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UP: Violence erupts after student commits suicide at AMU campus, Aligarh S
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Aligarh (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Oct 16 (ANI): A PhD aspirant, who just completed his post-graduation in social work, allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself from a ceiling fan inside a hostel room in Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) on Tuesday evening.
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Google honours activist Kamini Roy with doodle on her 155th birthday
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), Oct 12 (ANI): Google on Saturday celebrated with a cool animated doodle the 155th birth anniversary of leading Bengali poet, social worker and the country's first woman to graduate with honours, Kamini Roy.
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Daryanani Trust becomes the largest donor to the Armed Forces
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Pune (Maharashtra) [India] Sept 11 (ANI/NewsVoir): Prem Daryanani, an eminent social worker of South Mumbai and head of Radha Kalindas Daryanani Trust, has donated a total of Rs 40 crores to the army.
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Padma Shri awardee Damodar Ganesh Bapat dies at 84
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Bilaspur (Chhattisgarh) [India], Aug 17 (ANI): Noted social worker and Padma Shri awardee Damodar Ganesh Bapat passed away at a hospital here on Friday night. He was 84.
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Congress leaders mistaken for kidnappers, thrashed, beaten in MP
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Betul (Madhya Pradesh) [India], July 26 (ANI): Residents of Sitaljhiri village here thrashed two Congress leaders and a social worker mistaking them to be kidnappers who targeted young children, said Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) Ramsnehi Mishra on Friday.
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Muzzafarpur: Case filed against Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Muzzafarpur (Bihar) [India], June 17 (ANI): A case was filed against Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan and Bihar Health Minister Mangal Pandey on Monday by social worker Tamanna Hashmi for alleged failure to take adequate steps for spreading awareness about encephalitis disease.
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Govt transparent in choosing Padma awardees : Social worker Rajani Kant
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Jan 26 (ANI): Social worker Rajani Kant of Varanasi, who made it to the list of Padma Shri awardees this year, said that there is transparency by the government in choosing the names of the Padma awardees else persons like him could never think of getting it
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Google Doodle honours Baba Amte on 104th birthday
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 26 (ANI): Google Doodle on Wednesday paid tribute to social worker and activist Murlidhar Devidas Amte, affectionately known as Baba Amte (Father Amte) on his 104th birthday anniversary.
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Padma Shri awardee Sulagitti Narasamma passes away at 98
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], Dec 25 (ANI): Social worker and Padma Shri awardee Sulagitti Narasamma passed away in Bengaluru on Tuesday. She was 98 years old.
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Dr. Martha Farrell receives lifetime achievement award
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 13 (NewsVoir): Late Dr. Martha Farrell has been honoured with the "Lifetime Achievement Award" at the 6th Indian Social Work Congress in New Delhi. Dr. Farrell is being recognized for her lifelong work towards gender equality, women's empowerment and prevention of sexu
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Homage paid to Manharlal Chunilal Shah during Bhavanjali Sabha
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Mumbai [India], Aug 29 (ANI-BusinessWireIndia): Textile industrialist, social worker and philanthropist late Manharlal (Manubhai) Chunilal Shah was paid rich tributes posthumously by 15 leading institutions during 'Bhavanjali Sabha' held in Mumbai on 25 August 2018.
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Social workers change the world, not smiling celebrity faces: Big B
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], May 31 (ANI): Megastar Amitabh Bachchan believes more than celebrities, social workers should be lauded for the efforts they make towards the welfare of the society.
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