Kolkata: Italian cricketers on Sunday shared a special practice session with 32 schoolchildren at Eden Gardens, ahead of their historic first-ever T20 World Cup match against Scotland. The interactive session was organised under the ICC–UNICEF initiative Cricket 4 Good, aimed at promoting children’s Right to Play. Girls and boys from various Kolkata schools bowled, batted […]
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Kolkata : Several iconic landmarks in Kolkata, including the Bidhan Sabha Bhavan (West Bengal Legislative Assembly) and the Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry building, were bathed in blue light to mark World Children’s Day and reaffirm the city’s commitment to protecting children’s rights and aspirations. Joining the initiative, the Kolkata Press Club and the […]
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Kolkata : With a view to prevent child marriage further in the state, West Bengal government will lay emphasis on building awareness among girls with boys about the harmful effects of this social practice. “It’s not the girls alone, boys also have to be educated about the ill effects of early marriage and they should […]
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More than 30 employees from all DHL businesses in India attended the second training in Bangalore Bangalore: DHL Group has conducted its second GoHelp Disaster Response Team (DRT) training in Bangalore, India, strengthening resilience and preparedness against disasters in the South Asia region. This is the second DRT training in India, with the first training […]
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কোলকাতা : দশ টাকা মূল্যের এই স্মারক ডাকটিকিটে মায়ের কোলে এক শিশুকে দেখানো হয়েছে। এটি প্রতিটি শিশুর, বিশেষত সমাজের সবচেয়ে পিছিয়ে পড়া শিশুদের জন্য, বেঁচে থাকার, বিকাশ লাভ করার এবং পূর্ণতা প্রাপ্তির লক্ষ্যে পৌঁছানোর অধিকারকে প্রাধান্য দেয়। ভারত সরকারের নেতৃত্বে এবং রাষ্ট্রপুঞ্জের এই সংস্থার সহায়তায় এদেশে শিশুদের অনেক উন্নতি হয়েছে। ১৯৪৯ সাল থেকে ইউনিসেফ এদেশে […]
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Kolkata: After receiving positive response from the people in two blocks of South 24 Parganas where UNICEF has supported to establish and run neuro-developmental clinics for children, the officials of this UN body today said that they would approach West Bengal government for scaling-up such clinics in all districts of the state to ensure that […]
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Kolkata: A physically challenged minor girl symbolically assumed the chair of the chief of UNICEF in West Bengal here and urged this international body to include children’s opinion in their decision making process. After being helped to sit on the chair of the UNICEF chief, Riya Sardar who hails from Vidyanagar village at Bishnupur-II block […]
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Kolkata : A group of underprivileged school students from Kolkata and nearby areas discussed the issues that concern them and put forth a set of demands to West Bengal Minister for Women and Child Development and Social Welfare and top officials of the department during an interactive session here today. As part of a programme […]
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Kolkata : West Bengal government has begun to involve fathers, male members and other family members to promote early breastfeeding and exclusive breastfeeding of the children till six months of age. “Breastfeeding should not be discussed with the mothers alone. Workers at anganwadis have begun to discuss the benefits of breastfeeding to the fathers of […]
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Kolkata: Sundarbans is one of the most climate triggered disaster-prone areas of the world with nearly 1.2 million standing at the doorstep of disasters, UN says the disasters are likely to increase. To be set up in Sundarban’s Kumirmari island of Gosaba block, South 24 Parganas, one of the furthest and most climate vulnerable regions […]
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