Sonam Raghuvanshi was a simple, educated girl: Neighbours in disbelief as she is named in husband Raja’s murder caseSonam Raghuvanshi News Update: The murder investigation of Raja Raghuvanshi has led to the arrest of his wife, Sonam Raghuvanshi, and three...
09 Jun, 2025, 06.37 PM IST
Educate Girls appoints Gayatri Nair Lobo as CEOEducate Girls, an Indian nonprofit dedicated to girls' education, has appointed Gayatri Nair Lobo as its new CEO. With 25 years of experien...
28 Apr, 2025, 01.58 PM IST
50,000 jobs to be created post Lok Sabha elections, says Assam CM Himanta Biswa SarmaSpeaking at public rallies before the filing of nominations by BJP candidates for Nagaon and Darrang-Udalguri constituencies the chief mini...
05 Apr, 2024, 12.26 PM IST
India's Safeena Hussain wins $5 lakh WISE Prize for getting 14 lakh girls back to schoolEstablished in 2011 by Her Highness Sheikha Moza bint Nasser, the WISE Prize for Education is the first distinction of its kind to recognis...
03 Dec, 2023, 02.11 PM IST
Union minister blames live-in relationships for rising crime, says educated girls should not get into 'such relationships'"It is the responsibility of girls also, as they leave their parents, who have reared them up for years, in one go. Why are they living in ...
17 Nov, 2022, 08.14 PM IST
RJD chief Lalu Prasad's son Tej Pratap Yadav may change his seat from Mahua to HasanpurRashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad’s elder son Tej Pratap Yadav may change his seat from Mahua to Hasanpur amid speculation that his es...
07 Sep, 2020, 10.03 PM IST
Malala Yousafzai says educating girls is the most worthwhile investmentYousafzai was in Brazil to participate in a debate on education and empowerment of women.
10 Jul, 2018, 04.52 PM IST
Indian NGO raises $4 million for education of childrenPratham is one of India's largest non-governmental education organisations, having affected the lives of more than 50 million underprivileg...
28 Sep, 2017, 01.58 PM IST
Educate Girls gets $75,000 funding from Goldman SachsEducate Girls is a Mumbai-based non-profit organisation that works towards improving enrolment, retention and learning outcomes for girls i...
18 Jul, 2017, 04.10 PM IST
80% of local NGOs work with government: StudyThe study done by philanthropy advisory Bridgespan Group, says there may not be a better lab than India for studying the challenges non-pro...
27 Feb, 2017, 11.48 AM IST
Working for consensus on women's bill: Government in Lok SabhaThe bill was passed by Rajya Sabha in 2010 but got stuck in Lok Sabha due to stiff resistance by a number of parties.
08 Mar, 2016, 03.56 PM IST
West Bengal to help educated girls build career through 'Kanyashree Prakalpa' schemeFollowing the success of its 'Kanyashree Prakalpa' scheme for the girl child, the WB govt is now planning to expand the programme by reachi...
12 Apr, 2015, 11.39 AM IST
Educating girls best way to stabilise population: Nitish KumarNitish Kumar pointed out that the fertility rate of Bihar is 3.9 in comparison to 2.4 at all-India level.
11 Apr, 2015, 05.11 PM IST
Channeling the 'selfie' for a social causeIn a unique attempt to create awareness about education of girl child, a global human rights group has taken up the challenge of sending gi...
22 Sep, 2014, 01.30 PM IST
DIB: New financial instrument helping NGO Educate Girls fund social work in RajasthanEducate Girls has been working in Rajasthan since 2006-07, picking up three of the worst districts of the state in terms of girls' educatio...
07 Sep, 2014, 01.26 PM IST
Educating girl child is top priority of the government: Maneka GandhiAs for the logo, officials said that it is to be developed through crowd sourcing with the purpose of including the logo in all advertiseme...
24 Jul, 2014, 06.23 PM IST
For social returns on CSR, corporates can invest in SIBsTaxpayer money is not wasted on failed programmes; the risk is transferred to investors in the private sector, who do expect financial retu...
13 Aug, 2013, 05.13 AM IST