India is one of the countries with highest vaccine confidence: UNICEF reportUNICEF's global flagship report "The State of the World's Children 2023: For Every Child, Vaccination" emphasizes the significance of child...
20 Apr, 2023, 12.34 PM IST
80% kids in 14-18 years in India reported low levels of learning during Covid pandemic: UNICEF reportUnicef research found that student-teacher engagement, when regular and reciprocal, is a strong predictor of success in children's learning...
09 Sep, 2021, 10.42 PM IST
First day at school delayed for 140 million children globally: UNICEF"The first day of school is a landmark moment in a child's life -- setting them off on a life-changing path of personal learning and growth...
27 Aug, 2021, 04.40 PM IST
Children in India, 3 other S Asian nations at extremely high risk of climate crisis impacts: UNICEFPakistan, Bangladesh, Afghanistan and India are among four South Asian countries where children are at extremely high risk of the impacts o...
21 Aug, 2021, 05.20 PM IST
UN agencies delivered nearly 10,000 oxygen concentrators, 10 million medical masks to IndiaIn India, the UN team on the ground "continues to support the authorities - both nationally and locally - to tackle the pandemic," Stephane...
07 May, 2021, 10.56 AM IST
UN team in India helping authorities to address COVID-19 and misinformation, says top officialStéphane Dujarric, Spokesman for the Secretary-General, told reporters at the daily press briefing on Monday that the UN team in India is w...
04 May, 2021, 12.56 PM IST
Covid-19: Cricket Australia donates $50,000 to help India fight pandemicUNICEF Australia's India COVID-19 Crisis Appeal is procuring and installing oxygen generation plants in hospitals to treat seriously ill pa...
03 May, 2021, 08.37 AM IST
Just 24 per cent of Indian households have internet facility to access e-education: UNICEFThe Remote Learning Reachability report, issued by UNICEF on Thursday, expressed concerns over children from economically disadvantaged fam...
27 Aug, 2020, 05.35 PM IST
Only 29% female Internet users in India: UNICEF reportGlobally, 12 per cent more men than women used the Internet in 2017. In India, less than one third of Internet users are females.
11 Dec, 2017, 10.59 PM IST
UNICEF launches course in public health for journalistsA first-of-its-kind certificate course dealing with all aspects of Public Health Journalism and Communication was launched today by UNICEF ...
16 Sep, 2015, 04.50 PM IST
WEF 2015: UNICEF for more investments in education as funding gap growsUNICEF pitched for more "investments" in education, saying there is an annual funding gap of $26 billion for the provision of basic educati...
22 Jan, 2015, 07.40 PM IST
Social norms biggest challenge in child rights: UNICEFGiving the example of child malnutrition, he said more than half of the infants in the country are not exclusively breastfed during the fir...
23 Nov, 2014, 03.05 PM IST
Ikea Foundation contributes $ 31.5 million for Unicef's programmesThe new grants will focus on early childhood development, child protection, education, and helping adolescents to improve their lives.
18 Nov, 2014, 02.52 PM IST
School dropout scenario in India 'extremely high': UNICEFThe school dropout scenario in the country is "extremely high" as over 80 million children are not completing the full cycle of elementary ...
11 Mar, 2014, 05.06 PM IST
Stronger action needed to ensure women's safety: UNICEF"The brutal rape case this week unfortunately also indicates the need to strongly improve the response of law enforcement officers," it sai...
20 Apr, 2013, 03.32 PM IST
- Over 3 under-five kids died every minute in India in 2011: UNICEF report
With the highest number of 16.55 lakh deaths of under-5 children reported in 2011, India topped the list of nations across the world.
13 Sep, 2012, 08.30 PM IST
- Amitabh Bachchan angry young man act effects a dip in polio cases
According to UNICEF, only one case of polio was reported in India this year, as against 41 cases last year. In 2009, there were 741 cases.
15 Dec, 2011, 04.26 PM IST