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The youth caught in the exam leak crisis

For a student preparing for a competitive examination, the exam date can mean months of work coming down to a few hours. There are early mornings, long study sessions,...

At least 16 dengue deaths within 3 days in UP

Families faced with lack of hospital beds in dengue-ridden districts like Firozabad and Gorakhpur

Myanmar refugee children can now go to school in Mizoram

The north-eastern state permitted admission to school for the children on humanitarian grounds

22 children of foreign nationals living in Assam Detention Camps!

The children are living with their mothers - nine women who are believed to hail from Myanmar and Bangladesh - lodged in three out of six detention camps

Over 8,000 children died by suicide in 2019: Centre

There is also a rising trend in the number of suicides due to unemployment, and amongst students from 2016 to 2019

Child labour still prevalent in India

58,289 children have been rescued or rehabilitated between 2020 to 2021, 770 cases registered under Prohibition of Child Labour Act in 2019

Covid orphans: Mismatch in figures provided by WCD Ministry and NCPCR

While WCD Min says only 645 children lost their parents, NCPCR pegs the number at over 3,000!

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

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