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Only 9 pc kids get right nutritious food: Smriti Irani
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 22 (ANI): Union Minister for Women and Child Development Smriti Irani said on Friday that only nine per cent children in the country were getting "right nutritious food" and the issue also pertains to rich and affluent families.
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Will leave no stone unturned to ensure justice is done to women, children:
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], Nov 22 (ANI): Expressing his concern over the vulnerability of women and children to multiple crimes, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Friday said that his government would not leave any stone unturned to ensure that justice is done to the victims, whi
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Anti-trafficking units for protection of women, children to be setup in al
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 19 (ANI): Union Minister Smriti Irani on Tuesday said that the Central Government has now resolved and financially supported the setting up of anti-trafficking units in all districts of the country in order to protect women and children in every district across Indi
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Union Minister Smriti Irani along with Bill Gates launch Bharatiya Poshan
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 18 (ANI): Union Minister of Women and Child Development (WCD) and Textiles, Smriti Irani, along with Bill Gates, co-chair of Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, launched the Bharatiya Poshan Krishi Kosh (BPKK) here on Monday.
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Lighting strikes kill 26 in Pakistan's Sindh province
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], Nov 15 (ANI): As many as 26 people, including women and children, were killed in Pakistan's Sindh province due to lightning following heavy rains.
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Framework to be prepared for better implementation of central, state polic
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 14 (ANI): Union Textiles Minister Smriti Irani on Thursday said that the Women and Child Development (WCD) ministry along with NITI Aayog will prepare a framework for a national plan for States and Union Territories for better implementation of all the Central and stat
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WCD Ministry initiates consultation to discuss uniform age for marriage af
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 30 (ANI): The central government on Wednesday told Delhi High Court that the Ministry of Women and Child Development has initiated the consultation process with stakeholders to discuss the uniform age for marriage for both men and women.
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Odisha government plans to make state child marriage free by 2030
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], Oct 24 (ANI): In a bid to end child marriage in Odisha, the Department of Women and Child Development and Mission Shakti has launched a state Strategic Action Plan (SAP) with the support of UNICEF & UNFPA.
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Andhra CM's pilot project to provide nutritious food to women, children in
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh) [India], Oct 24 (ANI): Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy on Wednesday directed officials to implement a pilot project to provide nutritious food to women, and children below six years of age in tribal and sub-plan areas.
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Menace of malnutrition needs humane solution, says Smriti Irani
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 10 (ANI): Union Minister of Women and Child Development (WCD), Smriti Irani, chaired the meeting of the fifth National Council on India's Nutrition Challenges here on Thursday and said that a humane solution has to be developed to tackle the menace of malnutrition.
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With threats to women and children, Pakistani Taliban resurfaces
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 10 (ANI): Despite the Pakistani government's claim of its successes in the tribal regions, the former Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) remain the prime hideout of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) which has announced its resurgence in the area through IED
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Odisha unveils 'Tikki Mausi' to combat malnutrition among children, women
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], Sept 26 (ANI): With an aim to spread awareness about child and woman's nutrition, Women and Child Development and Mission Shakti Department in collaboration with the UNICEF unveiled a mascot named 'Tikki Mausi' here on Thursday.
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