Child
- Health
Targeted action on child malnutrition is needed urgently
Malnutrition is a severe state that arises when the body receives an inadequate amount (undernourishment) or an excess (over nourishment) of essential nutrients necessary for proper human functioning. In simpler terms, it…
- Delhi
Child falls into 40-ft-deep borewell in Delhi, rescue operation underway
New Delhi: A child fell into a 40-foot-deep borewell at a Delhi Jal Board water treatment plant here in the early hours of Sunday and a rescue operation is underway, officials said.…
- India
Watch: 12-year-old traps adult leopard inside office
A 12-year-old child became the talk of the town for showing his extraordinary wit and gathering courage during a close encounter with a leopard in Nashik district of Maharashtra. The incident took…
- World
China one of the costliest places in the world to raise a child
Hong Kong: China is one of the most expensive places in the world to raise a child in relative terms, a new report said, with the disproportionate impact on women driving the…
- Health
Massachusetts 2nd US state with child pneumonia outbreak
San Francisco: As the mysterious pneumonia cases in children rise across the world, Massachusetts has become the second US state to report a sudden surge in the number of pneumonia cases in…
- Technology
Elon Musk reveals his son’s middle name is Chandrasekhar: MoS IT
New Delhi: Rajeev Chandrasekhar, Minister of State for Electronics and IT on Thursday met Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk during inaugural AI Safety Summit in the UK. The meeting came as…
- Middle East
Kuwait approves child allowances for women working in private sector
Kuwait: The Kuwaiti authorities have recently approved a child allowance for Kuwaiti women working in the private sector whose husbands cannot contribute financially due to lack of regular income. The announcement was…
- Middle East
19 mn Sudanese children out of school as war continues
United Nations: An estimated 19 million children in Sudan are out of school as the war between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) approaches the six-month…
- India
Police unearths Bangladesh links in Kolkata-based child trafficking racket
Kolkata: Kolkata Police have traced some Bangladesh links in the city- based child trafficking racket involving around 100 people and a network of hundreds of agents and sub-agents. While interrogating Mamata Patra,…
- India
Child dies in elephant attack, 50 houses damaged in Assam’s Golaghat
Guwahati: An 8-year-old child was killed and his parents injured in an attack by wild elephants in Assam’s Golaghat district, officials said, adding that around 50 houses were damaged. According to a…
- India
Video: Child run over by car has a miraculous escape
Gorakhpur: A video clip that has gone viral on the social media shows a child miraculously surviving after being run over by a car. The video clip, taken from CCTV footage, shows…
- Middle East
Egyptian mother kills 5-yr-old son, cooks and eats parts of his head
Cairo: A horrific crime shook the Egyptian street on Friday, as a mother killed her 5-year-old son, then cooked his corpse and ate parts of his head, local media reported. A woman…
- Hyderabad
8-yr-old boy murdered in Hyderabad, family suspect human sacrifice
Hyderabad: An eight-year-old boy was brutally murdered in Hyderabad in what his family has suspected to be a case of human sacrifice. But the police said they have no evidence of it.…