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Taking Care of Children of Migrant Workers
A significant number of residents of Bhaggupurva hamlet in Nagnedi panchayat (Banda district) of Uttar Pradesh) migrate regularly from the village as they cannot earn their subsistence in the...
All is not well for the Mid-Day Meal Scheme in India
The beginning of the second week of the Parliament’s winter session witnessed questions regarding the government’s Mid-Day Meal Scheme (MDMS), the responses to which can be regarded as a report card on MDMS.
India ranks first in child deaths under 5 years of age: UNICEF report
Despite multiple health schemes running in parallel and many of these focusing on primary health care of children, India is falling behind; it’s time to examine lacunae in implementation
Bangalore boys torture 12-year-old
The juvenile perpetrators have been handed to the Child Welfare Committee
UN Committee Takes Stock of the Status of Child Rights on World Children’s Day
The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (UN-CRC)...
Proposing closure of govt schools, why is NEP ‘silent’ on universalising school education?
The Right to Education (RTE) Act 2009 has been...
Karnataka gov’t delays malnutrition alleviation report, HC warns of contempt proceedings
The Karnataka state government was jolted out of its reverie when the High Court rebuked it for its failure to submit a report on steps taken to alleviate rampant malnutrition in the state. The state government had failed to file the report detailing compliance with recommendations of a committee constituted by the HC despite multiple deadline extensions.
Children’s Day – Remembering Chacha Nehru and his indispensable legacy
‘Chacha Nehru’ as he is fondly called held a special place for children in his heart
Child Detention in Kashmir: Rights’ Activist Enakshi Ganguly questions JJ Committee’s report
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Affidavit reveals JJ Committee merely parroted DGP’s line denying...
Death Penalty In POCSO Act Imperils Child Victims Of Sexual Offences
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New Delhi: Amendment bills should fix loopholes in the...
SC directs Juvenile Justice Committee of J & K HC to investigate Illegal detention of Children
Petitioners had submitted that reports of rights violations are...
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