Dubai: The ICC has tied up with McGrath Foundation, Cancer Society of New Zealand, Room to Read and Think Wise for its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) partnerships during the 2015 World Cup in Australia and
New Delhi: The UNICEF hailed Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ambitious 'Swachh Bharat Ahhiyan' and offered its support to the government to successfully implement the programme particularly in rural India."We are really welcoming this initiative....We are
New Delhi: India today offered Pakistan "full cooperation" for eradicating polio from its soil and said it is a "cause for concern" for it that the neighboring country accounts for 85 per cent of the
London: Former footballer David Beckham has joined the fight against Ebola, calling upon the world to help “collectively halt” the “ferocious” illness.Beckham wants to help people in Sierra Leone affected by the disease that has
Kathmandu: Bollywood superstar, director and producer Aamir Khan has been appointed Unicef Ambassador for South Asia, the UN agency announced here Thursday.Aamir endorsed the offer, in which capacity he would support Unicef's work to promote
Kathmandu: Bollywood actor Aamir Khan Wednesday participated in a Unicef-initiated nutrition programme organised by a local women's group atKapilvastu in western NepalAamir, who is Unicef's Ambassador promoting nutrition for children, arrived in Kathmandu Tuesday.The Indian
New Delhi: UNICEF has launched a campaign to stop violence against children in the country with some big names from the sports and entertainment fields coming forward to support it."This campaign aims at raising awareness
New Delhi: UNICEF has launched a campaign to stop violence against children in the country with some big names from the sports and entertainment fields coming forward to support it.“This campaign aims at raising awareness
New Delhi: India had the highest number of unregistered children under age five between 2000 and 2012 and the second-highest number of child marriages, according to a U.N. report which said the country still needs
Freetown: With funds from the World Bank, Unicef has facilitated the delivery of medicines and other supplies worth over $825,000 for the treatment of people who have contracted Ebola in Sierra Leone.A chartered UN cargo
United Nations: About 77 per cent of girls aged between 15 and 19 in India have been subjected to sexual violence by their spouses, according to a report by UNICEF which also said more than
United Nations: About two thirds of children worldwide are physically abused by their caretakers on a regular basis, said a report published by the UNICEF.The report, "Hidden in plain sight: A statistical analysis of violence
Kolkata: India has witnessed a decline in child marriage in the last two decades, but going by the slow pace it will require another 50 years to abolish the practice from the country, according to
United Nations: The United Nations Children 's Fund (UNICEF) on Saturday called on all parties to the ongoing Israeli-Palestinian conflict to protect children in Gaza, where nearly 500 kids have died over the last month."The
United Nations: A senior official of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) said on Thursday that a total of 469 children were killed in the Gaza Strip, where the situation is "dire" because of its
GLASGOW: Indian cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar is set to play a "special" part in tomorrow's opening ceremony of the 20th Commonwealth Games, which will herald the beginning of what promises to be a star-studded event.
United Nations: India has the sixth highest prevalence of child marriage in the world with one in every three child bride living in India, a United Nations report said.Child marriage among girls is most common
Geneva : Some 5.5 million Syrian children fell victims to the three-year-old crisis in the war-torn country, the UN Children's Fund (Unicef) said Tuesday while releasing a new report on the prevailing situation in the
United Nations : The UN Children's Fund ( UNICEF) said Sunday that it is rushing emergency supplies to areas of the Philippines ravaged by super typhoon Haiyan, as the latest estimates indicate up to four
Geneva: The UN Children's Fund (Unicef) has said that it would launch a home-based self-learning programme this month to help Syrian children in conflict hotspots to carry on learning.Syria's latest official data showed that some
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