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Centre enhances honorarium for Anganwadi workers, helpers: Smriti Irani
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 6 (ANI): In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, Centre has enhanced benefits for Anganwadi workers and helpers and increased their honorarium, said Minister of Women and Child Development Smriti Irani on Friday.
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Priyanka lauds Sonu Sood's free education for COVID affected kids appeal,
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 4 (ANI): Seems like global star Priyanka Chopra has been quite successful in amplifying the voices of people who are trying to arrange certain types of relief to the devastating effects of COVID-19 in India as her recent appreciation post for Sonu Sood's 'Every Life Ma
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India is committed to advance gender equality, women empowerment: Smriti I
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New York [US], March 20 (ANI): Union Minister of Women and Child Development Smriti Irani on Friday reiterated India's commitment towards advancing the goals of gender equality and empowerment of all women to ensure that men and women are accorded equal treatment and enjoy the same opport
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Ministries of WCD, Sports launch online training for women physical educat
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 8 (ANI): In a first-time move, Union Minister of Women and Child Development Smriti Irani and Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Kiren Rijiju jointly launched an online training programme exclusively for women physical education teachers and community coaches
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Ramesh Pokhriyal, Smriti Irani launch 'Toycathon 2021' to promote manufact
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 5 (ANI): In line with Prime Minister Narendra Modi's clarion call for making India a hub of toy production, Union Minister of Education Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank' and Union Minister of Women and Child Development Smriti Irani launched a virtual toy hackathon 'To
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Information of 420 cases of child abuse received by NCPCR from March 1 til
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 22 (ANI): As per the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR), information of 420 cases of child sexual abuse has been received by it from March 1, 2020, till August 31, 2020, said Union Minister of Women and Child Development Smriti Irani in
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NCW receives 13,410 complaints of violence against women in the last 6 mon
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi (India) September 22 (ANI): The National Commission for Women (NCW) has received a total of 13,410 complaints of violence, including 1,443 through WhatsApp, since March this year, Union Minister of Women and Child Development Smriti Zubin Irani informed the Rajya Sabha in a written
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No data to indicate rise in child marriages during lockdown: Smriti Irani
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 17 (ANI): There is no data to indicate a spike in child marriage cases during the lockdown as per the information received from the National Crime Records Bureau, Union Minister of Women and Child Development Smriti Zubin Irani said in a written reply to a questi
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Investing in women is investing in economy: Smriti Irani
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 7 (ANI): Union Minister of Women and Child Development Smriti Irani on Saturday released a report on Status of Women in Media in South Asia and said investing in women is not just a social expenditure but an investment in the economy of the country.
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Adoption a legal process, safeguards rights of child: Smriti Irani
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 14 (ANI): Union Minister of Women and Child Development (WCD) Smriti Irani on Tuesday urged all stakeholders that deliberations must lead to the way forward in order to improve the implementation of the child adoption programme.
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Union Minister Smriti Irani along with Bill Gates launch Bharatiya Poshan
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 18 (ANI): Union Minister of Women and Child Development (WCD) and Textiles, Smriti Irani, along with Bill Gates, co-chair of Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, launched the Bharatiya Poshan Krishi Kosh (BPKK) here on Monday.
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Menace of malnutrition needs humane solution, says Smriti Irani
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 10 (ANI): Union Minister of Women and Child Development (WCD), Smriti Irani, chaired the meeting of the fifth National Council on India's Nutrition Challenges here on Thursday and said that a humane solution has to be developed to tackle the menace of malnutrition.
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