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Malnutrition and Disease Burden
A study led by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), has given comprehensive estimates of disease burden due to child and maternal...
19 Sep 2019 Issues Related to Children
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Recently, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal and Thailand became the first four countries in the World Health Organization’s Southeast Asia region to...
07 Sep 2019 Issues Related to Children
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Scheme to Screen Children for Leprosy & TB
The Union government has rolled out a scheme for universal screening of children below 18 years for leprosy and tuberculosis (TB). It is going to...
28 Aug 2019 Issues Related to Children
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India’s Child well-being Index Report
According to the recently released Child’s Well-Being Index Report, “Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Himachal Pradesh & Puducherry topped the...
28 Aug 2019 Issues Related to Children
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Children Abandoning Education in Mica Mining Districts
The survey on ‘education & well-being of children in mica mining areas of Jharkhand and Bihar’ has revealed that over 5,000 children,...
26 Aug 2019 Issues Related to Children
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Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (Amendment) Bill, 2019 and related concerns
The article is based on the recent Amendments in the POCSO Act, 2012 and the concerns related to the newly introduced death penalty in the law as...
12 Aug 2019 Issues Related to Children
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The World Breastfeeding Week (WBW) has been observed from 1st to 7th August 2019. The Food and Nutrition Board, Ministry of Women and Child...
09 Aug 2019 Issues Related to Children
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The Big picture - War against Human Trafficking
Human Trafficking has emerged as a significant problem all across the world. The World Day against Trafficking in Persons is observed every year on...
08 Aug 2019 Issues Related to Children
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Incidence of Cancer in Children
A recent study conducted by Lancet pointed out that 82% of cancer cases among children comes from poorer countries. According to the report,...
31 Jul 2019 Issues Related to Children
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Special Courts for POCSO Cases
The Supreme Court has directed the Centre to set up special courts to deal exclusively with Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO)...
26 Jul 2019 Issues Related to Children
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Child Labour in Film and Television Industry
The government is working to ensure “strict compliance” of norms on working conditions for children by film and television industry, as...
19 Jul 2019 Issues Related to Children
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The Central government and the Supreme Court, both have taken firm steps to tackle the rising number of sexual offences against children. The Union...
18 Jul 2019 Issues Related to Children
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The Human Resource Development (HRD) Ministry has received 35 complaints from 15 States and Union Territories (UTs) regarding substandard food...
15 Jul 2019 Issues Related to Children
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The National Crèche Scheme is being implemented by the Ministry of Women and Child Development. It is a centrally sponsored scheme being...
12 Jul 2019 Issues Related to Children
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The World Health Organization (WHO), has declared Sri Lanka, a measles-free country. Sri Lanka is the fifth country in the WHO southeast Asia...
10 Jul 2019 Issues Related to Children
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Effect of Social Media on Teens
As per a recent survey conducted by Fortis hospital, around 82% of students studying psychology in classes XI and XII in at least 200 schools across...
08 Jul 2019 Issues Related to Children
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National Food and Nutrition Security Analysis
According to the National Food and Nutrition Security Analysis report, malnutrition amongst children in India is projected to remain high, despite...
26 Jun 2019 Issues Related to Children
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The U.S. State Department has released the Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report for 2019. India continued to be placed in Tier-2 on the country...
22 Jun 2019 Issues Related to Children
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World Day against Child Labour
On 12th June 2002, the International Labour Organisation launched the World Day Against Child Labour. Since then, every year, the day is marked to...
15 Jun 2019 Issues Related to Children
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World Day Against Child Labour
A 'Baal Panchayat' (Children's Parliament) was organised in the Delhi by Kailash Satyarthi’s Children's Foundation on the occasion of World Day...
13 Jun 2019 Issues Related to Children
