Women And Child Welfare
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Union Minister Annapurna Devi rebuts Mamata Banerjee, calls CM's letter 'factually incorrect'
West Bengal | Aug 31, 2024, 07:23 AM ISTAfter Mamata Banerjee urged PM Modi for stricter punishments for heinous crimes like rape and murder, Union Minister for Women and Child Development, Annapurna Devi, corrected inaccuracies in Banerjee's claims about Fast Track Special Courts in the state.
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National Girl Child Day 2022: How can women keep themselves fit? Know the tips from Swami Ramdev
Health | Jan 24, 2022, 01:22 PM ISTIt has been observed that women often take lightly of their health. On this National Girl Child Day 2022, we bring to you the tips and home remedies to take care of your health and diet so that common health problems ailing women are kept at bay.
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Parl panel that will examine bill to raise legal age of marriage has one woman member out of 31
India | Jan 02, 2022, 06:30 PM ISTThe bill, piloted by the Women and Child Development Ministry, seeks to increase the legal age of marriage from 18 to 21.
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85 one stop centres established across 12 states in last 100 days
India | Oct 04, 2019, 11:29 PM ISTThe government has established 85 One Stop Centres, which provide assistance to women affected by violence, across 12 states in the last 100 days and it is "proactively" working towards building one such unit in every district, WCD Minister Smriti Irani said on Friday.
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Over 4,000 children adopted in 2018-19: Child Adoption Resource Authority
India | May 27, 2019, 01:18 PM ISTIn 2018-19, a total of 4,027 children were adopted in which about 3,374 children were adopted within the country while 653 inter-country adoptions were made, the CARA data showed.
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Government rubbishes survey listing India as most dangerous country for women, calls it 'inaccurate', 'unreliable'
India | Jun 27, 2018, 09:06 PM ISTThe Thomson Reuters Foundation, after a survey of about 550 experts on women's issues on Tuesday ranked India the world's most dangerous country for women, followed by war-torn Afghanistan and Syria, due to the high risk of sexual violence.
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Disabled children's welfare hangs between bureaucratic snags
India | Sep 16, 2012, 11:11 AM ISTMumbai, Sep 16: The welfare of handicapped children in Maharashtra has been caught in bureaucratic hurdles between the state social justice and women and child welfare departments for controlling the shelter homes.Social Justice Ministry was