Children
- Offbeat
Internet storms over memo denying workers leave for child’s sickness
Social media platform Reddit is fuming over an unnamed office memo posted on the notice board of a company directing employees not to take leaves due to their child’s illness. The notice…
- India
The real story of survival: Children of landslide-hit Wayanad back to school
Wayanad: They looked fresh in new uniforms and seemed relieved when they reunited with their friends after weeks, putting behind the trauma of a natural calamity that may have scarred them for…
- India
Centre asks states to focus on schemes on women and children’s nutrition, safety
New Delhi: WCD Minister Annapurna Devi on Saturday met her counterparts from states and union territories and other administrators, urging them to focus on three missions of the ministry i.e on children’s…
- Telangana
Telangana: 3076 children rescued under Operation Muskan in July
Telangana: As many as 3076 children were rescued between July 1 and July 31 in Operation Muskan. Nearly 644 children were rescued by the Cyberabad police alone. Those rescued included 934 children…
- Telangana
Telangana: Two children attacked by stray dogs in Gadwal
Hyderabad: As the dog menace continues to grow in the state, two children were attacked by a pack of stray dogs, leaving them injured in Hamali Colony, Gadwal of Mahbubnagar district, on…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Kompally children complain to cops over stray dog menace
Hyderabad: Children from the Kompally area on Sunday complained to the Pet Basheerabad police station about the growing stray dog menace in their area. A group of children, hailing from various colonies…
- India
Health Ministry trashes reports highlighting high number of ‘zero dose children’ in India
New Delhi: The Union Health Ministry on Thursday said media reports stating that India has a high number of ‘zero dose children’, who did not receive any vaccine, in comparison to other…
- World
UNSC to meet on Russian attack on Ukraine children’s hospital
United Nations: Security Council is scheduled to take up on Tuesday Russia’s bombing of a children’s hospital in Ukraine that Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has condemned as “particularly shocking”. Ukraine’s largest children’s health…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad’s Rainbow Homes transform lives of abandoned, abused girls
Hyderabad: Shruthi (name changed) was just a child born in an underprivileged household when she lost her father. Her step-father got her married when she was just 14. Her husband turned out…
- India
India hosts event on women, children’s health at World Health Assembly
New Delhi: Union Health Secretary Apurva Chandra on Thursday outlined India’s commitment to implement proactive actions for the health and well-being of women, children and adolescents, an official statement said. Chandra was…
- India
Seven newborns die in fire at east Delhi children’s hospital
New Delhi: A massive fire broke out at a children’s hospital in east Delhi’s Vivek Vihar, leaving seven newborns dead, officials said on Sunday. The officials of the Delhi Fire Services (DFS)…
- Lifestyle
89 per cent Indian mothers concerned about kids’ screen time
A recent report by market research firm Techarc revealed that a significant 89 per cent of Indian mothers are worried about the screen time of their children. The study, conducted on 600…
- News
Pakistani man kills wife, seven children over financial concerns
A man in Pakistan’s Punjab province allegedly killed his wife and seven minor children on Friday, April 12. The accused, identified as Sajjad Khokhar, a laborer, reportedly attacked his wife, Kausar, 42,…
- India
Congress gives LS tickets to kin of Kharge, 5 Karnataka ministers
Bengaluru: AICC President M Mallikarjun Kharge’s son-in-law and the children of five ministers figure in the second list of 17 candidates in Karnataka announced by the Congress on Thursday for the Lok…
- India
Illegal ‘Bal Ashram’ sealed in Indore; 25 girls moved to other places
Indore: A children’s home in Indore in Madhya Pradesh was sealed after it was found to be running illegally, and 25 girls in the facility were shifted to other places, officials said…
