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Kailash Satyarthi (born 11 January 1954) is an Indian social reformer who campaigned against child labor in India and advocated the universal right to education.. In 2014, he was the co-recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, along with Malala Yousafzai, "for their struggle against the suppression of children and young people and for the right of all children to education."
The Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar (lit. ' Prime Minister's National Award for Children '), [2] formerly called the National Child Award for Exceptional Achievement, is India’s highest civilian honour for children, [3] [4] awarded annually by the Ministry of Women and Child Development.
Priyank Kanoongo [1] (Chairman) Owner: Government of India: Members: Dr. Divya Gupta Member (Child Health, Care, Welfare) Shri Vijay Kumar Adewa PPS To Member (Child Health, Care, Welfare) Smt. Preeti Bharadwaj Dalal Member (Law Relating To Children) Smt. Rajeswari Subramaniyan PPS To Member (Law Relating To Children) Shri Dharmendra Bhandari (PPS To Chairperson) Smt. Rupali Banerjee Singh ...
In 2004, when a devastating Tsunami struck the South-East coast of India, Save the Children provided a rapid relief response that continued for several months. [5] Four years later, in April 2008, Save the Children started functioning as an independent Indian member of the Save the Children International Alliance under the name Bal Raksha Bharat.
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With the expansion of Indosphere cultural influence of Greater India, [3] through transmission of Hinduism in Southeast Asia [4] [5] [6] and the Silk Road transmission of Buddhism [7] [8] leading to Indianization of Southeast Asia with non-Indian southeast Asian native Indianized kingdoms [9] adopting Sanskritization [10] of their languages and titles as well as ongoing historic expansion of ...
There is a widespread usage of a patronym (use of the father's given name as the last name). This means that the first name of one generation becomes the last name of the next. In many cases, the father's given name appears as an initial and when written in full (for example, on a passport), [36] the initial is expanded as last name. For ...
Footpaths and alleys are crowded with older people who now call them home. And a cottage industry of nonprofits for the abandoned has sprouted, operating a constantly growing number of shelters ...