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Educate Girls' Project Pragati aims to empower adolescent girls and young
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], March 20 (ANI/PRNewswire): Educate Girls is launching Project Pragati with a vision to enable 10th grade credentialing for 10 million girls in 10 years. It is a flexible approach to secondary education for out-of- school adolescent girls and young women, which b
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Ban on women's education in Afghanistan increases risk of gender-based vio
Updated : 3 years ago IST
In a statement, the UN said, "In recognition of the ideals and principles and the Commission on the Status of Women, and recalling the commitments made during International Women's Day on March 8th, we wish to express our strong concerns about the weakening of respect for the rights of women
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Pakistan govt feels threatened by me: Imran Khan
Updated : 3 years ago IST
The establishment right now somehow feels threatened by me. And that is the issue," he claimed. "My life is even more at threat than it was anytime before," he said, adding that he was worried about the reaction to his arrest or any attempt to assassinate him. "I feel that there would be a v
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Himachal Pradesh CM Sukhu lauds officers' efforts for disbursing Rs 804 cr
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on Sunday reviewed the progress of various ongoing National Highway (NH) projects in the state focusing on resolving issues related to land compensation, clearances of FRA (Forest Rights Act) and FCA (Forest Conservation Act) and other b
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North Korea criticizes UN, US for raising Pyongyang's human rights issue,
Updated : 3 years ago IST
On Friday, the US co-hosted an informal meeting highlighting the human rights violations in North Korea at the UNSC.
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Afghan female student in India wins gold medal, dedicates it to those deni
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The future was bright when she was growing up in the Afghanistan Bamiyan area. She pursued her bachelor's degree while working during the day and attending classes at night.
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HRCP demands security forces vacate schools, shut "illegal prisons" in Swa
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Hina Jilani stated that HRCP recognised the Swat people's tenacity in fending off the recent militant surge
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Study suggests how combination of drugs help to reduce lung tumors
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Personalization of cancer treatments has long been a goal--finding the right drugs that work for a patient's specific tumour based on specific genetic and molecular patterns. Many of these targeted therapies are highly effective, but they are not available for all cancers, including NSCLCs w
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Protests erupt in Italy as Meloni-led govt restricts same-sex parent right
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Massive protests break out in Italy as the country's new far-right government led by Giorgia Meloni has restricted the rights of same-sex parents.
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Willem Dafoe ready to return as 'Spider-Man' villain Green Goblin
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Willem Dafoe, known for his iconic villain role as Norman Osborne aka Green Goblin, in Sam Raimi's 2000s Spider-Man trilogy and beyond, said in a recent interview, he'd gladly reprise the part in Spider-Man multiverse "if everything was right".
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Atrocities against Baloch people highlighted at UNHCR
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While addressing the UNHRC, Munir Mengal, a Baloch political and human rights activist, said, "I stand before you to draw your attention to the ongoing human rights violation against the Baloch people in Pakistan. The Baloch people have been subjected to a range of abuses including disappear
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UN report highlights worsening human rights situation of Tibetans under Ch
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The United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, which released its 'Concluding Observations' in its third periodic review of China in its recent report, underscored a number of issues related to human rights of Tibetan people under the Chinese government which require s
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