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Man held for human trafficking at Kolkata airport
Updated : 2 weeks, 6 days ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], January 7 (ANI): A person who was allegedly trafficking two Bangladeshi women nationals to Bengaluru, was arrested at Kolkata Airport after an officer working with the child protection unit of United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) filed a written complaint to
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Odisha launches career portal for students in collaboration with U
Updated : 1 month ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], December 25 (ANI): The Department of School and Mass Education, Government of Odisha in collaboration with UNICEF has launched the career portal for Secondary and Higher Secondary students to help them with expert advice with their future careers.
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Aurobindo Pharma, Covaxx to develop Covid-19 vaccine for India, UN
Updated : 1 month ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], December 24 (ANI): Aurobindo Pharma and US-based Covaxx have entered into a license agreement to develop, commercialise and manufacture a vaccine to fight Covid-19 for India and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) agency.
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For the first time in 70-year history, UNICEF to feed hungry child
Updated : 1 month, 1 week ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], December 17 (ANI): Launching an emergency response, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) will help feed children hit by the Covid-19 crisis in the United Kingdom for the first time in its 70-year history.
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UN condemns assault on school, children's kidnappings in northern
Updated : 1 month, 2 weeks ago IST
New York [US], December 14 (ANI/Sputnik): The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has denounced the recent attack on a boarding school in the northern Nigerian state of Katsina and the abduction of hundreds of boys.
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World Human Rights Day: Ayushmann Khurrana talks about importance
Updated : 1 month, 2 weeks ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 10 (ANI): On World Human Rights Day, actor Ayushmann Khurrana on Thursday spoke up on the importance of children's rights and how parents and teachers have a critical role to play in this.
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UN Children's Fund seeks record USD 6.4bn for 2021
Updated : 1 month, 3 weeks ago IST
New York [US], December 4 (ANI): The UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) is seeking USD 6.4 billion for next year (2021), to reach 300 million people, including 190 million children, for its largest emergency funding appeal, UNICEF said in a statement on Thursday.
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Achieve target to provide safe drinking water to all by 2024: Andh
Updated : 1 month, 3 weeks ago IST
Vijayawada (Andhra Pradesh) [India], December 3 (ANI): Andhra Pradesh Governor Biswa Bhusan Harichandan participated as Chief Guest at the "Hygiene Matters" seventh WASH Conclave organised by UNICEF and the National Institute of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj (NIRDPR).
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One child or teen infected with HIV every 100 seconds last year: U
Updated : 2 months ago IST
New York [US], November 26 (ANI/Xinhua): Approximately once every minute and 40 seconds, a child or young person under the age of 20 was infected with HIV last year, the UNICEF said on Wednesday. Nearly 320,000 children and adolescents were infected with HIV and 110,000 children died of AIDS
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Venezuela gets over 5 million doses of 3-in-1 vaccines from UNICEF
Updated : 2 months ago IST
Caracas [Venezuela], November 23 (ANI/Sputnik): Venezuela has received over 5 million doses of vaccines against diphtheria, polio, and tetanus, also known as 3-in-1 boosters, from the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said.
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UNICEF warns emergence of 'lost COVID generation' over pandemic's
Updated : 2 months, 1 week ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], November 19 (ANI/Sputnik): The world risks acquiring a generation of children whose education, nutrition and health have been irreversibly affected by the coronavirus pandemic, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) said on Thursday.
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Ayushmann Khurrana pledges to end violence against kids ahead of W
Updated : 2 months, 1 week ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 18 (ANI): Ahead of the World Children's Day that falls on November 20, actor Ayushmann Khurrana on Wednesday raised his voice against child violence and took a pledge to end it.
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