UNICEF
- Hyderabad
Oakridge Bachupally students assist less fortunate children with future educational needs
Hyderabad: This World Children’s Day, students at Oakridge International School, Bachupally, along with more than 78,000 students from 32 countries across the Nord Anglia family, came together to spread awareness about Children’s…
- World
Racism, discrimination against kids rife worldwide: UNICEF
United Nations: Racism and discrimination against children based on their ethnicity, language, and religion are rife in countries across the world, according to a new report by Unicef. Children from marginalised ethnic,…
- Bollywood
Priyanka Chopra lauds 1090 Women Power Line in Uttar Pradesh
New Delhi: Global star Priyanka Chopra lauded the significance of the 1090 Women Power Line during a recent UNICEF field trip to Uttar Pradesh. Priyanka visited the control room of a 24/7…
- Television News
Priyanka Chopra visits Lucknow on UNICEF trip
Lucknow: Actor Priyanka Chopra stepped out in Lucknow for a field trip to see the work being done by UNICEF and its partners to end violence and discrimination against girls in Uttar…
- Telangana
Telangana govt joins hands with UNICEF to work on adolescents issues
Hyderabad: The Telangana government, UNICEF and TISS Hyderabad have joined hands to work on adolescents’ issues. In a workshop organised by TISS and UNICEF here on Monday, participants from key line departments…
- Telangana
Hyderabad: UNICEF, TISS organise workshop for adolescent empowerment
Hyderabad: The government of Telangana, UNICEF and TISS Hyderabad organised a workshop to collaborate and work on adolescents’ issues on Monday. Participants from key line departments and CSOs deliberated upon the issues…
- World
Girls worldwide lag behind boys in math: Unicef
New York: Girls worldwide are lagging behind boys in mathematics, with sexism and gender stereotypes among the root causes, according to a new report published by Unicef. The report titled, ‘Solving the…
- India
WB: Govt, UNICEF rope in SHGs to stop child marriage, teenage pregnancy
Kolkata: The West Bengal government in collaboration with UNICEF will form child-friendly sanghas’ (clusters), comprising members of self-help groups, to curb child marriage and teenage pregnancy in the state, which is the…
- Pakistan
Lack of clean drinking water spiking diseases in flood-hit Pak
Islamabad: Aid workers warn a lack of clean drinking is causing an increase in diseases in Pakistan, as the death toll from devastating floods crosses 1,200, the media reported. Access to clean…
- Pakistan
Over 3 million children face health risks in flood-hit Pakistan
Islamabad: Amid multiple crises already looming in the wake of devastating floods in Pakistan, United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) has warned that more than three million children are facing health…
- Middle East
Lebanon children deprived of basic necessities: UNICEF report
Beirut: Three years of the devastating crisis in Lebanon have plunged children into a cycle of poverty, negatively affecting their health, increasing levels of frustration, and having lost confidence in parents for…
- World
Staple foods unaffordable, severe malnutrition among highest in region: UNICEF
New York: As Sri Lanka continues to suffer its worst financial slump, staple foods have become unaffordable, severe malnutrition is among the highest in the region and it is the poorest, most…
- Middle East
2M Yemeni children paying price for tragic civil war: UNICEF
Sanaa: The number of displaced people in Yemen has increased due to the crisis that the country has been witnessing for eight years, bringing the number of displaced people to about 4.3…
- World
Afghanistan: Cholera outbreak in Jawzjan province kills 12
Kabul: A cholera outbreak in Afghanistan’s Jawzjan province since June has killed so far killed at least 12 people, with 18,000 cases being reported, a health official said. Also ReadUNSC to address…
- Middle East
Millions of Lebanese at risk due to water crisis: UNICEF report
Beirut: The health of millions of people in Lebanon— is at risk due to a limited supply of safe water, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has warned. The water crisis, largely…
