{"id":330539,"date":"2021-01-24T08:12:23","date_gmt":"2021-01-24T08:12:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=330539"},"modified":"2021-01-24T08:12:23","modified_gmt":"2021-01-24T08:12:23","slug":"we-salute-indias-daughters-and-their-accomplishments-in-various-fields-pm-modi-on-national-girl-child-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/we-salute-indias-daughters-and-their-accomplishments-in-various-fields-pm-modi-on-national-girl-child-day\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018We salute India\u2019s daughters and their accomplishments in various fields\u2019: PM Modi on National Girl Child Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-327810 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/modi.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"324\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2020\/10\/modi.jpg 584w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2020\/10\/modi-300x166.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/>Today is a day to appreciate all those working towards empowering the girl child and ensuring she leads a life of dignity and opportunity, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on National Girl Child Day on Sunday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">He said that the central government has undertaken many initiatives that focus on empowering the girl child including access to education, better healthcare and improving gender sensitivity.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">India celebrates the National Girl Child Day every year on January 24.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cOn National Girl Child Day, we salute our #DeshKiBeti and the accomplishments in various fields. The Central Government has undertaken many initiatives that focus on empowering the girl child, including access to education, better healthcare and improving gender sensitivity,\u201d PM Modi tweeted.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cToday is also a day to specially appreciate all those working towards empowering the girl child and ensuring she leads a life of dignity and opportunity,\u201d he added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Several other political leaders shared pictures of their achievers to mark the day.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Union Minister Smriti Irani shared a picture of her daughters on social media and said, \u201cMy daughters are my pride who have set out onto different frontiers with determination and confidence. Give a shoutout to a #DeshKiBeti and celebrate their achievements.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">External affairs minister S Jaishankar posted two photos of him with daughter and said, \u201cDaughters &#8211; a special joy, a unique bond. Their accomplishments always make us proud.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today is a day to appreciate all those working towards empowering the girl child and ensuring she leads a life of dignity and opportunity, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on National Girl Child Day on Sunday. He said that the central government has undertaken many initiatives that focus on empowering the girl child including access [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":327810,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[36],"tags":[316,13879],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/330539"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=330539"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/330539\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":330540,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/330539\/revisions\/330540"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media\/327810"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=330539"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=330539"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=330539"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}