Islamabad, April 2 – The education crisis in Pakistan is a "national disgrace," a leading rights group said on Thursday, emphasizing that millions of children out of school represent untapped potential, lost hope, and a system failing its most vulnerable.Citing data from the United Nations...
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United Nations, March 24 More than 2,100 children have been killed or injured since the military escalation in the Middle East, said UNICEF Deputy Executive Director Ted Chaiban."Twenty-three days into the escalating conflict in the Middle East, children across the region are paying a...
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Jaipur, March 22 Rajasthan has launched a multilingual education initiative in government schools to make learning more engaging by incorporating local dialects into classroom teaching, officials said.To bridge the gap between home and school language, the project will teach students to use...
New Delhi, March 16 Congress MP Ranjeet Ranjan raised concerns on Monday about the lack of separate toilets for girl students in government schools, urging the Centre to conduct an immediate survey of school infrastructure across the country.Raising the issue during Zero Hour in the Rajya...
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water sanitation
Bhubaneswar, March 13 The Odisha Police, in collaboration with UNICEF, will organize a conclave here on Saturday to discuss the growing challenges and opportunities that children face in the digital world.Titled 'Juventica – Digital Rights & Safety of Children Conclave', it will bring together...
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New Delhi, March 12 – As the military campaigns by the United States and Israel against Iran, and the latter's retaliatory strikes, move into their third week, Tehran has laid down three key conditions for ending the conflict, including recognition of its rights and compensation for the damage...
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Seoul, March 12 – South Korean Prime Minister Kim Min-seok is scheduled to depart for the United States on Thursday to promote South Korea's bid to host a UN hub and meet with senior US officials, possibly including Vice President JD Vance.Kim's week-long trip, which will also take him to...
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United Nations, March 12 – UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres was outraged over the drone attack that killed a staff member of the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), a UN spokesman said."Our colleague, Karine Buisset, was killed in a drone...
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Mumbai, March 1 Tribal women in Maharashtra are being trained to maintain residential schools, including hygiene and safe drinking water, under a state government initiative to boost rural entrepreneurship and sustainable livelihoods, officials said.As part of the 'Adisakhi: WASHMITRA'...
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operation and maintenance
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school maintenance
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Beijing, March 1 Veteran UN diplomat of Indian origin, Siddharth Chatterjee, has been appointed as the CEO of Global Neighbours, a Vienna-based think tank, upon his retirement as UN Resident Coordinator in China.Chatterjee, 62, retired as UN Resident Coordinator in China on Sunday...
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Thiruvananthapuram, February 23 Many advanced countries and Kerala now have similar infant mortality rates, a senior UNICEF official said on Monday, highlighting how the state's progress in child health has shifted the focus to new challenges such as NCDs among children."Kerala is one of the...
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sample registration system
sweden
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unicef
Ahmedabad, February 18 The UNICEF-ICC partnership on Wednesday highlighted children's empowerment and their right to play, during the ongoing Men's T20 World Cup.Soledad Herrero, Chief of Field Services, UNICEF India, along with two young athletes from Ahmedabad, participated in a "trophy...
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youth development
New Delhi, February 18 – Estonian President Alar Karis stated on Wednesday that India's global influence is rising, highlighting the country's growing role in the changing world order."India's global influence is growing, boosted by the EU-India free trade deal. I discussed the changing world...
Mumbai, February 17 The climate crisis is also a child rights crisis, as it impacts nutrition and learning, UNICEF India Representative Cynthia McCaffrey said on Tuesday."We call the climate crisis a 'child rights crisis'… Today, one billion children around the world live in an extremely...
At the AI Impact Summit 2026, UNICEF Representative to India, Cynthia McCaffrey, called for safe and inclusive AI for children. She emphasized the increasing importance of artificial intelligence in shaping a better future for children.She also highlighted that the mega event provides a...
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unicef
Kolkata, February 15 From promoting salt-tolerant rice to raising awareness among local communities about climate change, children and young people from across West Bengal presented a range of suggestions to protect the fragile ecosystem of the Sundarbans and the lives it sustains at a conclave...