900,000 Chinese born with birth defects every year
September 12th, 2012 - 7:29 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Sep 12 (IANS) Around 900,000 babies are born with birth defects in China every year, the health ministry said Wednesday.This constitutes about 5.6 percent of the total number of ... Read more...
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Operation Smile: Assam cleft-lip centre reaches out to neighbours (Health Feature)
June 24th, 2012 - 1:02 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, June 24 (IANS) After performing corrective surgeries on over 6,000 children in the past two years, NGO Operation Smile India's Comprehensive Cleft Care Centre here is now reaching out ... Read more...
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American virtuoso teaches violin to cleft-lipped children in Varanasi
May 12th, 2010 - 5:01 pm ICT by ANI
Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh), May 12 (ANI): Famous American violinist Paul Peabody, who played the violin for the Hollywood flick 'Titanic', imparted violin-playing techniques to cleft-lipped children at the G S Memorial Plastic ... Read more...
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Health train takes epilepsy treatment to villages (Feature with images)
March 17th, 2010 - 9:47 am ICT by IANS
By Ranjana Narayan
Sasaram/New Delhi, March 17 (IANS) When the health train chugged to a halt at Sasaram station in Bihar, there was a doctor on board to treat a condition that villagers ... Read more...
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Doordarshan to showcase ‘Smile Pinki’ on Sunday
November 10th, 2009 - 3:36 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 10 (IANS) Those wanting to see Oscar-winning documentary "Smile Pinki", the touching story of an Indian village girl born with a cleft lip, can tune in to national broadcaster ... Read more...
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Reality more fascinating than fiction: ‘Smile Pinki’ director
November 8th, 2009 - 7:10 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Nov 8 (IANS) Megan Mylan, the director of Oscar winning documentary "Smile Pinki" who is here for the ongoing Mumbai International Children's Film Festival, says she is more fascinated by reality ... Read more...
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Big B wishes Aishwarya happiness, long life on b’day
November 1st, 2009 - 8:16 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 1 (IANS) She celebrates her third birthday after marriage to actor Abhishek Bachchan and her megastar father-in-law Amitabh Bachchan has wished Aishwarya Rai a "long prosperous life" on ... Read more...
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Aishwarya made goodwill ambassador of Smile Train NGO on b’day
November 1st, 2009 - 3:21 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 1 (IANS) On her 36th birthday Sunday, Bollywood star Aishwarya Rai has been named the first goodwill ambassador for Smile Train, a charity that works worldwide for children ... Read more...
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Why is Pinki not smiling?
October 28th, 2009 - 11:13 am ICT by IANS
By Asit Srivastava
Lucknow, Oct 28 (IANS) Pinki has a reason not to smile right now. The child protagonist of Oscar-winning documentary "Smile Pinki", who shot to international fame after she attended the ... Read more...
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Blue Peter fans to donate gowns for charity work in India
October 21st, 2009 - 3:14 pm ICT by ANI
London, October 21 (ANI): BBC show Blue Peter has requested its viewers to turn unwanted T-shirts into operation gowns and donate it for a charity work in India.The programme has joined hands ... Read more...
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‘Smile Pinki’ all set to be screened across India
October 2nd, 2009 - 2:30 pm ICT by ANI
Mumbai, Oct 2 (ANI): Oscar-winning documentary 'Smile Pinki' that gives the message about the cleft surgery in India would be screened across the country.The director, child actors and doctor who treats ... Read more...
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‘Smile Pinki’ returns to help children with cleft lips
September 26th, 2009 - 6:51 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 26 (IANS) Oscar winning director Megan Mylan will be launching a five-city India tour to share the story of her short film "Smile Pinki" and help thousands of children ... Read more...
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Pinki Virani uses unique literary device to tell modern India’s story
July 18th, 2009 - 1:51 pm ICT by IANS
By Madhusree ChatterjeeNew Delhi, July 18 (IANS) Pinki Virani, the award-winning author of three controversial non-fiction books that dealt with issues as diverse as sexual abuse of children and Mumbai's fragile ... Read more...
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Kids conceived during spring, summer register highest birth defects
March 31st, 2009 - 1:57 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, March 31 (IANS) Kids conceived during spring and summer have been found to have the highest birth defect rates, according to a new study. Its authors co-related the defects with enhanced ... Read more...
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Oscar winner Pinki to be election mascot of National Dalit Front
March 7th, 2009 - 12:46 pm ICT by ANI
Mirzapur (UP), Mar. 7 (ANI): Recently floated political coalition National Dalit Front has roped in eight-year-old Pinki Sonakar, protagonist of the Oscar winning documentary ''Smile Pinky'', as their election mascot. The ... Read more...
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Smiling Pinki has a good night’s sleep in mother’s lap
March 1st, 2009 - 11:13 pm ICT by IANS
Mirzapur (Uttar Pradesh), March 1 (IANS) After enjoying all the glitter and uninterrupted media focus for days since the Oscars evening at Beverly Hills, Pinki, the star of short documentary "Smile Pinki", ... Read more...
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Oscar-famed Pinky gets grand welcome
February 28th, 2009 - 8:39 pm ICT by ANI
Varanasi, Feb 28 (ANI): Pinky Sonkar, the protagonist of Oscar winning documentary Smile Pinky, got a rousing welcome at her native village here on Saturday.Smile Pinky is the story of ... Read more...
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Pinki of Oscar winning documentary wishes to be a surgeon
February 27th, 2009 - 8:31 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Feb. 27 (ANI): Pinki Sonkar, the child protagonist of Oscar winning documentary ''Smile Pinky'', has a dream to grow up and be a medical practitioner.
After the operation, she (Pinki) ... Read more...
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Pinki will become a doctor, promises farmer father
February 27th, 2009 - 6:54 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 27 (IANS) Farmer Rajender Sonkar Friday said he would ensure that his daughter, eight-year-old Pinki, becomes a doctor. For it was surgery that transformed the cleft-lipped girl and made ... Read more...
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Gursharan Kaur hosts a reception for smiling ”Pinky”
February 27th, 2009 - 4:04 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Feb 27 (ANI): After winning accolades at the Oscars, the little protagonist of Oscar winning documentary ''Smile Pinky'' got a warm reception by the wife of Prime Minister Dr. ... Read more...
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Team of Oscar winning ‘Smile Pinki’ meets PM’s wife
February 27th, 2009 - 3:36 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 27 (IANS) After a heart-warming reception here on their return from Los Angeles, the team of Oscar-winning documentary "Smile Pinki" met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's wife Gursharan Kaur Friday.
"Smile ... Read more...
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Lok Sabha hails Oscar success of ‘Slumdog’,'Smile Pinki’
February 24th, 2009 - 1:42 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 24 (IANS) The teams of Oscar winning films "Slumdog Millionaire" and "Smile Pinki" - both of which were based in India - were Tuesday praised in the Lok Sabha, ... Read more...
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Pinki’s Oscar to bring drinking water, power to her village
February 23rd, 2009 - 7:25 pm ICT by IANS
Mirzapur (Uttar Pradesh), Feb 23 (IANS) As "Smile Pinki", a short film about a cleft lip girl - Pinki Sonkar from Uttar Pradesh's Rampur Dabai village - won an Oscar, her undeveloped ... Read more...
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Villagers in UP celebrate after ”Smile Pinky” bagged Oscars
February 23rd, 2009 - 6:24 pm ICT by ANI
Dabai (UP), Feb 23 (ANI): Villagers of Dabai in Uttar Pradesh erupted into celebration as the documentary ''Smile Pinky'', which is based on the life of a girl from their village, ... Read more...
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Oscar is for thousands of cleft-lipped Pinkis: surgeon
February 23rd, 2009 - 3:58 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Feb 23 (IANS) The plastic surgeon who operated on Pinki Sonkar, the protagonist of "Smile Pinki" which has bagged the best short documentary Oscar, Monday said the award is for thousands ... Read more...
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Indian slum kids’ fairytale experience at Oscars
February 23rd, 2009 - 3:45 pm ICT by IANS
Los Angeles, Feb 23 (IANS) Starry-eyed, excited and wearing little tuxedos and dresses for the first time, a motley of Indian slum kids from Academy award winning "Slumdog Millionaire" and "Smile Pinki" ... Read more...
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Oscar for best short documentary goes to India’’s ”Smile Pinki”
February 23rd, 2009 - 2:39 pm ICT by ANI
Dabai (UP), Feb 23 (ANI): Residents of Dabai of Uttar Pradesh huddled together during the wee hours of Monday and prayed for the success of the documentary film ''Smile Pinky'' based ... Read more...
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Pinki makes her village ’smile’ after wooing Oscar jury
February 23rd, 2009 - 1:21 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Feb 22 (IANS) Crackers were burst and sweets distributed in Uttar Pradesh's Rampur Dabai village Monday as "Smile Pinki", a documentary about a girl from the dusty hamlet whose cleft lip ... Read more...
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India-inspired ‘Smile Pinki’ bags Oscar for best short documentary
February 23rd, 2009 - 10:29 am ICT by IANS
Los Angeles, Feb 23 (IANS) American filmmaker Megan Mylan won the best short documentary Oscar for her movie "Smile Pinki", a heartwarming tale of a poor Indian village girl whose cleft lip ... Read more...
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Villagers in UP pray for success of ”Smile Pinky” at Oscars
February 22nd, 2009 - 1:17 pm ICT by ANI
Dabai (UP), Feb 22 (ANI): Residents of Dabai village in Uttar Pradesh''s Ahura District have been praying for the success of the documentary ''Smile Pinky'' at the Oscars, since it is ... Read more...
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Smoking during first trimester of pregnancy may lead to oral clefts in newborns
December 19th, 2008 - 3:06 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Dec 19 (ANI): Mothers who smoke during the first trimester of pregnancy are at an increased risk of giving birth to newborns with cleft lip, according to a study.The extensive ... Read more...
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