New York: An estimated 3,71,504 babies will be born around the world on New Year’s Day, with about 60,000 babies expected to be born in India alone, UN Children’s Fund (Unicef) said on Friday. In total, an estimated 140 million (14 crore) children will be born in 2021. Their average life expectancy is expected to be […]
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Priyanka, Nick contribute towards COVID-19 relief funds
Mumbai: Actress Priyanka Chopra Jonas and her pop singer husband Nick Jonas have contributed to several charities to lend support to the ongoing battle against the coronavirus pandemic. Priyanka took to Twitter on Tuesday to announce that the couple has donated to organisations like the PM-CARES Fund, Unicef, Feeding America and Goonj among many others. […]
Indian MPs thwart Pak attempt to raise Kashmir at UNICEF event
Colombo: A Congress and a BJP MP thwarted Pakistan’s attempts to raise the Kashmir issue at a UNICEF meet in Sri Lanka. The Indian delegation asserted that Kashmir was India’s “internal matter”. The Pakistanis brought up “Kashmir” at the 3rd South Asia Parliamentarian Platform Meeting here on Tuesday, but Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi gave it back […]
Pakistan asks UNICEF to remove Priyanka Chopra as goodwill ambassador – 3 min read
Islamabad: Pakistan Human Rights Minister Shireen Mazari has written to the UNICEF demanding the removal of Priyanka Chopra as Goodwill Ambassador over the Kashmir issue, and also cited the Indian actress’ “jingoism and support” for the Indian government’s action in Kashmir. In a letter to UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore, Mazari says Priyanka’s “Support for […]
India may have welcomed maximum new borns – 69,944 on New Year: UNICEF
New Delhi : India is estimated to have welcomed 18 per cent of the total babies born globally on January 1, 2019, UNICEF said on Tuesday. According to the UNICEF, 69,944 babies were expected to be born on the New Year Day out of 3,95,072 babies likely to be born across the world. As per […]
Child marriages dip to 30% in India, 25 mn stopped worldwide: Unicef
New Delhi : There has been a significant drop in the number of child marriages in India — from nearly 50 to 30 per cent — in the last 10 years, a survey by UN children’s agency Unicef showed on Tuesday. There has been significant drop globally in the practice as well, and 25 million […]
‘Each year, 6 lakh newborns die within 28 days of birth in India’
New Delhi : A quarter of global neonatal deaths happen in India where nearly 600,000 newborns die within 28 days of their birth every year, according to a new Unicef study. The study, which found the number of newborn deaths in India was one of the highest in the world, says the causes of such […]