Ball signed by Brett Lee to be auctioned online

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 2, 2013, 11:08

A cricket ball signed by Australian bowler Brett Lee will go under the hammer for Indian bidders on Ebay and the proceeds will go to charities working in India.

‘Girls in India discriminated, mindset must change’

Last Updated: Thursday, December 27, 2012, 08:42

Girls in the country are facing discrimination and to correct it, the prevailing mindset has to be changed, Louis Georges Arsenault, UNICEF`s India head has said in New Delhi.

Unicef brand ambassador Priyanka Chopra supports adolescent girls

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 26, 2012, 09:28

Cricket and Bollywood Tuesday joined hands against gender discrimination as Unicef brand ambassadors Irfan Pathan and Priyanka Chopra launched a website to support adolescent girls.

Need a re-look into women`s rights in the country: Priyanka Chopra

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 25, 2012, 19:21

Sharing the nation`s outrage over the gang-rape case in Delhi, actress Priyanka Chopra favoured a re-look into women`s rights in the country while rejecting criticism that Bollywood only pays lip service to such causes.

WHO, UNICEF to continue anti-polio drive in Pakistan

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 18, 2012, 23:23

The World Health Organisation and UNICEF Tuesday said they would continue their anti-polio drive in Pakistan.

We can all help end infant mortality: Messi

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 18, 2012, 10:26

Argentine soccer star Lionel Messi, holder of the new record for most goals in a calendar year, called Monday for action to end infant mortality.

Malini Ramani to make t-shirts for Unicef

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 11, 2012, 17:32

Designer Malini Ramani is set to promote the use of safe-drinking water in remote villages across India by making an exclusive range of t-shirts in association with footwear and apparel brand Woodland and the United Nations Children`s Fund (Unicef).

Pakistan floods: 422 killed, over 3,000 injured

Last Updated: Sunday, September 30, 2012, 09:14

At least 422 people have been reportedly killed and over 3,000 have been injured in the floods that has affected around 5 million people in Pakistan.

More than three under-five kids died every minute in India in 2011

Last Updated: Thursday, September 13, 2012, 21:54

With the highest number of 16.55 lakh deaths of under-five children reported in 2011, India topped the list of nations across the world.

India has highest child mortality rate in the world

Last Updated: Thursday, September 13, 2012, 10:03

With almost 19,000 children under five years of age dying every day across the world, India tops the list of countries with the highest number of 15.55 lakh such deaths in 2011, according to a UN agency.

UNICEF calls for 100 pc registration of births and deaths

Last Updated: Sunday, September 9, 2012, 13:56

A five-year action plan for achieving 100 per cent registration of births and deaths in Madhya Pradesh was discussed at a workshop organised by UNICEF.