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Alwar rape case: Only society's collective effort can stop such evils, say
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Dausa (Rajasthan) [India], January 14 (ANI): Condemning the rape of a specially-abled minor girl in Rajasthan's Alwar, state Minister of Women and Child Development (WCD) Mamta Bhupesh on Friday said that government alone cannot stop such evils and only a collective resolve by the society ca
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Congress hates PM Modi, Punjab govt deliberately created a scenario to har
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 5 (ANI): Following a security breach in Punjab involving Prime Minister Narendra Modi's convoy on Wednesday, Union Minister of Women and Child Development Smriti Irani on Wednesday said that the state government deliberately created a scenario to cause harm to the
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Embassy of Israel organises alumni meet for Indian delegations
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 14 (ANI): The Embassy of Israel organised an alumni meeting for various Indian delegations that have gone to Israel over the years, in which Union Minister of Women and Child Development Smriti Irani was the guest of honour.
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Union Minister Smriti Irani inaugurates Jan Swasthya Mela in UP's Amethi
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Amethi (Uttar Pradesh) [India], December 5 (ANI): Union Minister of Women and Child Development Smriti Irani on Sunday inaugurated the Jan Swasthya Mela, a health fair at Tiloi Community Health Centre in Uttar Pradesh's Amethi.
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Centre enhances honorarium for Anganwadi workers, helpers: Smriti Irani
Updated : 4 years, 10 months 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, 1 month 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, 2 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, 2 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, 4 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, 8 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, 8 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, 8 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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