Children
- Middle East
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Israeli airstrike kills 10 people in Gaza Strip, half are children
Gaza Strip: An Israeli airstrike flattened a three-story home in Gaza City on Saturday, April 26, killing 10 people, half of them children, as Arab mediators scrambled to restart a ceasefire. Israeli…
- India
SC refuses to entertain plea to impose ban on social media usage for children
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday refused to entertain a plea seeking to impose a statutory prohibition on social media usage for children below 13 years. “It is a policy matter.…
- World
Kids poisoned by fentanyl rise in US, 44.6 pc life-threatening incidents: Study
New York: A new study has revealed that incidents of children in the US being poisoned by the synthetic opioid fentanyl increased and became more severe. The research followed an analysis of…
- Middle East
Saudi Arabia bans children from accompanying pilgrims for Haj 2025
Riyadh: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Haj and Umrah has announced that children will not be allowed to accompany pilgrims during the upcoming Haj 1446 AH-2025 season. The decision aims…
- Telangana
2 children die after falling into quarry in Telangana’s Mahbubnagar
Hyderabad: Two children died after falling into a quarry dug for the Palamuru-Rangareddy project on Sunday, February 2 at the outskirts of Udandapur in Jadcherla mandal of Mahbubnagar district. The victims has…
- Pakistan
Pak woman Seema Haider’s first husband seeks Indian govt’s help to reunite with children
Karachi: The first husband of Seema Haider, a Pakistani woman who illegally crossed over to India with her four children in 2023 to be with her lover whom she had met online,…
- Health
How routine immunisation can aid in early detection of autism?
New Delhi: Healthcare workers can enable early detection of autism by identifying red flags specific to autism during routine immunisation, said a paediatric neurologist at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences,…
- India
HC issues guidelines mandating MP school buses to have GPS tracking, CCTV
Indore: The Madhya Pradesh High Court has issued several guidelines for school buses operating in the state, mandating them to be fitted with GPS system and CCTV cameras so that they can…
- India
Jhansi fire: Death toll rises to 15 as 3 more children succumb to injuries
Jhansi: Three more children injured in the fire at Maharani Laxmibai Medical College in Jhansi last week have died, taking the toll to 15, officials said. The fire broke out unexpectedly in…
- Andhra Pradesh
Odisha govt orders inquiry into ‘sale’ of children, baby girl rescued from AP
Bhubaneswar: As the Odisha government began an inquiry into the incidents of the alleged sale of two children due to poverty in Rayagada and Bolangir districts, one of them was rescued from…
- Middle East
Sudan’s conflict leaves over 15M children out of school
Sudan: More than 15 million children in Sudan are out of school due to the country’s ongoing conflict, the National Council for Child Welfare said. “We have more than 15 million children…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad hospital conducts awareness walk on childhood cataract
Hyderabad: L V Prasad Eye Institute network, a city-based hospital conducted children’s eye care awareness walk on Sunday, November 10 as part of the eye care awareness week being observed between November…
- Featured News
In India food availability slid to alarming levels; malnutrition among children is starkly bad
As we look at the recent findings of 2024’s Global Hunger Index and other alarming health reports, a troubling image of public health emerges—from rising hunger, child malnutrition, and obesity to increased health…
- World
3.7 mn children in Sudan at risk of acute malnutrition: Warns UN
Khartoum: Two United Nations agencies have said that 3.7 million children under five in Sudan are at risk of acute malnutrition, warning of a worsening humanitarian crisis across the country. “There are…
- India
Need to identify areas with low polio vaccination coverage: Experts
New Delhi: Even as India celebrates a decade of being polio-free, it is important to identify areas with low polio vaccination coverage to protect children from the devastating disease, and pave the…
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