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Maharashtra: Seven districts saw 14,526 child deaths in three years says Govt

In sharp contrast to other development parametres, these high infant mortality figures, reveal an institutional malaise that needs urgent addressing

Kota infant death case becomes NHRC’s first case of the year

The infant death toll reached 107 after NHRC took suo moto cognizance of the case and asked for a detailed report.

No benches, no drinking water for 400 students of BMC-run school

However, parents prefer the Jarimari Municipal Urdu School for its proximity and efforts taken by teachers

Did UP police sexually torture minors in custody?

Reports of teenage boys being admitted in hospital with what could be sexual injuries

Poverty forces Kerala children to eat mud to survive

An alcoholic husband has pushed Sridevi and her six kids to this situation

No country for children: 35-year-old rapes, murders 8-year-old in Karnataka

The accused approached the girl near her school and lured her away with chocolates

UP: Days after milk adulteration scandal, vermin found in Mid-Day Meal dal

On December 3, a dead rat was found in a mid-day meal (MDM) served to middle school students in UP’s Muzaffarnagar.

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Parents ‘foreigner’, 31 children deprived of education languish in Assam’s detention camps

The Assam Legislative Assembly has been informed that there are total 31 children in detention camps, figures valid till November 20, 2019.

35 year-old attempts to rape 4 year-old, paraded naked: Nagpur

He used to visit her home daily for his work as a cash collection agent

Sonbhadra: 1L of milk given to 81 students as part of their mid-day meal!

A primary school was allegedly caught giving adulterated milk to its students as part of their mid-day meal in Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh. A video demonstrating the cook adding one litre of milk to a bucket of water went viral on social media this Tuesday, on November 26.

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