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Rani Mukerji on National Girl Child Day: Fortunate to get projects that had strong female protagonists
On the occasion of National Girl Child Day on Sunday, Rani Mukerji opened up on the power of cinema to drive changes that could benefit women. The actress, who has been around in Bollywood for 24 years now, feels fortunate that she has, by and large, worked in films that offered her strong protagonists. By projecting girls well, cinema definitely tries to contribute towards showing how girls can be so much more than what society wanted them to be, she said.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday saluted the daughters of the nation on the occasion of the National Girl Child Day and praised all those working towards the empowerment of the girl child and ensure them a life of dignity and opportunity
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As the COVID-19 pandemic raged, organisations around the world raised alarms about the rise in child marriages. Non-profit organisation Save The Children warned that “half a million more girls are at risk of child marriage in the pandemic year, and the increase is set to reverse 25 years of progress, which saw child marriage rates decline.”
Analysis conducted by the NGO revealed that a further 2.5 million girls were at risk of early marriage by 2025, only because of the pandemic. Added to the 58.4 million child marriages taking place on average every five years, this amounts to a staggering 61 million child marriages by 2025, as reported by Save the Children.
10km and 5km runs held at Hyderabad s cable bridge
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Sun, Jan 24 2021 15:27 IST |
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Hyderabad, Jan 24 : Enthusiastic participation by youngsters and those young-at-heart was on display in the 10km and 5km runs organised on Sunday at the Durgam Cheruvu cable-stayed bridge, a new landmark in Hyderabad, to mark the National Girl Child Day.
Over 1,000 people participated in the first-ever running events held on the bridge, which was thrown open to the public in September last. A large number of boys and girls were among the enthusiastic participants.
Arvind Kumar, Secretary, Urban Development, government of Telangana, flagged off the runs organised by Inorbit Mall.