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We want to foster peace, stability for people of Afghanistan: MEA reaffirms India's commitment to Afghan developmentIndia continues its strong support for Afghanistan, reaffirms MEA. The nation is focused on peace, stability, and development. This include...
Afghan Health Minister to visit India next weekAfghanistan's Public Health Minister Mawlawi Noor Jalal Jalali will visit India next week. This follows visits by other Afghan ministers. I...
Pakistan airstrikes in Afghanistan violate sovereignty: IndiaIndia has strongly condemned Pakistan's airstrikes in Afghanistan at the United Nations Security Council. New Delhi highlighted the tragic ...
Pakistan conveys concerns to Kabul envoy over India-Afghanistan joint statementPakistan has lodged a protest with Afghanistan's Ambassador over the India-Afghanistan joint statement's reference to Jammu and Kashmir. Is...
Future of India-Afghanistan relations is very bright: Afghan Foreign Minister Amir Khan MuttaqiAfghanistan's Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi received a warm welcome at Darul Uloom Deoband, expressing optimism for "very bright" Indi...
Shocked...men journalists should have walked out: Chidambaram over exclusion of women journalists from Afghan FM Muttaqi's press conferenceWomen journalists were barred from an Afghan Foreign Minister's press conference in New Delhi. Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram express...
WHO asks Taliban to lift female aid worker restrictions following earthquakesThe World Health Organization urges the Taliban to allow female aid workers to assist earthquake victims in Afghanistan. Restrictions preve...
Trump's cuts are 'devastating' for vulnerable women worldwide: UNThe United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has faced budget cuts before, but the impact of President Donald Trump's policies has been even ...
US aid cut may cause 1,200 Afghan maternal deaths by 2028: UN BodyShortly after his inauguration last month, Trump signed an executive order implementing a 90-day pause in US foreign development aid. His a...
One woman dies every 2 minutes in pregnancy, childbirth: UNThe overall maternal mortality rate dropped by 34.3 percent over a 20-year period -- from 339 maternal deaths per 100,000 live births in 20...
India's one million all-women ASHA volunteers honoured by WHOAccredited Social Health Activists -- or ASHA volunteers -- are Indian government's affiliated health-care workers who are the first point ...
At least 16 dead as blasts rock Afghan cities, IS claims responsibilityEarlier Thursday in the capital, Kabul, a roadside bomb exploded and injured two children. That bomb also targeted the country's minority S...
As need in Afghanistan grows dire, aid groups plead for helpAround 18 million Afghans, almost half the population, are now in urgent need of humanitarian assistance, according to the International Fe...
India expected to register largest increase in child and maternal deaths in S. Asia, says UNThe report 'Direct and indirect effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and response in South Asia' by UNICEF, World Health Organization (WHO) and...
ISIL-K's new leader heads India operations; may've earlier affiliation with Haqqani network: UNThe Haqqani network, which has the backing of elements within the Pakistani security establishment, is one of Afghanistan's most experience...
Why India is justifiably perceived as the most unsafe place for women?The Bihar shelter home horror has reminded the country how heinous its society can be with its girls.
Breastfeeding: India ranks lowest among South Asian countriesIneffective policies, lack of budgets and coordination, and absence of better monitoring are limiting breastfeeding practices in India.
Maternal tetanus elimination in India will save lives: UNThe elimination of MNT as a public health problem means that the annual rate is less than 1 per 1000 live births.
- Despite all the challenges, India’s progress in human development has lessons for many
It is estimated that India will soon surpass China as the world`s most populous country.
- India makes progress on reducing maternal mortality rate
In 2005, PRATHAM shocked the nation’s conscience by documenting that about 52% of the country’s children could not read, and about 65% cann...