'If we're able to make a child laugh or feel happy to come to school, more than half the battle is won,' Katha Founder Geeta Dharmarajan tells Geetanjali Krishna.
They may be rivals on the field of play, but India opener Virender Sehwag and Sri Lanka captain Kumar Sangakkara have joined together to star in a new 'Think Wise campaign' launched by the ICC on Tuesday, educating people about HIV/AIDS and how to avoid contracting the disease.
Consulting Conclave at Faculty of Management Studies, Delhi
It is amazing how she used social media to network, inspire and give back to society while building an international career.
Cricketer bats for girls rights on International Day of the Girl Child
The actress posted pictures with the children of Harare on Instagram, with beautiful captions for each.
The celebrations after the 2017 World Cup went on for the next few months. But there was one question that the Indian cricketers failed to respond to in their interviews. 'What was their next assignment?' Nobody knew; the players were waiting for the BCCI to tell them. The BCCI, with barely any time from its endless legal tangles, had nothing in mind immediately. The likes of Australia and England were back on the field, battling it out in the Ashes in front of sizeable crowds. But for Mithali Raj and team, there was no road ahead.
Pneumonia and diarrhoea have collectively claimed the lives of over three lakh children in India in 2013, posing a major challenge to public health in the country, a report said.
The King and the Queen of Belgium, King Philippe and Queen Mathilde, who are on a week-long visit to India, on Friday played cricket with Mumbai children and cricketer Virender Sehwag to advocate for children's right to play and learn.
A joint study by the World Health organisation and UNICEF 'Diarrhoea: Why Children Are Still Dying and What Can Be Done', also pointed out that India has the largest number of persons that defecate in the open worldwide.
Attempting an image makeover from being calorie-rich to health-conscious, PepsiCo India is working towards launching a nutritious beverage within three years.
'The real reason is early marriage, which is prevalent in many parts of Tamil Nadu.' 'These girls are married off at 15 and by the age of 19 they have three children.' 'By the age of 21 they are separated and the children are abandoned.'
Statistics reveal that in 1979 only 9 per cent of the children were affected with asthma, but the figure rose to almost 30 per cent in 2007.
Birth histories and census data reveal an unusually high proportion of male births and male children under five in Asia.
In this series, InstaStories, we let pictures on social media tell their beautiful back stories.
Cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar has thrown his weight behind the ICC Women's World Cup 2017, saying one who doesn't watch the women's game is not a true cricket fan.
The Queen of Jordan, considered one of the world's modern royals, is in India.
'It is a sad day when social activists, environmental campaigners, anti-corruption workers are singled out as anti-nationals and then criminalised.'
The Baton, which will stay in India for two days on October 12 and 13, will not, however, be taken in a relay by sportspersons, as is done normally, following IOA's decision to curtail the events here as there will not be adeqaute security arrangements in view of the Dussehra festival.
Remembering Verghese Kurien, a visionary who singlehandedly built world's biggest agricultural development programme.
Women and children have been given short shrift with these crucial sectors facing substantive budgetary cuts, discovers Rashme Sehgal.
Ratul Narain -- the entrepreneur behind Bempu -- tells Shobha Warrier that despite the challenges and frustrations, he is living his dream.
Teamwork, critical thinking, networking, collaboration and adaptability are among a few soft skills that will enable our students to tackle challenges in life as well as at their workplaces, says Rustom Kerawalla.
At the current rate of decline in the under-5 Infant Mortality Rate, India is not likely to achieve the Millennium Development Goal of bringing down the IMR to 40 per 1,000 live births for the year 2015, according to a UNICEF report.
A dipstick survey covering 30 villages in Rajasthan threw up some worrisome numbers. About 250 children missed their regular vaccination schedule in March alone. These numbers are alarming, since India has around 600,000 villages according to the 2011 census. Sohini Das reports.
Deane De Menezes hopes to reduce the awkwardness and stigma around menstruation.
Roger Federer swapped his tennis racquet for a cricket bat to the delight of scores of tsunami survivors.
World number one Roger Federer visited the Tsunami survivors in Tamil Nadu as Unicef ambassador.
Stand together and overcome these challenging times: Chhetri
Move the slider on the map above to see the change in percentage of population using an improved drinking water source over 1990 to 2015.
In a country where 35 to 40 per cent of food is not consumed, the government urgently needs to reduce wastage to an acceptable level.
Yuvraj Singh has no qualms in conceding that he has been 'failing' but the out-of-favour Indian cricketer says he won't give up on his career at least till 2019.
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Thursday
He played James Bond seven times. But the role Roger Moore most cherished was a different one.
The magazine's annual international list shows love for our Bollywood girls in Hollywood, but the top slot goes to Hailey Baldwin.
The biotech company's revenues had fallen to as low as Rs 50 cr.
Five years into retirement, the little master is the third highest paid sports endorser. How did he script his return to relevance?
PM's Massive Mission to achieve 'Swachh Bharat' by 2019 is a tribute to Mahatma Gandhi on his 150th birth anniversary.
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