Girls

Rajasthan plans to distribute scooters to 30,000 meritorious girl students

According to the scheme, if all the girl students apply for an e-scooter, the state government will spend around Rs 390 crore on this in FY24

30% of minority seats earmarked for girls, Smriti Irani tells Rajya Sabha

Smriti said, govt has undertaken several steps to encourage education among the children from minority communities to empower them both educationally as well as for their socio-economic welfare

Isro launches 3 satellites; including one developed by 750 girl students

AzaadiSAT sends message of 'Namaste World: From the G20 presidency' after reaching orbit

Taliban deny entry of female students in campus for not wearing Burqa

The Afghan girls were forced to remain outside the entry gate as the students were not following the norms of the Taliban's preferred attires, Khaama Press reported.

Here's the data on India's 'missing baby girls' and the likely consequences

Indian Muslims also now have a sex ratio at birth (106 boys per 100 girls) that is close to the natural norm seen in India prior to the introduction of prenatal testing

Immense priority accorded to empowering girl child by govt: PM Modi

On the occasion of National Girl Child Day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday asserted that the focus is on ensuring dignity as well as opportunities to her.

BOI to adopt 10 girl children under 'Star Angel' initiative in Ladakh

The newly opened Leh branch of state-run Bank of India (BOI) is going to adopt 10 girl children under the star angel initiative in Ladakh, its top official said on Sunday.

Instagram is bad for teens and Facebook knew it despite claiming otherwise

Facebook's policy of pursuing profits regardless of documented harm has sparked comparisons to Big Tobacco, which knew in the 1950s that its products were carcinogenic but publicly denied it

Children of mid-day meal scheme beneficiaries show better growth: Study

The study, which was recently published in journal Nature Communications, is titled 'Intergenerational nutrition benefits of India's national school feeding program'

CBSE Single Girl Child scholarship extended till Oct 31: Know full details

Students willing to apply for the CBSE Merit Scholarship Scheme for Single Girl Child need to qualify their CBSE class 10 examination with 60% marks or more

As India gets richer, fewer girls are born

Census data shows India's child sex ratio has declined from 976 in 1961 to 914 in 2011

Girls should not be called 'girls': UK schools

Teachers have been told that they should instead use gender-neutral words such as pupils or students