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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...

UP: Insufficient nutrition packages cause rift between anganwadis and community

Union of Anganwadi workers urges the state government to supply adequate nutrition and resolve the conflict

Thanjavur minor’s suicide: Madras HC orders case transfer to CBI; rife with prejudices, hints at ‘religious conversion’ angle

The court while exercising its discretion in transferring the case, made several unwarranted comments about the case and the probability of forcible religious conversion in the case

Why does the Karnataka government not want children to eat eggs at mid day meals?

The powerful Lingayat community leaders of Karnataka want the state government to serve a “pure vegetarian” school meal

MP: Four babies killed in fire at government run hospital 

According to reports, the Kamla Nehru hospital in Bhopal lacked the necessary fire safety precautions despite repeated notices

Rajasthan to withdraw bill that mandates child marriage registration?

The bill that states if a groom is not 21 years and the bride is not 18 years old, their parents/guardians can register the marriage was passed in September

Can minor’s consent be considered in POCSO cases?

The Gujarat High Court sets aside conviction of rape under POCSO Act, as the minor girl and the convict were married and girl had borne 2 children

K’taka HC directs state gov’t to come up with scholarship for children of manual scavengers

The court has given the government 30 days to come up with a uniform scheme for the same

Uttar Pradesh: Dalit school children thrashed, made to sit separately in Amethi

Second case of discrimination in a week, exposes deep caste based prejudices in the state’s schools 

UP: NHRC sets up inquiry in minor boy’s death by suicide after spending 3 months in jail

The Commission has questioned whether the police and the court followed proper procedure to determine the juvenility of the young boy. Meanwhile FIR for abetment of suicide has been filed against the policemen

Over 1.28 lakh cases of crime against children in 2020, yet there is eerie silence on issue 

Horrific details of the Dalit child’s rape and murder in Delhi crematorium by priest emerge, news of another child raped in Rajasthan reported

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