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Swami Dayanand Saraswati denounced casteism, untouchability and discrimina
Updated : 4 months, 1 week ago IST
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday lauded the contributions of Arya Samaj founder Swami Dayanand Saraswati and said the social reformer rejected caste-based discrimination and untouchability, launched a campaign against illiteracy and challenged those who distorted and adulterated the
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"Classical example of legal illiteracy": IMA on arrest of doctor in child
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
The Indian Medical Association has defended the arrest of a paediatrician amid child deaths from contaminated cough syrup in Madhya Pradesh and called the arrest "a classical example of legal illiteracy" of the police officials. The IMA further requested immediate action against the perpe
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Educate Girls Becomes First Indian Organisation to Receive 2025 Ramon Mags
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], September 1: India's leading non-profit organisation Educate Girls has been named a 2025 Ramon Magsaysay Awardee, Asia's premier prize and highest honour. It is the first Indian organisation ever to receive this award, in recognition of 'its commitment to addres
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BJP MP Dilip Saikia requests centre to form 'National population control p
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
Bharatiya Janata Party Assam MP Dilip Saikia on Tuesday raised the issue of increasing population in Lok Sabha during Zero Hour. He requested the government to form a 'National population control policy'. He said that at present, the fastest population growth in the world is happening in Ind
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UCC poses 'no threat to Islam and Muslims': RSS Leader Indresh Kumar
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) leader Indresh Kumar said on Sunday that the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) does not threaten anyone's religious identity and that some leaders have provoked Muslims by exploiting their illiteracy.
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Political upheaval worsened female illiteracy in Afghanistan, say activist
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
Amid the worsening humanitarian situation in Afghanistan, especially that of women and young mothers, women's rights activists have said the recent political upheaval and repressive policies of the Taliban have not only set the country back by decades but also adversely affected the female l
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Lawlessness, illiteracy reasons for 'honour killings' in Pakistan: Report
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
The Pakistani newspaper said of the 417 people, 152 were men and 265 were women. Around 152 incidents of honour killings were reported in Punjab province. Sindh stood second with 96 cases.
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President Kovind unveils P N Panicker's statue in Thiruvananthapuram, says
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], December 23 (ANI): President Ram Nath Kovind on Thursday unveiled a statue of late P.N. Panicker at Poojappura in Thiruvananthapuram and said he wanted to remove the evil of illiteracy.
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Illiteracy challenge for country, need more emphasis on adult education, s
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 20 (ANI): Stressing the need for greater attention to adult education, Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu said a country cannot claim itself to be developed if even 15 per cent of its population is not educated.
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Nationlearn.com's holistic learning platform helps upgrade skills and fina
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 15 (ANI/SRV Media): Nationlearns.com is an ed-tech Learning Platform where you learn Various Skills for life, Wellbeing, Finance, and others Through videos and articles and also connect with various Mentors, Teachers and financial Service Providers in your city a
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Two-child policy only way to eradicate poverty, illiteracy in Muslim minor
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Guwahati (Assam) [India], June 29 (ANI): In view of the new 'population norms' in Assam, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday said that the two-child policy is the only way to eradicate poverty and illiteracy in the Muslim community in the state and there is no resistance from the m
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Economic and resource crisis looms over Balochistan
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Quetta [Balochistan], April 27 (ANI): Balochistan is losing the fight against poverty, illiteracy, and unemployment with every passing day and an economic and resource crisis is looming over it.
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