Dark underbelly of sex trade in Chandigarh
The number of registered commercial sex workers (CSWs) with the State AIDS Control Society in Chandigarh is 3,100. Slums and colonies on
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Haryana villagers send rakhis to Trump
He may have not heard of ‘Rakhi’, but the women and girls of a remote Muslim-dominated village “symbolically” named by an NGO after US President Donald Trump will send him
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A digital route to make children love reading
Katha, an NGO working for the past 30 years, have launched an initiative called 300 million challenge which aims to help children learn
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Bengaluru boys make city schools greener
Nishant Panicker and Aniruddah Vorunganti are the kind of people who cannot but leave you thoroughly impressed. Aniruddah studies medicine at Oxford university, whilst Nishant studies biology in Bengaluru and is
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Food Army sends theplas to flood victims
We just want them to get a good home-cooked meal,” said Rintu Rathod, founder of Food Army, a charitable group in Mumbai. At her
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Senior citizens in distress, time to act: NGO
A vast majority of the elderly in the country are in great distress at an age when they are most dependent on others for support.
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Indore family strives to usher in better society
Aimed at bringing smiles and changes in the lives of underprivileged, a family group in Indore had seven years ago turned itself into a registered non-government organisation ‘Seva Sahyog’ to impart skills to slum children in a
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A software that guides in career development
For many parents, no profession exists beyond the realms of medicine and engineering. For the sake of parents, children too parrot what they say, ignoring fields that suit
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1,800 Odisha families lifted out of poverty
Leading NGO Bandhan Konnagar is all set to launch a drive in Bhadrak district with an aim to uplift over 2,000 families out
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Odisha project to benefit visually-impaired women
As a part of the government of Odisha’s initiative to promote self-reliance and economic independence among the visually-impaired women of Gajapati district, a sanitary napkin unit has been proposed to be set up. This unit will be operated and marketed by the self-help group members of ‘Persons with
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Pune village gets water through joint initiative
Varoti is like a desert in the proximity of an ocean. Situated about 70 km from the fledging city of Pune, the
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