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Pune Municipal Corporation orders to turn govt schools into temporary shel
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], April 26 (ANI): With the aim to ensure that social distancing norms are followed, the Pune Municipal Corporation passed an order to make government schools in the city available as temporary shelters for residents of slum areas.
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Odisha's 'Silver Gandhi' distributes masks, hand sanitizers in slum areas
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], April 14 (ANI): With silver paint on his face and dressed in Mahatma Gandhi's attire, a resident of Bhubaneswar on Monday walked around in slum areas near AIIMS in Bhubaneswar and distributed masks and hand sanitizers among the people.
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Telangana police use digital boards to spread COVID-19 awareness in slum a
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], April 12 (ANI): In the wake of coronavirus outbreak, the Telangana Police in Chilkalguda are conducting awareness programme through digital representation about the rules to be followed to prevent the spread of the virus.
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COVID-19 : Centre issues 'containment plan' for JJ clusters, slum areas
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 8 (ANI): The Union Health Ministry has drafted an complete containment plan for Jhuggi-Jhopdi clusters/slums in view of COVID-19 pandemic. Mumbai's Dharavi slum has emerged as one of the hotspot for the transmission of coronavirus.
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Transgender community members distribute food kits to needy in Gujarat's S
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Surat (Gujarat) [India], Mar 31 (ANI): A group of around 150 members of the transgender community in Surat has been distributing food kits - consisting of rice, flour, oil, tea leaves, and sugar among other things - to the residents of slum areas of the city and other needy people amid the 2
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Hyderabad slum gets colourful makeover
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], Feb 27 (ANI): Several slum houses across Hyderabad's Film Nagar received a colourful makeover with bright artworks on the walls.
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AIBA boxing C'ship, a source of motivation for volunteering slum kids
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 19 (ANI): As the ongoing International Boxing Association (AIBA) Women's World Boxing Championship is perceived to be a major platform for the women boxers from around the world to prove their abilities, a group of volunteers belonging to slum areas of Delhi are gainin
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These 'Padwomen' make, distribute sanitary pads in slums
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], July 12 (ANI): Inspired by Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar's movie 'Padman', two Chandigarh based teenagers have started a hygiene campaign, 'spot free', for girls living in slum areas of the city.
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