Crime Against Children: Handbook on Legal Processes for Police Launched
India’s Minister of Women and Child Development (WCD), Maneka Sanjay Gandhi, launched Tuesday the “Handbook on legal processes for police in respect of crime against children” at a function in New Delhi. Speaking on the occasion, Maneka Sanjay Gandhi urged…
India Takes Steps to Improve Child Protection
India’s Ministry of Women and Child Development (WCD) organized National Consultation on Child Protection in New Delhi on Tuesday. The conference deliberated on the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 and Protection of Children from Sexual Offences…
India Makes Preventive Strategy on Child Sexual Abuse
The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) in India held Thursday a consultation on development of Preventive Strategy on Child Sexual Abuse in Delhi. It was chaired by Stuti Kacker, Chairperson, NCPCR. She expressed her concern about growing…
New Guidance: 10 Steps to Successful Breastfeeding
WHO and UNICEF issued Wednesday new ten-step guidance to increase support for breastfeeding in health facilities that provide maternity and newborn services. Breastfeeding all babies for the first 2 years would save the lives of more than 820 000 children…
Children Are Dying Before Our Eyes in Syria: UNICEF Chief
The Executive Director of UNICEF Henrietta H. Fore has expressed her deep concern over the continuing violence in Syria. Reports suggest that another deadly chemical attack may have been carried out in Syria on Saturday in the town of Douma….
Maximum Number of Children Born in India on New Year’s Day
Approximately 386,000 babies were born on New Year’s Day, UNICEF said. Of these, over 90 per were born in less developed regions. Kiribati’s Christmas Island in the Pacific got 2018’s first baby; the United States, its last. Globally, over half…
Delhi Students and Parents Demand Educated Teachers in Schools
As school teachers are not quite eager to modernize the education system, RMN Foundation has decided to intensify its campaign. By Rakesh Raman As the education quality of Delhi’s schools has been in deep doldrums, hundreds of students and parents…
National Conference Opens on Innovation in School Education
Addressing a three-day national conference on innovation (Navonmesh) in school education at NCERT headquarters in New Delhi Tuesday, a Minister of Human Resources Development, Prakash Javadekar, emphasised the need to impart quality education to students. Javadekar said we are planning…




























