Madhya Pradesh is the one of the biggest contributors to neo-natal and child mortality in the world, says a report presented to the UN Human Rights Council. The report given by the Asian Legal Resource…
Out of School children among Muslims are highest
NEW DELHI: AS the government works to improve quality of education and learning outcomes at school, it can draw some comfort from the dwindling number of out-of-school children. A Educational Consultants of India/HRD ministry-sponsored survey…
One third of world's undernourished children lives in…
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's rapid economic growth has failed to cut alarmingly high malnutrition rates, leaving it "two generations" behind China, a leading expert said on Wednesday. India is home to one-third of the…
21 % of under-five deaths are in India
[caption id="attachment_5993" align="alignleft"]A women begging for cremation funds for her child[/caption]NEW DELHI: First the good news — 10,000 fewer children are now dying every day before reaching their fifth birthday compared to 1990. The bad…
India's generation of children crippled by uranium waste
Observer investigation uncovers link between dramatic rise in birth defects in Punjab and pollution from coal-fired power stations. Their heads are too large or too small, their limbs too short or too bent. For some,…
Actress arrested for burning her 10 year old…
New Delhi - Indian police Saturday arrested a television actress in Mumbai for allegedly beating and injuring her 10-year-old maid, news reports said. Urvashi Dhanorkar was accused of brutally assaulting Rameshwari, locking up the child…
Demand for redefining age of child' labourer
PUNE: On the occasion of the Anti-Child Labour Day,' which is observed in India on April 30, a section of the non-government organisations here demanded revoking of a new government resolution (GR), which confined the…
No form of corporal punishment will be tolerated:…
CHENNAI: The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) will soon write to Collectors across the country, instructing them to hold meetings with all school heads and convey that no form of corporal punishment…
Study suggests transfer of poor health from mother…
Boston, MA—Researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) have found a link between a mother's height and the health of her children in a study using national data from India. according to UNICEF,…