Patients suffering from thalassemia, hemophilia, sickle cell disease etc will soon start getting disability certificate from designated government hospitals which were earlier denied to... Read More
Civil Society News
NARI portal launched for Women Schemes
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Union Minister for women and child development Maneka Gandhi launched Tuesday a web portal, NARI, which will provide information on all government schemes for women.... Read More
NEW DELHI: The government is set to introduce a law to guard against human trafficking, proposing a 10-year punishment for those engaging in “aggravated... Read More
The Home Ministry has directed all NGOs, business entities and individuals who receive funds from abroad to open accounts in any of the 32 designated... Read More
The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to examine the constitutional validity of a colonial-era law on adultery which punishes only the man even though... Read More
The La Martiniere For Girls school in Kolkata has banned pool cars for the students and has asked the parents to pick and drop... Read More
Crowd funding for Acid Victims by NGOs
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mid-day exclusive Zakira Shaikh is not the only acid attack victim who feels exploited by the NGO Make Love Not Scars. After mid-day’s... Read More
Indian Institute of Management-Kolkata, Aligarh Muslim University and Delhi’s Lady Shri Ram College for Women are among 4,739 institutions and non-profit organisations that have... Read More
List of the World’s 100 Most Powerful Women
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#1 Angela Merkel 63 Germany Politics #2 Theresa May 61 United Kingdom Politics #3 Melinda Gates 53 United States Philanthropy/NGO #4 Sheryl Sandberg 48 United... Read More
ICICI Bank’s MD & CEO Chanda Kochhar Five Indian women have found their way to the 2017 edition of The World’s Most Powerful Women... Read More
