PM Amazed By Japanese Boy's Hindi Greeting
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who arrived in Tokyo for a two-day visit, today morning interacted with children waiting to welcome him. | Read more|
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23 Students From 4 Noida Schools Tested Positive In Past 3 Days: Official
Twenty-three school students from four schools in Uttar Pradesh's Noida, neighbouring Delhi, have tested positive for the coronavirus in the last three days, an official said on Wednesday. | Read more|
Supreme Court Sets Aside Bombay High Court's "Skin To Skin" Judgement
The Supreme Court today ruled that "skin to skin" contact is not necessary for a crime to be considered under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act. Calling it a "narrow interpretation of the law", the court set aside a Bombay High Court judgement that had acquitted a man saying, "groping a minor' | Read more|
‘Dead lizard’ in noon meal, 17 Anganwadi children hospitalised in Cuddalore
Seventeen Anganwadi children have been hospitalised after consuming a noon meal that allegedly had a dead lizard in it at Boothamkattikambalimedu in Tamil Nadu’s Cuddalore district on Monday. | Read more|
UP village empties out as 12 die after fever; officials test for dengue, malaria
Silence envelops Kursauli village under Kalyanpur Block of Kanpur Nagar district on Saturday afternoon, with many houses locked. With panic spreading due to the death of at least 12 people in the last one month here due to a “mysterious fever”, many have left. On Saturday, another death was reported, of village hea | Read more|
"Paediatric Facilities Nowhere Close," Report Warns On 3rd Wave, Children
There is insufficient evidence to suggest a third Covid wave will affect children more than adults, the National Institute of Disaster Management has said, while warning there is still "cause for worry, if not panic" so long as they remain unvaccinated and existing medical facilities remain inadequate. | Read more|
Free Health Insurance For Children Orphaned Due To Covid: Anurag Thakur
Amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the government has decided to give free health insurance of ₹ 5 lakh to children up to the age of 18 years, who were orphaned due to the pandemic, said Union Minister Anurag Thakur. The premium will be paid from Prime Minister's Citizen Assistance and Relief in Emergency Situations | Read more|
Covid Vaccine For Children Likely Next Month: Health Minister To BJP MPs
Covid vaccines for children are likely in a matter of days, Prime Minister Narendra Modi was told this morning at a meeting of BJP MPs at parliament. Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said at the meeting of the BJP's parliamentary party that the government would likely start vaccinating children next month, accor | Read more|
New Education Policy: Breakfast for school children besides mid-day meals
The mid-day meals provided to students in government or aided schools should be supplemented by breakfast, the new National Education Policy (NEP) has proposed. As per news report of PTI, the policy which was approved by the Union Cabinet earlier this week has noted that morning hours after a nutritious breakfast can b | Read more|
Let migrant children bid for asylum separate from parents' cases, lawyers say
Lawyers for a group of migrant children are fighting to ensure that the kids can plead for asylum independently of their parents’ cases—even though the children have been reunited with their parents after prolonged separation at the border. | Read more|