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Destiny brings Messi and Yamal face-to-face again

A photograph shows a mosaic made by Kosovar artist Alkent Pozhegu with grain and seeds, depicting Argentina's Lionel Messi (R) and Spain's Lamine Yamal, in the town of Gjakova. (AFP)

Published 4 days ago

Play. It prepares us for learning and life

Writing as UNICEF Regional Ambassador for South Asia, Tendulkar expresses concern that children today have fewer opportunities to play because of shrinking open spaces, increasing academic pressure and growing screen time.

Updated 22 days ago

17 more children die with measles symptoms, death toll reaches 311

17 more children die with measles symptoms, death toll reaches 311

Published 77 days ago

Two water delivery contractors killed by Israeli forces in Gaza: UN

Two water delivery contractors killed by Israeli forces in Gaza: UN

Published 93 days ago

Bangladesh launches emergency measles-rubella drive after 100+ child deaths

A nurse treats a child suffering from measles at the Infectious Diseases Hospital in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Monday, April 6, 2026, amid a countrywide outbreak.

Published 104 days ago

ICC-UNICEF initiative: Italian cricketers play with Kolkata kids ahead of T20 World Cup match

ICC-UNICEF initiative: Italian cricketers play with Kolkata kids ahead of T20 World Cup match

Published 162 days ago

UNICEF to train docs, therapists of intervention centre for children in Aundh

As per officials, after being selected as a centre of excellence, the facility’s therapists, doctors and support staff have undergone intensive offline and online training, with several completing refresher sessions. (HT PHOTO)

Published 232 days ago

India on track to meet poverty-reduction goal, but 206 mn children still lack key services: UNICEF

India on track to meet poverty-reduction goal, but 206 mn children still lack key services: UNICEF

Published 242 days ago

Iran-backed Houthis raid UN agencies' offices in Yemen, detain one employee

During the raid, the Houthis detained at least one UN employee.

Published 323 days ago

Month-old baby's death in Gambia raises concern over female genital mutilation

The death has sparked outrage among women's rights defenders working to combat the deeply rooted cultural and religious practice that they say is a harmful violation against women and girls.

Published 342 days ago

8 missing, including an Irish missionary, after gunmen storm a Haiti orphanage

No one has so far claimed responsibility for the attack early on Sunday.

Published 349 days ago

UN: Sudan war is world's worst humanitarian crisis: 30 million need aid, 16 million of them kids

UN: Sudan war is world's worst humanitarian crisis: 30 million need aid, 16 million of them kids

Updated 494 days ago

Matt LeBlanc's post-Friends hiatus wasn't 'planned': Here's what happened

When Matt LeBlanc explained his post-FRIENDS hiatus

Published 495 days ago

Aid cuts could be paid in children's lives in Rohingya camps: UN

Aid cuts could be paid in children's lives in Rohingya camps: UN

Published 496 days ago

Infants as young as one among victims of sexual violence in Sudan: UNICEF

In this photograph released by UNICEF, a 16-year rape victim rests on a mattress at a UNICEF office in Sudan, Dec. 2, 2024.

Updated 503 days ago

Keen to be an intern at UNICEF? Check internship eligibility, how to apply here

Keen to be an intern at UNICEF? Check internship program, duration, eligibility

Updated 507 days ago

‘Nearly 250 million children missed school last year because of extreme weather’

UNICEF said the world's schools and education systems “are largely ill-equipped” to deal with the effects of extreme weather.

Updated 542 days ago

UNICEF says 250 million children missed school last year due to extreme weather

The United Nations Children's Fund, has released a report that says heatwaves, cyclones, flooding, and other extreme weather caused at least 242 million children in 85 countries to miss school last year.

Published 542 days ago

Over 500 Afghan children killed or injured by explosive remnants in 2024: UNICEF

Children receive training to recognize and avoid the dangers of explosive remnants. (X-@UNICEFAfg)

Updated 560 days ago

52 million+ children estimated to be out of school in conflict areas: UNICEF

Children in conflict-hit areas are having their rights violated, including being killed, injured, out of school, missing vaccines, and being critically malnourished, UNICEF said

Updated 567 days ago

Pakistan air pollution: 11 million children in Punjab in danger, warns UNICEF

Pedestrians walk along a road engulfed in thick smog in Lahore on November 11, 2024. Lahore, a city of 14 million people stuffed with factories on the border with India, regularly ranks among the world's most polluted cities, but it has hit record levels this month.

Updated 615 days ago

Gaza children 'extremely impacted' by war: UNICEF

Gaza children 'extremely impacted' by war: UNICEF

Published 658 days ago

UNICEF issues emergency tender to secure mpox vaccines

Mpox spreads from person to person mainly through close contact with someone who has the disease.

Published 688 days ago

Initial 1,000 days vital for child’s development: Experts

Actress Shabana Azmi, MP Medha Kulkarni, education commissioner Suraj Mandhare, paediatrician and neonatologist Dr Amita Phadnis, Indian Academy of Paediatrics former national president Dr Pramod Jog and actress Tanisha Mukherjee attended the conference organised by Gravittus Foundation in association with UNICEF on Wednesday. (REPRESENTATIVE PHOTO)

Updated 691 days ago

UNICEF, TYPA to hold photo contest on child rights, parenting

UNICEF seminar underway. (HT)

Updated 747 days ago

Over 2 million people stranded due to floods in Bangladesh

An aerial view shows flooded area in Companiganj of Sylhet district on June 20, 2024. In Sylhet, lashing rain and rivers swollen by flooding upstream in India also swamped heavily populated areas.

Published 759 days ago

Amidst Pakistan’s ‘education emergency, torching of girls’ schools is alarming

What explains the recent upshot in attacks on girls' schools, especially in the two Waziristans that border Afghanistan and have been former strongholds of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP)?

Published 776 days ago

Priyanka Chopra reacts as Kareena Kapoor becomes UNICEF India ambassador

Priyanka Chopra praised Kareena Kapoor on Instagram.

Published 806 days ago

Kareena Kapoor: Saif and I talk to each other with love so our sons can learn

Kareena Kapoor Khan on Jeh and Taimur

Published 807 days ago

Over 24 crore children across East Asia and the Pacific at risk due to heatwave

Over 24 crore children across East Asia and the Pacific at risk due to heatwave

Published 830 days ago

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