You can’t miss the smile of this child
New Delhi, Dec 7 (IANS) An adorable video of a little girl has gone viral on social media in which the child is reacting to …
Climate crisis threatening child rights: Unicef
Madrid, Dec 7 (IANS) The climate crisis is threatening to roll back progress on child rights without sufficient urgent investment in solutions that benefit the …
Felicity Jones pregnant with her first child: Report
New York, Dec 5 (IANS) Actress Felicity Jones is reportedly expecting her first child with husband Charles Guard. While not many details have been shared …
Babita Phogat takes extra steps for girl child: 8 ‘pheras’
Mumbai/New Delhi, Dec 3 (IANS) Indian woman wrestler Babita Phogat has taken extra steps — quite literally — to endorse the cause of the girl …
Kerala mother hands 4 kids to child welfare
Thiruvananthapuram, Dec 2 (IANS) The state capital hung its head in shame after the news broke out that a mother, unable to feed her six …
Navy couple’s struggle for justice for their child
New Delhi, Nov 30 (IANS) In a relief to a defence officer couple who have been seeking justice for their child, who fell to his …
Placenta changes in older moms not good for male child’s heart
London, Nov 30 (IANS) Changes occur in the placenta in mothers over age 35 leading to a greater likelihood of poor health in their male …
Tom cruise too old for action: ‘Jack Reacher’ novelist Lee Child
Los Angeles, Nov 26 (IANS) Lee Child, the novelist who writes the ‘Jack Reacher’ series of bestsellers, thinks Hollywood superstar Tom Cruise is “too old …
Want no child marriages in India: Tahira Kashyap
New Delhi, Nov 24 (IANSlife) Writer-filmmaker Tahira Kashyap Khurrana, says that she wants an India free of child marriages. But, it’s unfortunate that as of …
Saroj Khan to help dancers’ girl child to get free education
Mumbai, Nov 20 (IANS) Veteran choreographer Saroj Khan, who began dancing in movies at the tender age of 10, has been named as the brand …
To deal with child pornography, CBI sets up special unit
New Delhi, Nov 15 (IANS) In a bid to deal with child pornography, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Friday said that it has …
Big B shares letter by child Abhishek
Mumbai, Nov 15 (IANS) Megastar Amitabh Bachchan has shared an old letter penned by his son Abhishek Bachchan when he was a child. Amitabh took …
On Children’s Day, Sonowal launches app for securing child rights
Guwahati, Nov 14 (IANS) Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Thursday launched a mobile app — ‘Shishu Suraksha’ — of the Assam State Commission for …
Children design postage stamps on child rights
New Delhi, Nov 14 (IANS) Two postage stamps touching of the theme of child rights, designed by Indian children as part of a UNICEF competition, …
Boman Irani: Every child should have access to education
Mumbai, Nov 14 (IANS) Thursday is Children’s Day, and veteran actor Boman Irani used the occasion to draw attention to the fact that every child …
FB shares data on child abuse, terror content on Instagram
San Francisco, Nov 14 (IANS) Facebook has shared for the first time data on how it takes action against child nudity and child sexual exploitation, …
Twitter leads in child abuse content on social media: Report
London, Nov 11 (IANS) The UK-based Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) has revealed that nearly half of the child abuse content in the social media space …
Microsoft’s Bing still serving up child porn: Report
San Francisco, Nov 10 (IANS) Microsoft’s search engine Bing is still serving child porn, according to an online safety start-up, which said certain search terms …
Sanjay Suri: Hope ‘Jhalki’ starts a discussion on child labour
Mumbai, Nov 9 (IANS) Actor-producer Sanjay Suri plays a pivotal role in the upcoming film “Jhalki” that is based on the issue of child labour …
‘Jhalki’ isn’t a children’s film but about child labour: Director
Mumbai, Nov 9 (IANS) Filmmaker Brahmanand S. Siingh’s upcoming feature “Jhalki” addresses the issue of child labour and trafficking. He says although the film is …
‘Only child’ 7 times more likely to be obese
New York, Nov 7 (IANS) Parents with only child are more likely to tackle an obese kid as children without siblings may be at a …
SC seeks fresh report on child rights violation in J&K
New Delhi, Nov 5 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Tuesday sought another report from the Jammu and Kashmir High Court’s Juvenile Justice Committee on a …
Comedy in India a ten-year-old child
New Delhi, Oct 31 (IANSlife) Stand-up comedian Kunal Rao says his latest show “Done”, which is now premiered on Amazon Prime is inspired by his …
Two-child policy stirs hornet’s nest in Assam
Guwahati, Oct 29 (IANS) The Assam government’s recent announcement on two-child policy seems to have stirred a hornet’s nest in Assam as Chief Minister Sarbananda …
PIL filed on ‘negligence’ in child’s death in TN borewell
New Delhi, Oct 29 (IANS) The latest deplorable incident of the death of a two-year old boy, who fell into in an open borewell in …
Dushyant is like child, says estranged legislator uncle
Chandigarh, Oct 26 (IANS) Haryana Deputy Chief Minister-designate Dushyant Chautala is like a child and his support to the BJP government is unconditional, newly elected …
Yogi launches scheme for girl child
Lucknow, Oct 25 (IANS) On the occasion of Dhanteras, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday launched his ambitious ‘Sumangla Kanya Yojna’, a scheme …
What if Canada implemented a 2-child minimum policy?
PRADIP [email protected] In countries such as India, limiting the number of children each couple can have is seen as necessary in order to prevent all …
Ahead of bifurcation, J&K women and child rights panel wound up
Srinagar, Oct 24 (IANS) Ahead of its formal bifurcation into two Union Territories on October 31, the Jammu and Kashmir government on Wednesday wound up …
Assam to implement two-child norm from 2021
Guwahati, Oct 22 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in Assam has decided that people with more than two children will be ineligible for …
Taapsee, Bhumi pledge to support girl child empowerment
Mumbai, Oct 22 (IANS) Taapsee Pannu and Bhumi Pednekar have pledged to support the cause of girl child empowerment. The two actresses joined hands with …
Ayushmann Khurrana joins fight against child sexual abuse
Mumbai, Oct 22 (IANS) Actor Ayushmann Khurrana has teamed up with the government and UNICEF to speak up against sexual abuse of children. The “Article …
UN chief calls for ending child poverty
United Nations, Oct 18 (IANS) UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urged the international community to empower children to end poverty. In his message for the International …
Huge international child pornography network busted
Washington, Oct 17 (IANS) American, British and South Korean officials announced at a news briefing here on Wednesday that they have busted one of the …
Kailash Satyarthi wants UNSC to act on child pornography
New Delhi, Oct 12 (IANS) With the internet being increasingly used for child pornography and trafficking, Nobel laureate Kailash Satyarthi is pitching for action led …
Sahher Bambba celebrates Girl Child Day with orphan girls
Mumbai, Oct 11 (IANS) On the occasion of International Girl Child Day on Friday, actress Sahher Bambba took out time to spend a day with …
Andhra couple seeks mercy killing for ailing child
Amaravati, Oct 10 (IANS) A couple have moved a court in Andhra Pradesh seeking permission for mercy killing of their one-year-old daughter as they are …
Facebook encryption to make child porn rampant: FBI head
Washington, Oct 5 (IANS) If Facebook continues with its data encryption project, it will only help child pornographers flourish on the social networking platform without …
NDP pledges $10bn for child-care centres across Canada
Political parties that don’t have much of a chance of ever forming a government have the advantage of making outrageously expensive promises, the NDP is …
No child detained illegally in J&K: Report
New Delhi, Oct 1 (IANS) Though the Jammu and Kashmir administration is not illegally detaining any minor, it’s holding 144 juveniles since August 5, according …
Miley’s sister Noah Cyrus reveals pains of being a child star
Los Angeles, Sep 30 (IANS) Singer Miley Cyrus’s 19-year-old sister Noah Cyrus has candidly opened up on how being a child star hurt her self-confidence, …