Dharamshala: Tsering, President of Tibetan Women’s Association based in Dharamshala, works for women’s empowerment. Now, after fifty years in exile she indicates that there is more work to be done for women’s empowerment in the Tibetan Exile community. She acknowledges that because of considerable support for women’s empowerment seats are reserved for women in Tibetan [...]

Aligarh:  First National Meeting of Youth Initiative for Peace & Harmony [YIPH] was held in India Islamic Cultural Centre [IICC], Lodhi Road, New Delhi under the Chairmanship of Renowned Film Director & Humanist Mahesh Bhatt.
Founder of YIPH, Mahesh Bhatt said, “This CAARVAN has taken place from Aligarh and there is no answer of people [...]

If he was not attending to needy patients in Lucknow today he would most likely have been a washerman in his birth place, Ballia district of eastern Uttar Pradesh.
Hailing from the ‘dhobi’ caste, which is one of the Scheduled Castes, Manish, as a student of Standard IX in Ballia was not very comfortable going to [...]

Chandigarh: Today, students & Principal Dr. Jyoti Khanna of Dev Samaj College of Education, Sector 36 partied with Bapu Dham kids kids  in Yuvsatta’s centre in the slum settlement.
The occasion was a unique birthday party, which volunteers of Yuvsatta joyfully celebrate every last Saturday of the month for the girls born in that month in [...]

Chandigarh: The participants of various courses were awarded certificates at the valedictory function organized at “AASHA KIRAN” Vocational Training Center, Sector 46 D, Chandigarh today. Managing Director, CCWDC, Mrs. Amandeep Kaur, Honorary Director of AASHA KIRAN, Vinod Chadha, Assistant Directors, Micro Small Medium Enterprise (MSME) Development Institute Ludhiana, Kundan Lal, Sh. B.K. Chaudhary, and other [...]

New Delhi: Animal welfare organizations across the country will celebrate Animal Welfare Fortnight from tomorrow across the country. This is celebrated to create awareness among the masses about the humane treatment of animals and also for prevention of unnecessary pain and suffering to them. It will also generate a feeling of love and compassion for [...]

New Delhi: Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment is implementing the Centrally Sponsored “Babu Jagjivan Ram Chhatrawas Yojna” for construction of Hostels for SC Girls and Boys through Field implementing Agencies (States/UTs/Universities/NGOs). The Primary objective of the scheme is to attract the implementing agencies for undertaking hostel construction programme, especially for SC Girls towards the [...]

Amit Dwivedi writes: “Who said agriculture is a business of loss. I am saving more than Rs 80,000/- (about USD 1,750) every year and providing bread & butter to my 11 family members who are dependent on me,” said Prabhavati Devi, who lives in Sardar Nagar block of Gorakhpur district. She has one and half [...]

Chandigarh: The Chandigarh Administration is concerned for the proper and absolute development of Children with special needs. Keeping this in view the UT Administration has established a School ‘Prayaas’ for these children. The Indian Council for Child Welfare with a Grant-in-Aid from the Department of Social Welfare Chandigarh Administration has set up the school.
Children with [...]

Chandigarh: On the occasion of World Environment Day Chandigarh Tourism in association with EonEcon Foundation conducted a conference-cum-interactive session on Responsible Tourism at Hotel Chandigarh Beckons, Sector 42.
The objective of the conference was to promote consciousness about social, economic and environmental responsibility of tourism and hotel industry and how it could be cost-effective. The meeting [...]

Shimla: Prof. Prem Kumar Dhumal, Chief Minister gave a clarion call to all the active voluntary organizations of the State to supplement the health awareness campaign of the State Government in order to build a healthy society. He was addressing the Annual Day function of Ashadeep, an NGO here last evening.
Chief Minister said that NGOs [...]

Chandigarh: Tourism that minimizes negative economic, environmental and social impacts, which is culturally sensitive, engenders respect between tourists and hosts and
builds local pride and confidence is RESPONSIBLE TOURISM.
To promote Responsible Tourism in the city, Chandigarh Tourism in collaboration with eonEcon Foundation will organize a conference on March 29 at UT Guest House, Sector 6. During [...]

Chandigarh: Students of Different colleges celebrated Holi with childrens with special needs at Prayaas RCHC, Sec-38, Chandigarh. Prayaas is a special school CWSN and handicapped children come to prayaas for different treatments like Physiotherapy, Occupational therapy, Speech therapy etc.
During celebrations Children enjoyed with students of S.D. college, MCM and CCET. Students also gave gifts like [...]

NAHAN: Over 50 handicapped children of Renuka area have been benefited with the programme launched to benefit them under the Sarv Shiksha Abhyan [SSA] in the recent past.
Under the SSA project Social Institute of Deliberate Human Immanence [SIDHI], a leading NGO of the area has been given the job to provide health assistance, treatment, aids [...]