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Chennai Doctors Crowdsource Lakhs for Six-Year-Old Boy’s Treatment
Sai Saran, all of six years old, arrived at the Kanchi Kamakoti Childs Trust Hospital in Chennai with fever on September 27th. Doctors diagnosed him with severe pneumonia, and after two days on a...
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Want to Adopt a Child With Special Needs? Here Is All the Information You Need
More than 50 percent of children awaiting adoption in India fall into the ‘special needs’ category, but it is also the category with the least number of adoptions within India. One of the reasons for...
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Delhi Assault Case: Can a 4-Year-Old Be Charged With Rape?
The national capital is notorious for the sheer number of sexual crimes that occur. The statistics showing the number of such cases is chilling. However, when the victim and the perpetrator are both...
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The Whole Country Should Learn from This Village and Its Model of Feeding Kids
Happy children are a direct reflection of how prosperous a country is, and in India, the picture has been bleak. Undernutrition in the first three years of life has both immediate and long-term...
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The First 1000 Days: We Can Transform Our Children With a Few Right Steps
Global evidence shows that the first 1000 days of life (between conception and the child’s second birthday) provide a critical window of opportunity to impact a child’s growth and development. The 1000...
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High Court Backs Anguished Dad, Ensures Dyslexic Son Gets the Education He Needs
Sankalpa Das, a student of Class 11, in K.V Ballygunge, Kolkata, was barred from appearing for the CBSE exam and his parents were informed that Sankalpa’s name had been struck off the rolls on the...
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Bengaluru Maker Faire: Check out These Amazing Innovations by School Kids!
The much-awaited third edition of Maker Faire Bengaluru did not just witness brilliant innovations and working prototypes from engineers, artists, scientists, crafters and makers, but school students...
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Families of Martyrs Too Have Dreams. Why is Our Nation Looking to Curb Them?
The 1971 war with Pakistan, with pre-emptive aerial strikes, naval hostilities and ground operations, was a hair-raising conflict and both sides suffered heavy losses. Two days after the armed forces...
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He Is Just 8, but Has Already Won the National Child Award for Social Work!
The Buddhadeo household in Gurugram is celebrating and rightfully so. Earlier this month, Jaysheel Buddhadeo, all of 8 years of age, was awarded the National Child Award for Exceptional Achievement...
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In the Battle Against Child Marriage, This App Is the Latest ‘Smart Weapon’
According to a report by ActionAid, published earlier this year, 33% (85.2 million) of the total number of child brides in the world are from India, and nearly 103 million Indians are married before...
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In the Wake of Horrific Crimes Against Kids, This New Safety Manual Might Be...
A 7-year old boy found with his throat slit, a 5-year old raped in the washroom, a 3-year old assaulted by a bus-cleaner, and a 4-year old allegedly sexually assaulted by two teachers. The chilling...
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Mysuru’s Rising 10-Year-Old Tennis Star Will Now Train at a Global Academy in US
Move over Sania Mirza, Leander Paes, and Mahesh Bhupathi! Mustafa M Raja from Mysuru is emerging as an extraordinary tennis player who is making a phenomenal mark on a global front with his prodigious...
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Unique RFID Tags to Help Reunite Lost Children with Their Families at Sabarimala
The all-too-familiar scene from a Bollywood movie—that of a tearful child lost in a big crowded place, anxiously looking around for parents, has created many a box-office success. In the movies,...
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Watch: Created by Minor Girls, This Film on Child Marriage Will Open Your Eyes!
Despite the legal age for marriage in India being 18 and 20 for women and men respectively, child marriage continues to remain a prevalent social evil across the country. This archaic practice that...
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Kerala School Teaches Children Organic Farming, and Auctions the Produce!
Organic farming has generated considerable interest, and efforts are being made to pass on the baton of sustainable living to the next generation. A school in Kerala has cleverly incentivised organic...
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Kids Weighed down by School Bags? Here’s What the Future of Education Can...
A 2016 study carried out by the Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry in India under its Healthcare Committee estimates 68% of pre-teen Indian school children might suffer from mild back pain,...
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Bringing an Adopted Child Home? Here Are 5 Points to Keep in Mind
Adoption may start as a decision made by prospective parents, but like all paths to parenthood, it is ultimately about the child. Irrespective of the reason to adopt, a successful and happy adoption...
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Meet Aanya Soni, the 13-Year-Old Indian Chosen for an Antarctica Expedition!
Meet Aanya Soni. All of 13, she has become the youngest Indian to be selected for the Antarctica 2018 Expedition set to take place between 27th Feb-12th March 2018, fueled by the 2041 foundation. Aanya...
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A Lost Childhood and a Langar Inspired This 83-Year-Old to Feed Hundreds of...
The ‘Langar Baba’ of Chandigarh is a popular person among underprivileged children. Every day, for the past 30 years, the 83-year-old has been visiting different areas at different timings and feeding...
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Worried That You Might Have Left the Gas On? New Robotic Sensor Can Detect...
Leaving the gas cylinder on, and smelling the house full of gas, is the stuff of nightmares. Sometimes, a leak isn’t detected—till someone lights a match, and it is too late. Now, thanks to Shravani...
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