor launches super-75 scholarship scheme for meritorious girls
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Jammu (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], March 9 (ANI): On International Women's Day, Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha announced the launch of Super-75 scholarship scheme to support the education of meritorious girls from poor families, so that they can excel in streams like medic
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COVID-19 pandemic disproportionately impacting women, girls: Blinken
Updated : 5 years, 4 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
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
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
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
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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Women officers in Indian army-- source of inspiration to many
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 6 (ANI): The women officers in the Indian Army, who continue to serve the nation in various roles, are passionate about motivating young girls to join the Armed forces.
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Indian Women Rising, Educate Girls USA to raise funds for education of Osc
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New Delhi [India], March 5 (ANI): Indian Women Rising, a cinema collective founded by Ekta Kapoor, Guneet Monga, Tahira Kashyap Khurrana, and Ruchikaa Kapoor Sheikh is collaborating with 'Educate Girls USA', an NGO founded by Safeena Husain to raise funds for the two young leads Rani and Ren
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Richa Chadha, Ali Fazal announce first production venture 'Girls Will Be G
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 4 (ANI): Bollywood stars and rumoured couple Richa Chadha and Ali Fazal are collaborating as producers for their first production venture titled 'Girl Will Be Girls'.
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First Girl's Ski mountaineering event held at Khelo India winter games in
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Gulmarg (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], March 3 (ANI): The first Ski mountaineering event for girls was organised on Tuesday in Jammu and Kashmir's world-famous tourist destination Gulmarg.
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3 held in Mumbai for uploading inappropriate videos
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], February 27 (ANI): Three persons have been arrested on the basis of a complaint by a few girls who had approached police alleging that the accused touched them inappropriately at public places while shooting videos, police said on Saturday.
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42 people including students abducted from school in Nigeria released
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Lagos [Nigeria], February 27 (ANI): At least 42 people, including students, who were kidnapped last week in an armed raid at a state-run school in Kagara in Niger state, northwest Nigeria, have been released, the vice-principal of the school, Mallam Saidu said on Saturday.
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UN calls for immediate release of 317 girls abducted from school in Nigeri
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Abuja [Nigeria], February 27 (ANI): The United Nations on Friday called for the immediate release of several hundred schoolgirls kidnapped from a secondary school in northwest Nigeria.
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