Child Abuse
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Child abuse awareness: Supreme Court agrees for short clip on crime against children
India | Jul 26, 2019, 09:49 AM ISTIn a report submitted to the court, senior advocate V. Giri, an amicus curiae in the PIL registered by the court under the title "In re Alarming Rise in The Number of Reported Child Rape Incidents", said: "A short clip intended to spread an awareness of the subject in general, namely, prevention of child abuse and prosecution of crimes against children, should necessarily be screened in every movie hall and could also be transmitted by various television channels at regular intervals."
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Jaipur's 'sexual predator' reveals chilling details; sent to judicial custody in 7-year-old's rape case
Jul 08, 2019, 07:24 PM ISTShocking details have emerged in 7-year-old rape case in Jaipur's Shastri Nagar. Main accused, who goes by the name Sikandar alias Jeewanu alias Jahid has been sent to 14-day judicial custody. Interrogation has revealed chilling details of how he used to rape and sodomise kids.
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8-year-old forced to sit on hot tiles for stealing from temples
Jun 17, 2019, 07:41 PM ISTThe victim has been admitted to a local hospital with burns.
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Uttarakhand: Security guard kills 6-year old girl, rapes her corpse
Apr 29, 2019, 10:43 AM ISTSSP Office PRO Anurodh Kumar said the girl had gone missing on Friday when she was playing with other children at her hutment.
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Two women helpers accused of sexually assaulting three year old girl in Hyderabad
Apr 15, 2019, 08:57 AM ISTThe child's mother has filed the complaint with Madhapur police on April 10, stating that the women helpers had inserted stones in her daughter's private parts.
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41-year-old Indian-origin man sentenced to life in US for sexually exploiting minor
World | Apr 13, 2019, 10:38 AM ISTDeepak Deshpande, who hails from California, pleaded guilty in October last year. The District Judge Carlos Mendoza had sentenced him of imprisonment.
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Bihar: CBI registers FIRs against 2 shelter homes in Gaya for abuse of minors
India | Jan 16, 2019, 07:01 PM ISTThe Supreme Court had directed the CBI to probe alleged abuse of inmates at 17 shelter homes listed in a study conducted by Tata Institute of Social Sciences.
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Sex abuse in shelter homes: Things are not all that good, says SC
India | Oct 08, 2018, 10:23 PM IST"Can you think of some kind of a national level institute or a body where you can get experts from institutes like Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), the National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro-Sciences (NIMHANS) which are connected with child protection. It would be a wholly expert body," the bench asked.
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Google announces new AI technology to fight online child sexual abuse
Internet | Sep 04, 2018, 07:58 AM ISTGoogle said its cutting-edge AI technology uses deep neural networks for image processing to help discover and detect child sexual abuse material (CSAM) online.
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Bihar: Buddhist monk held for alleged sexual abuse of 15 boys in Bodh Gaya
India | Aug 30, 2018, 08:03 AM ISTThe monk ran an institution called "Prasanna Jyoti Buddhist School and Meditation Centre" at Mastipur village in Bodh Gaya where the 15 children - all hailing from Karbi Anglong district in Assam - were studying.
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Salman Khan condemns child abuse and sexual harassment
Celebrities | May 16, 2018, 07:14 AM ISTSalman Khan said people need to stand up against barbaric incidents like the Kathua and Unnao rape and murder.
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Kathua rape victim's agony turning feeble amid communal bickering and political blame game
India | Apr 18, 2018, 04:10 PM ISTThe brutality and inhumanity has once again brought the nation back to square one. It seems that there is no end to this shame.
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Sexual touch at an initial age can trigger early puberty, study
Lifestyle | Sep 22, 2017, 04:40 PM ISTA new study reported that sexual touch has a bigger role play on puberty than previously assessed.
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Young designer Sumiran Kabir Sharma brings child abuse, women trafficking issues on LFW ramp
Lifestyle | Aug 17, 2017, 12:17 PM ISTTalking about how this idea came into being, he said it all happened with an accidental car ride.
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On World Against Child Labour Day, Twitter unites to protect children and childhood
People | Jun 12, 2017, 07:21 PM ISTWorld Against Child Labour Day is observed to protect children from the evils of child labour and give their childhood back.
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Relative rapes 10-month-old baby girl in Gujarat
India | Apr 12, 2017, 03:28 PM ISTThe incident took place last night at Kanalus village in Lalpur taluka of the district when the girl was sexually assaulted by Mukesh Thakor (30), a cousin of her father
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Teenage trauma can increase the chances of depression during menopause
Lifestyle | Mar 31, 2017, 10:25 AM ISTWomen who go through several traumatic events during childhood or adolescence are more prone to depression in the years leading into menopause, a study has revealed.
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Girls who are subjected to child sexual abuse tend to hit puberty earlier than the other girls
Bollywood | Mar 29, 2017, 12:24 PM ISTYoung girls who’ve went through child sexual abuse are more likely to mature physically eight to twelve months earlier than their non-abused peers, reveals a study.
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Married Chennai couple held for running child porn websites
India | Jul 27, 2016, 10:29 AM ISTA married couple has been arrested in Chennai for running websites featuring child pornography and collecting hefty amounts as membership fee to view the illegal obscene content
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WCD ministry to come up with e-dropbox for children to report abuse
India | Jun 27, 2016, 12:18 PM ISTThe Women and Child Development Ministry will soon come up with an online facility for children to complain about abuse in school, society or at home, keeping their identities secret. The WCD ministry is working on an e-dropbox that will let children