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Second Case in a Month: Another minor alleges torture in Gujarat police custody, cop and sanitation worker booked
A viral video showing a sanitation worker pulling out a Muslim minor’s hair as a police constable records and laughs has triggered outrage in Gujarat. This is the second case of alleged custodial torture of a minor in the state within a month, exposing systemic patterns of impunity, cruelty, and disregard for juvenile protection laws
Over 1,500 Children Homes caretakers arrested for child abuse, only 75 convicted
This figure is for the period 2017-2019, as per a submission in Parliament on sexual abuse of children in child care institutions set up under the Juvenile Justice Act
Who will decide how many children an Indian woman should bear?
Some Church Bishops encourage large families, while male Chief Minister ministers plan two-child laws, has anyone asked the women?
Indian children grossly underweight or stunted across Indian states
41 percent children underweight in Bihar, 46 percent stunted in Manipur between 2019 to 2020 as per Centre's submission during the ongoing monsoon session; Centre could provide data only for 22 States and Union Territories
Over 1.4 crore children in Bihar don’t have access to digital devices: Centre in LS
The Minister of Education answered questions about how online education has been disrupted due to the Covid-19 lockdown
Childhood vaccination rate declines worldwide for the first time in 28 years!
New research by Collateral Global shows Coronavirus pandemic restrictions significantly decreased global childhood vaccination rates
9,346 children abandoned, orphaned, lost a parent to Covid-19: NCPCR informs SC
The court had directed the district authorities to upload information about the number of children across India, who are in dire need of protection
Maha govt announces Rs. 5 lakh FD and monthly assistance for Covid-orphans
The state government announced that the newly declared schemes will run alongside other central government schemes for Covid-affected children
Shocking! Over 9,000 children test Covid-positive in May in Ahmednagar
While authorities assure that most cases are asymptomatic, the paediatric task force at the state and district levels have mobilised to plan for the third wave of Covid-19
Canada’s shame: Remains of 215 indigenous children unearthed at former residential school
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau orders flags on all federal buildings be flown at half mast, Kevin Annett’s memorandum details gritly details of torture
Upload information about children orphaned due to Covid: SC to Districts
District authorities across all states have been given time till May 30 to get the latest information about such children and the steps taken for their basic needs
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