Government will frame safety guidelines for children’s hostels, says Maneka Gandhi

The Women and Child Development Ministry has asked the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights to draft these guidelines, the minister said.

Scroll Staff

· Dec 05, 2018 · 08:32 pm

Sex abuse cases: Children’s shelter homes across India lack funds, strong monitoring, say activists

The central budgetary allocation for child welfare has seen a steady decline since 2014.

Vijayta Lalwani

· Aug 13, 2018 · 07:30 am

United States: Autopsy finds 3-year-old Sherin Mathews died of homicidal violence

Local police are likely to give more updates from the investigation later in the day.

Scroll Staff

· Jan 03, 2018 · 09:33 pm

Indian child missing in US: Father now tells police he moved her body after she choked on her milk

Wesley Mathews had earlier told the police his daughter went missing after he told her to stand outside their house at 3 am for not drinking her milk.

Scroll Staff

· Oct 25, 2017 · 08:18 am

Gurugram murder: Ryan International School owners get protection from arrest for a day

Two other top school officials have been arrested, while the principal was detained for questioning.

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· Sep 12, 2017 · 12:27 pm

Interview: WHO’s revised norms are allowing the use of unsafe vaccines

Dr Jacob Puliyel is one of the two doctors to have challenged the revised the definition of an ‘Adverse Event Following Immunisation’.

Priyanka Vora

· Jul 11, 2017 · 02:30 pm

India is planning a network of human breast-milk banks but first needs to put safeguards in place

Breast-milk collected from donors on a large scale need to be checked for adulteration and contamination.

Arun Gupta

· Jun 21, 2017 · 02:30 pm

Bengaluru parents question the need for a measles-rubella vaccination drive

Worried by the lack of information around the drive, some parents have started an online petition against it.

Aarthi Gunnupuri

· Feb 01, 2017 · 02:30 pm

Why domestic abuse victims are opposed to India's new bill on international child abduction

Children might end up being returned to abusive parents under the proposed bill.

Mridula Chari

· Aug 17, 2016 · 05:30 pm

Trafficking, sex tourism and child pornography are major threats to children, says Rajnath Singh

Increasing access to information technology, rapid climate change, disasters and conflict have also made children more vulnerable, the home minister said.

Scroll Staff

· May 11, 2016 · 05:20 pm

Why Indians get suspicious when NRIs run into trouble with childcare services in the West

Every time an Indian couple is locked in a custody battle over their children, it is seen as a test of national character.

Ipsita Chakravarty

· Jan 18, 2016 · 11:30 am

Bengaluru fears that it is turning 'a city of child molesters'

But eight other cities reported even more cases of sexual assault against minors.

Nayantara Narayanan

· Jan 08, 2015 · 01:27 pm