Airtel, UNICEF pact to provide education content in Africa

Last Updated: Wednesday, February 18, 2015, 15:48

Bharti Airtel has partnered with UNICEF to provide health, education and youth-focussed content to its customers in 17 African countries.

After polio eradication, Amitabh Bachchan wants women`s emancipation

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 7, 2014, 14:39

Amitabh Bachchan, a Unicef Goodwill Ambassador for polio eradication, is proud that the country has rid itself of the virus.

Children beheaded in Central Africa fighting: UNICEF

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 31, 2013, 10:03

At least two children have been beheaded in the fighting which has gripped the Central African Republic, the UN agency for children said Monday, adding "unprecedented" levels of violence were being committed against youngsters.

Children beheaded in Central Africa fighting: UNICEF

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 31, 2013, 02:49

At least two children have been beheaded in the fighting which has gripped the Central African Republic, the UN agency for children said Monday, adding "unprecedented" levels of violence were being committed against youngsters.

UNICEF gives awards to girls resisting child marriages

Last Updated: Friday, December 13, 2013, 18:25

Nine girls from remote Maharashtra were today given United Nations Children`s Fund (UNICEF) Navjyoti awards for resisting child marriages and also helping other girls fight the scourge.

One in three unregistered children live in India: UNICEF

Last Updated: Thursday, December 12, 2013, 14:15

India is home to nearly one in three unregistered children worldwide, with 71 million children under the age of five not having their births recorded, a UNICEF report has said.

230 million children under 5 never registered: UN

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 11, 2013, 11:46

A report by UNICEF to mark its 67th birthday on today said globally that amounts to one in three children under five.

Unicef launches campaign against open defecation

Last Updated: Tuesday, November 12, 2013, 18:23

With half of India`s population defecating in the open, the Unicef Monday launched `Take Poo to Loo`, an innovative digital-led campaign focusing on youngsters to put an end to the practice.

Unicef mobilises aid for typhoon affected kids in Philippines

Last Updated: Monday, November 11, 2013, 11:16

The UN Children`s Fund ( UNICEF) said Sunday that it is rushing emergency supplies to areas of the Philippines ravaged by super typhoon Haiyan, as the latest estimates indicate up to four million children could have been affected.

Unicef mobilises aid for typhoon affected kids in Philippines

Last Updated: Monday, November 11, 2013, 11:16

The UN Children`s Fund ( UNICEF) said Sunday that it is rushing emergency supplies to areas of the Philippines ravaged by super typhoon Haiyan, as the latest estimates indicate up to four million children could have been affected.

UNICEF running low on life-saving supplies in CAR

Last Updated: Wednesday, October 30, 2013, 08:39

The UN Children`s Fund has warned that the growing need in the Central African Republic will exceed emergency supplies in the coming weeks against a backdrop of increasing displacement in the country and waning funding.

For Rahul, family means only grandmother and parents: Shivraj

Last Updated: Sunday, October 27, 2013, 20:07

Taking potshots at Rahul Gandhi, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Sunday said that for the Congress vice president family meant only his grandmother, mother and father.