children

WCD minister Smriti Irani appeals to people to report instances of child labour

NEW DELHI: On World Day Against Child Labour, women and child development minister Smriti Irani on Saturday appealed to every…

5 years ago

No takers yet for corp’s Gift a Smile plan

Thiruvananthapuram: ‘Gift a Smile’, the city corporation’s initiative to source smartphones from citizens to be given to deserving children for…

5 years ago

Jaipur readies medicines & infrastructure for children

JAIPUR: Since experts fear the third wave will affect children in large numbers, the health department has started preparing for…

5 years ago

Pune: 11 students who lost parents to Covid stay in school

PUNE: Four Zilla Parishad teachers from Ambegaon taluka will take care of the study material for 11 students who lost…

5 years ago

Govt to stock up IVIG for children before third wave

HUBBALLI: The state health department has started putting together a plan for a possible Covid-19 third wave.As health experts have…

5 years ago

People and state government embrace Covid orphaned children in Assam

GUWAHATI: Madhujamini Choudhury, a class VIII student of Guwahati, wants to study astrophysics when she grows up besides taking care…

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Odisha equipped to treat kids in case of possible 3rd wave: Doctors

BHUBANESWAR: Though there is no specific study to suggest that children will be among the worst affected in a possible…

5 years ago

Kids’ mental, physical health worry parents

BHUBANESWAR: Jagruti Mishra, mother of nine-year-old Sidhi is worried as her daughter struggles with simple mental maths and reading texts.Although…

5 years ago

1,400 kids in TN lost one or more parent to Covid

CHENNAI: “My father died of cardiac arrest two days after testing negative [for Covid-19] and came home from hospital.He was…

5 years ago

Over 9 million children globally could be pushed into child labour due to pandemic: Report

NEW DELHI: The number of children caught in child labour worldwide has risen to 160 million, an increase of 8.4…

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