Child Rights
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Jharkhand parents' body urges NCPCR to action against Dhanbad school principal
Jharkhand | Jan 13, 2025, 01:28 PM ISTDhanbad school principal was accused of ordering 80 girls of class 10 to remove their shirts for writing messages on them, prompting the administration to initiate an inquiry.
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Child rights body calls for stopping state funding to madrassas until compliance with RTE norms
India | Oct 12, 2024, 02:06 PM ISTThe NCPCR report said that there was a lack of accountability in many madrassas, where physical safety concerns, such as poor infrastructure and cases of child rights violations, have been reported.
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NCPCR summons Netflix for showing adult content accessible by minor children
India | Jul 24, 2024, 07:47 AM ISTThe NCPCR has warned that failure to comply with the notice could attract legal consequences, and directed the top officials to appear before it on July 29.
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Child rights body directs FIR against Darul Uloom Deoband over Ghazwa-e-Hind fatwa
India | Feb 22, 2024, 08:13 PM ISTPriyank Kanoongo in the letter emphasised the alleged violation of Section 75 of the Juvenile Justice Act, 2015 and said this fatwa is exposing children to hatred against one's own country and eventually causing them unnecessary mental or physical suffering.
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NCPCR asks states to conduct inquiry into govt-funded madrassas admitting non-Muslim students
India | Dec 09, 2022, 03:55 PM ISTThe commission also asked the states and Union Territories "to map all unmapped madrasas in your states and Union Territories and admit any or all children into schools for availing formal education with immediate effect."
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UNICEF concerned over 'grave child rights violations' in Afghanistan
World | Oct 18, 2021, 12:24 PM ISTIn a statement issued by the UNSC, the members of the Security Council expressed their deepest sympathy and condolences to the families of the victims, and they wished a speedy and full recovery to those who were injured.
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DCPCR helpline services restored after nearly day-long disruption
India | Jul 02, 2021, 11:24 AM ISTThe helpline services of the Delhi Commission for Protection of Child Rights (DCPCR) have resumed after being disrupted for nearly a day due to a fire at its office in Noida.
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20,000 prospective parents and only 1,991 kids: Adoption scene in India
India | Aug 05, 2018, 01:21 PM ISTOn a query on the number of children available for adoption in 2017-18, it was informed that the figure is 1,991 including 1,322 girls.
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594 child soldiers among 12,000 LTTE members rehabilitated by Sri Lanka govt
World | Jul 24, 2018, 07:25 PM ISTThere were 594 child soldiers among those rehabilitated during the period from 2008 to 2018, the RTI reply said.
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About 23 million children in age group of 15-18 years working in India: CRY
India | Jul 11, 2018, 05:33 PM ISTThe report by the Child Rights and You (CRY) said about 9.2 million children in the age group of 15-19 years are married and 2.4 million girls in the age group are mothers.
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Child rights body issues notice to Rahul Gandhi over Dalit abuse video he shared on Twitter
India | Jun 20, 2018, 07:18 AM ISTRahul Gandhi had tweeted about the incident tagging the video, and blamed the BJP and RSS for rising atrocities against backward classes.
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UP: In Yogi regime, primary school students being forced to study without sweaters
India | Dec 13, 2017, 11:33 PM ISTThe India TV team, which visited one of the schools in the state capital's Jiyamau area, saw that while teachers and staff were decked in woollens to stand the cold, none of the children had sweaters.
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SC order criminalising sex with minor wife a game-changer, key lies in implementation of laws
India | Oct 13, 2017, 01:50 PM ISTThe judgment brings the focus on this crucial shortcoming in our society that has been accentuated both by societal mindsets as well as State apathy.
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Kailash Satyarthi to launch two campaigns for child rights this year
India | Feb 15, 2016, 05:55 PM ISTJaipur : Nobel Laureate Kailash Satyarthi plans to launch this year his most ambitious campaign against child labour “100 million to 100 million” and “a biggest moral platform” that would be a very deep and
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PM Modi should come forward to save Indian childhood:Kailash Satyarthi
India | Nov 03, 2015, 03:48 PM ISTNew Delhi: It's very rare that a person's name becomes synonymous with a noble cause across the world. Kailash Satyarthi is one such name. The moment one mentions ‘child rights', the face that immediately strikes
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Kailash Satyarthi to launch global campaign against child labour
National | Aug 04, 2015, 07:39 AM ISTNew Delhi: Nobel Peace Prize winner and child rights activist Kailash Satyarthi has said that he will soon be launching his "most ambitious and longest-ever" campaign against child labour."I am planning to launch my most
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SC directs government to appoint child rights panel chief, members
India | Jan 14, 2015, 08:00 AM ISTNew Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the central government to appoint the chairman and the members of the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights as same was dysfunctional on account of their
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Indian and Pakistan can come together for child rights: Malala Yousafzai
World | Dec 11, 2014, 08:06 AM ISTOslo: Pakistani teenage activist Malala Yousafzai on Wednesday said that her winning the Nobel Peace Prize jointly with Kailash Satyarthi shows the world that an Indian and a Pakistani can be united in peace and
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SC raps states for not having child rights commissions
India | Jan 03, 2013, 08:22 PM ISTNew Delhi,Jan 3: Altogether 19 states and Union territories were asked on Thursday by the Supreme Court to explain their failure to set up commissions for protection of child rights through effective implementation of relevant
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Bangalore NGO Abusing Children Sexually Raided, 42 Rescued
India | Mar 02, 2012, 10:24 AM ISTBangalore, Mar 2: Karnataka Commission for Protection of Child Rights (KCPCR) raided an NGO office located at Chelagatta area of Bellary Road in Bangalore on Thursday and rescued 42 children who were sexually abused by