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Half of the missing children in 2013 remain untraced in India

Chetan Chauhan, Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Updated: Sep 03, 2013 10:43 IST When a group of children visiting a temple in northeast Delhi on Monday afternoon complained of a foul smell, locals opened the desert cooler installed in the premises and found a body. The body was that of seven-year-old Sahil, a ..... Read More

4.15 million emergency calls made to Indian children’s safety helpline in the last year

Sunday, 1 September 2013 – 11:31am IST | Place: Mumbai | Agency: dna webdesk Being the most vulnerable members of society, children not only need to be the most protected but safety measures concerning them are an absolute imperative. Nishit Kumar, Head Communications and Strategic Initiatives at Childline India Foundation, ..... Read More

Disaster left only 13 children orphaned, says Uttarakhand government

Tuesday, 3 September 2013 – 8:15am IST | Place: Dehradun | Agency: dna With thousands feared dead, many moremissing and countless injured, the worst sufferers of the natural catastrophe inUttarakhand are the children, especially those who have been left orphaned. The extent of destruction left by thefloods remains unfathomable but the ..... Read More

Indian village remains in mourning for 23 children killed by eating pesticide-laced government food

Foreign Correspondent I By Mary Ann Jolley I Updated 3 Sep 2013, 1:20pm In the remote north-west Indian village of Gandaman in Bihar state, the sight of men with newly bald heads is striking and poignant. Normally it is ..... Read More

22 lakh children without basic education: Tharoor

PTI | Aug 30, 2013, 09.42 AM IST NEW DELHI: Nearly 22 lakh children in the country are yet to receive elementary education and it is the responsibility of state governments to bring them to schools, minister of state for HRD Shashi Tharoor said on Thursday. "We are definitely anxious to ..... Read More