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Kids made to work at teacher’s home

TNN | Nov 21, 2013, 06.41 AM IST MANGALORE: The Child Welfare Committee (CWC) on Wednesday found that a teacher had employed two students of her class as child labourers.  CWC chairwoman Asha Nayak said they visited the house of a private school teacher near Kottara based on a tipoff that ..... Read More

Collector warns against illegal children’s homes

TNN | Nov 21, 2013, 05.01 AM IST MADURAI: With the number ofunregistered children's homes increasing in the district, Madurai district collector L Subramanian has warned that he would be conducting surprise inspections at the homes. The collector also pointed out that as many as eight children's homes of the total 47 ..... Read More

Very few children in India are diagnosed and treated for MDR-TB

Updated: November 27, 2013 21:51 IST K. Pichumani Awareness about MDR-TB ..... Read More

More Indian kids feel safe at school than home: Survey

TNN | Nov 20, 2013, 01.07 AM IST NEW DELHI: Fewer kids in India feel safe at home as compared to their foreign counterparts, found a survey focusing on kids' views on "violence and exploitation." Conducted by ChildFund, the Small Voices, Big Dreams Survey 2013, covers nearly 6,500 kids in the age ..... Read More

India needs stricter child porn laws

DC | November 19, 2013, 08.58 am IST As many as 103 adults from India ..... Read More