Wednesday 26 August '09
The National Commission of Women (NCW) is pushing for a “separate regulatory body” — along the lines of the film censor...Tuesday 25 August '09
After shooting down the Women and Child Development ministry’s proposal of providing pre-cooked meals at anganwadis....Friday
14 August '09Bt cotton fields may soon be made out of bounds for children. The Union Labour Ministry, which till date has listed 16 occupations and 65 processes....Thursday
13 August '09After the furore over the Supreme Court’s recent observation that “kicking” or “threatening” women by in-laws cannot be construed as “cruelty” under Section 498 A of the IPC....Wednesday
12 August '09Instead of the reported eight casualties, 16 children had actually died during the Dimasa-Zeme Naga ethnic conflict in the district of NC Hills...Sunday
9 August '09The Ministry of Women and Child Development (WCD) plans to insert a clause in the anti-sexual harassment Bill that will act as a deterrent against...Friday
7 August '09From now on, 2.5 kg, and not 2.8 kg, will be considered as “normal” birth weight for newborns. Faced with lopsided figures, as India used...Monday
3 August '09Noting that family members often eat children’s share, sweet “micronutrient fortified” rations to be given in addition to wheat and rice....Saturday
1 August '09Distribution of 'ready-to-use therapeutic food' (RUTF) to children in Bihar and Madhya Pradesh has got the UNICEF in an unusual spot.Tuesday
28 July '09The National Commission of Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) has recommended “non-institutional” care options for children in conflict....Tuesday
28 July '09Minister for Women and Child Development Krishna Tirath has written a letter to Home Minister P Chidambaram....Monday
27 July '09Till what age should a person be regarded as a child legally? At 18 years when, according to the Hindu Marriage Act, a girl can marry, or 14 years when...Monday
27 July '09Every year, tribal children from various districts of Rajasthan migrate to Gujarat to work in the Bt cotton fields. However, this year they have stayed back.Wednesday
22 July '09The National Commission for Women probe into allegations of “virginity tests” being conducted at a state sponsored mass marriage....Friday
17 July '09In a bid to make the Central Government Health Scheme more accessible to Central Government employees, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare....Sunday
12 July '09Adopting a child may no longer be a long wait. To make the procedure quicker and simpler, the Ministry...Friday
3 July '09Housemaids and domestic helps will be brought under the ambit of the proposed law to prevent exploitation...Wednesday
1 July '09They constitute 40 per cent of the total population, yet the concerns of children are hardly projected in the Union Budget.Monday
29 June '09The recent case of a 15-year-old girl who tested positive for the H1N1 virus has been giving sleepless nights...Sunday
28 June '09With the deadly H1N1 virus spreading with alarming rapidity in India, most Multi National Companies (MNCs) operating....Saturday
27 June '09After being recommended by the India Expert Advisory group (IEAG) on polio eradication in a meeting held...Thursday
25 June '09The long-pending proposal to introduce pentavalent vaccine in the National Immunisation Programme is likely...Saturday
20 June '09On a day India tested six more cases positive for H1N1 virus, taking the total to 50, Union Minister of Health Ghulam Nabi Azad....Wednesday
17 June '09With the samples of a nine-year-old boy, who arrived in Hyderabad on Sunday night from New Jersey through London....Wednesday
17 June '09A new controversy has started brewing in the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) after UGC chairman Sukhdeo Thorat’s wife....
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