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Number Of Orphan, Abandoned Children Rise By 25% Since 2020: Centre
The Centre has over the last three years registered a 25 per cent spike in the number of orphaned, abandoned, and surrendered children in its child adoption portal CARINGS.
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No Waiting Period For Adopting Child With Special Needs: Government
There is no waiting period for those who desire to adopt a child having special needs and also from the immediate placement category which includes mostly older children, the government said today.
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Smriti Irani Keeps Women And Child Development, Textiles To Piyush Goyal
Smriti Zubin Irani continues to head the Women and Child Development Ministry in the refreshed Union cabinet of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
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80% Children Adopted In India Since 2015 In 0-2 Age Group: Smriti Irani
About 80 per cent of children adopted within the country since 2015 were aged 0-2 years, while just two per cent were in the age group of 10-18, the Women and Child Development Ministry said on Thursday.
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Discrimination Towards Girl Child Also Among Well-Educated: Smriti Irani
The girl child being unprotected only among the uneducated is a myth and it is true there is also discrimination towards her in areas where well-educated families live, Women and Child Development Minister Smriti Irani said in the Rajya Sabha today.
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Madhya Pradesh Minister Calls For Speedy Issuance Of Weapon Licenses To Women
Madhya Pradesh Women and Child Development Minister Archana Chitnis today said she has asked the state home department to issue weapon licenses to eligible women and girls on a priority basis.
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Maneka Gandhi, Prakash Javadekar To Hold Meet On Safety Protocol In Schools
Union ministers Maneka Gandhi and Prakash Javadekar will hold a high-level meeting tomorrow to develop a protocol for educational institutions to ensure safety of students following incidents of child sexual abuse in schools, a government official said.
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Maneka Gandhi Suggests Legalising Marijuana For Medical Purposes
Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi has suggested legalising marijuana, a psychoactive drug, in India for medical purposes on the lines of the practice adopted by some developed countries like the US to curb drug abuse.
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Irregularities In Scheme For Children, Pankaja Munde Must Resign: AAP
Maharashtra's Women and Child Development Minister Pankaja Munde has been accused by the Maharashtra wing of the Aam Aadmi Party of nepotism and facilitating a scam in the Integrated Child Development Scheme (ICDS), a welfare programme run by the government which provides food, pre-school education, and primary healthcare to children under six year...
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UGC To Work On Plan To Make Father's Name Optional On Degrees
University Grants Commission (UGC) will soon work on a proposal to make father's name on degrees optional after the HRD Ministry in-principle agreed to the suggestion made by Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi.
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Maneka Gandhi Helps Woman Reunite With Family In France For Christmas
A 35-year-old woman of Indian origin will be reunited with her adoptive parents in France for Christmas thanks to Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi who intervened to facilitate her travel after some hiccups.
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Anti-trafficking Bill To Be Introduced In Parliament Soon: Maneka Gandhi
Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi today said the government will soon bring an anti-trafficking legislation in Parliament to cover rescue, relief and reintegration of the trafficked people.
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Court Rejects Jailed AAP Minister's 'Plea Claiming Threat To Life'
A Delhi court today rejected a plea - moved by a lawyer claiming to represent former Delhi Minister Sandeep Kumar - that alleged there was a threat to his client's life and sought directions for installing CCTV cameras in the jail and videotaping of his court appearance.
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Kerala Businessman Demands Case Against Maneka Gandhi Over Dog Remark
Union Minister for Women and Child Development Maneka Gandhi is facing flak for her empathy towards dogs and a Kerala businessman on Wednesday even sought legal action against her, after a dog attack killed a 65-year-old woman in Kerala recently.
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Indian Medical Association Backs Pre-Natal Sex Detectation
The Indian Medical Association(IMA) today came out in support of Union Minister Maneka Gandhi's suggestion to make pre-natal sex determination compulsory to check female foeticide.
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Number Of Orphan, Abandoned Children Rise By 25% Since 2020: Centre
The Centre has over the last three years registered a 25 per cent spike in the number of orphaned, abandoned, and surrendered children in its child adoption portal CARINGS.
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No Waiting Period For Adopting Child With Special Needs: Government
There is no waiting period for those who desire to adopt a child having special needs and also from the immediate placement category which includes mostly older children, the government said today.
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Smriti Irani Keeps Women And Child Development, Textiles To Piyush Goyal
Smriti Zubin Irani continues to head the Women and Child Development Ministry in the refreshed Union cabinet of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
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80% Children Adopted In India Since 2015 In 0-2 Age Group: Smriti Irani
About 80 per cent of children adopted within the country since 2015 were aged 0-2 years, while just two per cent were in the age group of 10-18, the Women and Child Development Ministry said on Thursday.
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Discrimination Towards Girl Child Also Among Well-Educated: Smriti Irani
The girl child being unprotected only among the uneducated is a myth and it is true there is also discrimination towards her in areas where well-educated families live, Women and Child Development Minister Smriti Irani said in the Rajya Sabha today.
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Madhya Pradesh Minister Calls For Speedy Issuance Of Weapon Licenses To Women
Madhya Pradesh Women and Child Development Minister Archana Chitnis today said she has asked the state home department to issue weapon licenses to eligible women and girls on a priority basis.
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Maneka Gandhi, Prakash Javadekar To Hold Meet On Safety Protocol In Schools
Union ministers Maneka Gandhi and Prakash Javadekar will hold a high-level meeting tomorrow to develop a protocol for educational institutions to ensure safety of students following incidents of child sexual abuse in schools, a government official said.
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Maneka Gandhi Suggests Legalising Marijuana For Medical Purposes
Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi has suggested legalising marijuana, a psychoactive drug, in India for medical purposes on the lines of the practice adopted by some developed countries like the US to curb drug abuse.
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Irregularities In Scheme For Children, Pankaja Munde Must Resign: AAP
Maharashtra's Women and Child Development Minister Pankaja Munde has been accused by the Maharashtra wing of the Aam Aadmi Party of nepotism and facilitating a scam in the Integrated Child Development Scheme (ICDS), a welfare programme run by the government which provides food, pre-school education, and primary healthcare to children under six year...
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UGC To Work On Plan To Make Father's Name Optional On Degrees
University Grants Commission (UGC) will soon work on a proposal to make father's name on degrees optional after the HRD Ministry in-principle agreed to the suggestion made by Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi.
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Maneka Gandhi Helps Woman Reunite With Family In France For Christmas
A 35-year-old woman of Indian origin will be reunited with her adoptive parents in France for Christmas thanks to Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi who intervened to facilitate her travel after some hiccups.
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Anti-trafficking Bill To Be Introduced In Parliament Soon: Maneka Gandhi
Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi today said the government will soon bring an anti-trafficking legislation in Parliament to cover rescue, relief and reintegration of the trafficked people.
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Court Rejects Jailed AAP Minister's 'Plea Claiming Threat To Life'
A Delhi court today rejected a plea - moved by a lawyer claiming to represent former Delhi Minister Sandeep Kumar - that alleged there was a threat to his client's life and sought directions for installing CCTV cameras in the jail and videotaping of his court appearance.
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Kerala Businessman Demands Case Against Maneka Gandhi Over Dog Remark
Union Minister for Women and Child Development Maneka Gandhi is facing flak for her empathy towards dogs and a Kerala businessman on Wednesday even sought legal action against her, after a dog attack killed a 65-year-old woman in Kerala recently.
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Indian Medical Association Backs Pre-Natal Sex Detectation
The Indian Medical Association(IMA) today came out in support of Union Minister Maneka Gandhi's suggestion to make pre-natal sex determination compulsory to check female foeticide.
