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  Jharkhand parents' body urges NCPCR to action against Dhanbad school principal

  Jharkhand | January 13, 2025 13:28 IST

  Dhanbad 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 | October 12, 2024 14:06 IST

  The 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 | July 24, 2024 7:47 IST

  The 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 | February 22, 2024 20:13 IST

  Priyank 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 | December 09, 2022 15:55 IST

  The 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 | October 18, 2021 12:24 IST

  In 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 | July 02, 2021 11:24 IST

  The 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 | August 05, 2018 13:21 IST

  On 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 | July 24, 2018 19:25 IST

  There 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 | July 11, 2018 17:33 IST

  The 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 | June 20, 2018 7:18 IST

  Rahul 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 | December 13, 2017 23:33 IST

  The 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 | October 13, 2017 13:50 IST

  The 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 | February 15, 2016 17:55 IST

  Jaipur : 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 | November 03, 2015 15:48 IST

  New 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

  Politics | August 04, 2015 7:39 IST

  New 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 | January 14, 2015 8:00 IST

  New 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 | December 11, 2014 8:06 IST

  Oslo: 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 | January 03, 2013 20:22 IST

  New 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 | March 02, 2012 10:24 IST

  Bangalore, 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