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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,...

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

GoI claims 577 Covid-orphans, but numbers may far exceed official data: Outreach workers

Considering the number of Covid-death underreporting and rising number of children losing one parent, the situation may be worse than what the figure suggests, says NGO Save The Children.

Gauhati HC seeks data on number of children in prisons in Assam

The court also seeks to know the measures taken by jail authorities to contain the spread of COVID

SC seeks data on migrant children from all states

In a plea filed for enforcing rights of migrant children, the court has sought data on the benefits being provided to them

Why has CAPF man on poll duty, accused of molesting EC a minor not been arrested yet?

West Bengal Commission for Protection of Child Rights has written to the Election Commission of Bengal asking that immediate steps be taken against the accused 

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