Malala Yousufzai, the Pakistani teenage rights activist shot in the head by Taliban, has made her first video statement on Monday, since she was nearly killed, saying she was recovering and thanked everyone for her "second life". Speaking clearly but with a slight stiffness in her upper lip, 15-year-old Malala said she was "getting better, day by day." ...
09:03 PM, Feb 04, 2013
On Saturday, the UN Education Envoy Gordon Brown will deliver the Avaaz campaign signed by over 855,000 citizens from across the world to Pakistan's President Zardari calling on him to roll out a massive education stipend programme for girls education across Pakistan. Pakistan already has an existing stipend programme incentivising 600,000 poor families to send their girls to school and Avaaz members are calling for it to be scaled up...
01:57 AM, Nov 10, 2012
New Delhi: Hockey India on Wednesday announced the list of 32 junior women hockey players who will get monthly stipend of Rs 10,000 starting from July. Hockey India will give each player Rs 1,20,000 per annum which is equal to Rs 10,000 per month payable at every quarter. The payments to these players will start from July-September quarter. "This amount will provide a big support for players in purchasing their...
05:13 PM, Jun 06, 2012
