November 13th, 2008 - 1:28 pm ICT by admin
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By Amit Dwivedi
The theme of this year's World Diabetes Day (14 November) is diabetes in children and adolescents. The global awareness campaign aims to bring the spot light on diabetes and highlight ...
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November 10th, 2008 - 10:11 pm ICT by IANS
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Gandhinagar, Nov 10 (IANS) Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi Monday deposited 1,126 gifts, including gold and silver idols, wrist watches and shawls, received by him while in office for being auctioned to ...
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November 2nd, 2008 - 9:14 pm ICT by IANS
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Palanpur (Gujarat), Nov 2 (IANS) 'Save the girl child' rally that Chief Minister Narendra Modi flagged off on its last leg in Surat reached Unjha Sunday after passing through nine districts of ...
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October 31st, 2008 - 9:10 pm ICT by ANI
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By Kamaljeet Virk
Bhiwani (Haryana), Oct.31 (ANI): In a gesture to support social cause, the Olympic medallist Vijender launched two social campaigns-- ''Tree Plantation'' and ''Save Girl Child'' here on Thursday on ...
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October 18th, 2008 - 12:14 am ICT by IANS
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Palanpur(Gujarat), Oct 17 (IANS) Mystery shrouds the recovery of four fetuses wrapped in plastic bags from a village canal in Gujarat's Banaskantha district.The police, who recovered the bags from a canal in ...
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October 16th, 2008 - 5:53 pm ICT by IANS
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Patna, Oct 16 (IANS) A 60-year-old Dalit woman has given birth to a baby girl at a relief camp in flood hit Bihar. Chandan Devi gave birth Tuesday at a relief camp ...
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October 14th, 2008 - 5:18 pm ICT by IANS
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Surat, Oct 14 (IANS) At a time when girl child sex ratio in the country is getting skewed, non-government organisation Akhil Bhartiya Jeenmata Seva Sangh here recently organised a novel yatra "Save ...
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October 8th, 2008 - 8:53 pm ICT by ANI
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Surat (Gujarat),Oct.8 (ANI): Residents of Surat city in Gujarat are using this year''s Navratri festival celebrations to highlight the need for ending the practice of female foeticide in the state.
As part ...
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October 4th, 2008 - 8:49 pm ICT by IANS
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Chandigarh, Oct 4 (IANS) Mothers paying proper attention to the rearing of their children, especially the girl child, have been given 'best mother' awards by the Haryana government this year.The state government ...
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September 24th, 2008 - 4:00 pm ICT by IANS
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Bangalore, Sep 24 (IANS) As the world observed International Day of the Girl Child Wednesday, India's IT hub presented a poor picture of itself with a Karnataka government report indicating declining child ...
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September 22nd, 2008 - 7:22 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, Sep 22 (IANS) Next time you feel an urge to initiate a movement against sexual discrimination and want to speak your mind on the issue, simply log onto the microsite, ...
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September 22nd, 2008 - 9:29 am ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, Sep 22 (IANS) It was a muggy day and the 10-odd teenage girls in the south Delhi slum sat huddled in a tiny room for their second class on HIV/AIDS. ...
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September 19th, 2008 - 1:02 pm ICT by ANI
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Perth (Australia), Sept.19 (ANI): Perth Police have charged a 24-year-old sports coach with sex offences against a 12-year-old girl.
Child Protection Squad detectives revealed to the Sydney Morning Herald that at least ...
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September 17th, 2008 - 11:49 am ICT by IANS
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Chandigarh, Sep 17 (IANS) Sports has been a way out of ghetto all over the world. Now a group of girls in a Chandigarh slum are using the same route.In proper cricket ...
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September 16th, 2008 - 11:30 am ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, Sep 16 (IANS) She left her flourishing advertising career to make movies about social issues she feels strongly about, but don't mistake Vani Subramanian for a sermonising filmmaker. In her ...
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August 31st, 2008 - 5:30 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, Aug 31 (IANS) A 70-year-old woman who has been married for 53 years has approached a court here seeking divorce on grounds of cruelty and adultery by her husband. She ...
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August 31st, 2008 - 1:21 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, Aug 31 (IANS) A 70-year-old woman who has been married for 53 years has approached a city court, seeking divorce on grounds of cruelty and adultery by her husband.Bimla Devi ...
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August 28th, 2008 - 6:41 pm ICT by IANS
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Amritsar, Aug 28 (IANS) Using religious sentiments to curb female foeticide in Punjab, which has a skewed sex ratio, is a good initiative, but Harpal Singh, the brain behind this move, feels ...
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August 27th, 2008 - 9:42 pm ICT by IANS
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Amritsar, Aug 27 (IANS) Women devotees coming to the Golden Temple in this Sikh holy city were Wednesday given saplings of various trees as a unique campaign to protect the girl child ...
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August 27th, 2008 - 7:53 pm ICT by IANS
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Lucknow, Aug 27 (IANS) The Lucknow Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee (LGPC) that governs all the Sikh shrines in this Uttar Pradesh capital will launch a campaign to spread sensitivity towards the girl child ...
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August 27th, 2008 - 7:17 pm ICT by IANS
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Lucknow, Aug 27 (IANS) The Lucknow Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee (LGPC) that governs all the Sikh shrines in this Uttar Pradesh capital will launch a campaign to spread sensitivity towards the girl child ...
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August 13th, 2008 - 5:07 am ICT by ANI
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Firozepur (Punjab), Aug.12 (ANI) The latest cause promoted by Radio Pakistan in its programmes directed at the border villages has chosen to promote the girl child and blamed the Government of ...
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August 6th, 2008 - 7:42 pm ICT by ANI
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By Lokendra Singh
Jaipur, Aug. 6 (ANI): A nine-day old Japanese test tube infant, who took birth here two weeks ago at a private hospital in Ahmedabad, is faced with an unusual ...
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August 6th, 2008 - 1:48 pm ICT by ANI
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Jaipur, Aug 6 (ANI): A Japanese baby, born of an Indian surrogate mother, has been caught in a legal tussle. India''s laws prohibit the child''s divorced father from taking custody of ...
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July 24th, 2008 - 7:25 pm ICT by ANI
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New Delhi, July 24 (ANI): President Pratibha Devisingh Patil hosted a lunch for a group of more than 100 children, all of them from the underprivileged sections of society and some ...
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July 17th, 2008 - 12:39 pm ICT by IANS
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By Alkesh Sharma
Chandigarh, July 17 (IANS) It's admission time in Panjab University here and one particular seat in each of its departments is drawing a big response - those reserved for girls ...
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July 2nd, 2008 - 12:21 am ICT by IANS
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Agra, July 1 (IANS) Members of the Federation of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists Societies of India (FOGSI) Tuesday pledged to end discrimination against the girl child to mark Doctor's Day. FOGSI national president ...
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June 30th, 2008 - 5:07 pm ICT by ANI
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By Ami Sharma
Bayad, Sabarkantha (Gujarat) June 30 (ANI): Setting an example for the initiatives to prevent cases of female foeticide in the country, the members of Kutch Kadva Patidar (community of ...
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June 27th, 2008 - 12:34 am ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, June 26 (IANS) The union territory of Daman and Diu has the lowest sex ratio in the country - 710 women for every 1,000 men, an association of gynecologists said ...
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June 25th, 2008 - 9:06 am ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, June 25 (IANS) Singer Rabbi Shergill, the voice behind popular songs like "Bulla Ki Jaana" and "Tere Bin", says his latest album "Avengi Ja Nahin" focuses on social issues like ...
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