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Mumbai child sex ratio shows upward swing

Wednesday, 22 January 2014 – 7:05am IST | Place: Mumbai | Agency: dna Tireless work to improve the falling child sex ratio hasn’t gone to waste. BMC data shows a promising upward swing in 2013. According to provisional figures provided by the BMC, the city’s child sex ratio for 2013 is 929 ..... Read More

In South Asia, India doing well to protect child rights: study

Updated: January 19, 2014 01:49 IST Sri Lanka has the highest score in child-friendliness index India has done the most towards establishing an enabling legal and policy framework for children in the SAARC region, closely followed by Nepal, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. Maldives, Bhutan and Sri Lanka have scored very well ..... Read More

2.83 Lakh children get polio drops in Pune

TNN | Jan 20, 2014, 12.48 AM IST PUNE: As many as 2.83 lakh children below five years of age received oral polio vaccine drops in the city on Sunday. The health department of the Pune Municipal Corporation had set up 1,300 booths and had deployed 4,448 officials. "As against the ..... Read More

83.56 percent Kids Administered Polio Drops in BBMP Limits

By Express News Service – BANGALORE I Published: 20th January 2014 08:30 AM I Last Updated: 20th January 2014 11:51 AM The first phase of the National Pulse Polio Campaign kicked off in the State on Sunday. Even with the World Health Organisation (WHO) declaring India a polio-free country and there being no cases of ..... Read More