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Thane School Horror: Principal, attendant arrested for forcing girls to strip in menstruation check, case registered under POCSO

Girls as young as 10 were allegedly stripped and subjected to invasive checks by school staff in Thane’s Shahapur after bloodstains were found in a washroom, prompting arrests, protests, and charges under POCSO and the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita

Two Dalit teens assaulted for sitting on chair in Gujarat

A 14-year-old Dalit boy was assaulted by four members of the dominant Darbar community for sitting in a chair in their presence at a hotel in Banaskantha district, near Ahmedabad. A 19-year-old Dalit that tried to intervene was beaten up as well.

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)...

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

Affidavit reveals JJ Committee merely parroted DGP’s line denying...

Death Penalty In POCSO Act Imperils Child Victims Of Sexual Offences

New Delhi: Amendment bills should fix loopholes in the...

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