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$30 Trillion A Year Loss If Girls Don't Finish School: World Bank
Failing to let girls finish their education could cost the world as much as $30 trillion in lost earnings and productivity annually, yet more than 130 million girls are out of school globally, the World Bank said on Wednesday.
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Refused To Marry, Stayed Hungry: A Fisherman’s Daughter’s Quest To Study
Chennai: With a thriving fish market at Kasimedu harbour in Chennai, the morning hours are always abuzz. Women are tough sellers here as they haggle for every penny that can help them feed their families. 18-year-old Shalini Munuswamy is among them. Eight years ago, she was taken off school to help her family in the fish market. She, however, stubb...
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'Borrowed Money, Ate Less': How Mumbai Cab Driver Sent Daughter To School
This Mumbai taxi driver's hard work and sacrifices prove that there's nothing a parent won't do to give their child the best life possible.
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Balancing home, siblings, school: 9-Year-Old Asma's Dilemma
Government’s commitment to see every child in school took another leap with the opening of India’s first 12-hour school in Telangana. The school, which runs from 7 am to 7 pm, is located at Balapur in old city of Hyderabad. It is a joint initiative between the government’s Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan, United Nations High Commission for Refugees and...
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Educate Every Girl Child: PM Modi Tells Village Heads
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday welcomed village heads from his parliamentary constituency Varanasi in Delhi at his residence and urged them to work towards educating every girl child.
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Invite Malala to Become India-Pakistan Peace Ambassador, Says Shiv Sena
Despite its avowed opposition to Pakistani personalities, Shiv Sena wants Nobel Laureate and child education activist Malala Yousafzai to become a peace ambassador between the two countries, hailing her fight against terrorism.
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2 Guards Deputed for Malala Yousafzai's Security Amid Threats in UK
Pakistani Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai, who was shot in the head by the Taliban in 2011 for championing the cause of girls education, has reportedly been given two 24-hour armed guards in the UK after she was made a key target by terrorists.
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Girls born in civic hospitals to get free BEST passes soon
Girls in the city will soon have free travel passes till they complete their school education. In a move to promote education girls and promote women's emancipation, the Shiv Sena led Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has proposed to issue free BEST passes to every girl child born in civic run hospitals.The travel passes will be valid till a...
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$30 Trillion A Year Loss If Girls Don't Finish School: World Bank
Failing to let girls finish their education could cost the world as much as $30 trillion in lost earnings and productivity annually, yet more than 130 million girls are out of school globally, the World Bank said on Wednesday.
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Refused To Marry, Stayed Hungry: A Fisherman’s Daughter’s Quest To Study
Chennai: With a thriving fish market at Kasimedu harbour in Chennai, the morning hours are always abuzz. Women are tough sellers here as they haggle for every penny that can help them feed their families. 18-year-old Shalini Munuswamy is among them. Eight years ago, she was taken off school to help her family in the fish market. She, however, stubb...
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'Borrowed Money, Ate Less': How Mumbai Cab Driver Sent Daughter To School
This Mumbai taxi driver's hard work and sacrifices prove that there's nothing a parent won't do to give their child the best life possible.
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Balancing home, siblings, school: 9-Year-Old Asma's Dilemma
Government’s commitment to see every child in school took another leap with the opening of India’s first 12-hour school in Telangana. The school, which runs from 7 am to 7 pm, is located at Balapur in old city of Hyderabad. It is a joint initiative between the government’s Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan, United Nations High Commission for Refugees and...
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Educate Every Girl Child: PM Modi Tells Village Heads
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday welcomed village heads from his parliamentary constituency Varanasi in Delhi at his residence and urged them to work towards educating every girl child.
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Invite Malala to Become India-Pakistan Peace Ambassador, Says Shiv Sena
Despite its avowed opposition to Pakistani personalities, Shiv Sena wants Nobel Laureate and child education activist Malala Yousafzai to become a peace ambassador between the two countries, hailing her fight against terrorism.
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2 Guards Deputed for Malala Yousafzai's Security Amid Threats in UK
Pakistani Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai, who was shot in the head by the Taliban in 2011 for championing the cause of girls education, has reportedly been given two 24-hour armed guards in the UK after she was made a key target by terrorists.
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Girls born in civic hospitals to get free BEST passes soon
Girls in the city will soon have free travel passes till they complete their school education. In a move to promote education girls and promote women's emancipation, the Shiv Sena led Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has proposed to issue free BEST passes to every girl child born in civic run hospitals.The travel passes will be valid till a...
