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Raj Khatri a Filmmaker by Passion and a Flag Bearer for social change
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], May 3 (ANI/BusinessWire India): On 24 March 2020, the Prime Minister of India announced a nationwide lockdown to contain the spread of the Novel Coronavirus. Within a fortnight, the National Commission of Women (NCW) reported a 100 per cent rise in complaints of
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NCPCR writes to states, UTs over issue of children orphaned due to COVID-1
Updated : 5 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 3 (ANI): National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) has written a letter to the chief secretary of all states and union territories regarding the issue of children who have become orphan due to the death of both parents due to COVID-19.
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NCW launches WhatsApp helpline number for pregnant women
Updated : 5 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 29 (ANI): In wake of the surge in COVID-19 cases and the grappling health system amid the challenging time, the National Commission for Women (NCW) on Thursday launched a WhatsApp helpline number for pregnant women to help in getting medical aid.
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Pakistan: Rights group condemns brutal attack, 'false' blasphemy accusatio
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Faisalabad [Pakistan], April 10 (ANI): A Pakistan-based right group has condemned a brutal attack on two Christian nurses, who were falsely accused of committing blasphemy.
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Islamabad HC directs Pak govt to revitalise human rights commission after
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 9 (ANI): The Islamabad High Court has called on ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) to revitalise the country's National Commission for Human Rights (NCHR), after activists and former NCHR workers accused Prime Minister Imran Khan of deliberately sabotaging t
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NCW chairperson holds meeting with Rajasthan DGP, discusses police's role
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], April 7 (ANI): National Commission for Women's (NCW) chairperson Rekha Sharma on Tuesday held a meeting with Rajasthan Director-General of Police (DGP) M L Lather and discussed issues related to women safety in the state including the status of pending complaints.
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Women in J-K, Ladakh need special attention observes NCW, creates separate
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 5 (ANI): The National Commission for Women (NCW) has created a separate cell in the Commission for the newly formed union territories, Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh to deal with issues of women in the region.
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Prohibit use of children in any form during election campaign: NCPCR to po
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 26 (ANI): The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR), the apex child rights body, has asked poll authorities in four states and one Union Territory to prohibit the use of children during the election campaign in any form, taking "serious view" on
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Parliament passes National Commission for Allied and Healthcare Profession
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 25 (ANI): The Parliament on Wednesday passed the National Commission for Allied and Healthcare Professions Bill, 2021.
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NCM notice to Wasim Rizvi for SC plea on Quran verses, seeks unconditional
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 16 (ANI): The National Commission for Minorities (NCM) has issued a notice to former Uttar Pradesh Shia Central Waqf Board chairman Wasim Rizvi for moving the Supreme Court with a plea seeking the removal of certain verses from the Quran claiming they promote violenc
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NCPCR directs Netflix to stop streaming 'Bombay Begums' for inappropriate
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 13 (ANI): Citing inappropriate portrayal of children in 'Bombay Begums', the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) on Friday asked the streaming platform Netflix to stop streaming the web series.
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NCW chief slams Hooda for riding tractor 'pulled' by women MLAs
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 11 (ANI): National Commission for Women (NCW) chief Rekha Sharma on Thursday slammed former Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda for riding a tractor being "pulled by" some women MLAs during a protest over rising fuel prices and said it "compromises the idea of gende
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