Children
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2nd Covid wave: Scientists report more infections in kids
Berlin: Preschool and school children in Germany have been infected with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19, three to four times more than reported via PCR testing during the second wave, a study…
- Lifestyle
How to help children cope with Covid-related stress
New Delhi: The Covid-19 pandemic and subsequent lockdown generated a lot of fear and stress across all age groups. Children usually thrive under predictable conditions, but disruption led by the pandemic greatly impacted…
- Lifestyle
Toddler TV time not to blame for attention problems, claims new study
Washington: A comprehensive review published in the journal Psychological Science re-examines previous work that claimed to show a direct link between early screen time and attention problems in children. “The findings from…
- Lifestyle
Overhearing negative claims about social groups may develop bias in children: Study
Washington: A study led by researchers at the Society for Research in Child Development revealed that overhearing a stranger’s negative claims about a social group, even in a brief comment, can have…
- Lifestyle
Children prefer people who speak like them: Study
Sydney: Have you ever thought what kind of friends children prefer? They prefer to befriend, listen to, and imitate people who speak like them, finds a new study. The findings, published in the…
- Health
Pandemic effect: Healthcare experts warn of rise of obesity cases among children
New Delhi: Confined to their homes amid the COVID-19 pandemic, children are facing a higher risk of obesity due to increased intake of junk food, lack of socialisation and physical activities, healthcare experts…
- Lifestyle
Survey reveals values kids learn from popular shows
California: A new report by the University of California, Los Angeles assesses the values emphasized by television programs popular with tweens over each decade from 1967 to 2017, charting how 16 values…
- Health
New children’s book introduces vaccines to kids
New Delhi: To help children understand the world of vaccines deeper, a new children’s book ‘V for Vaccine: A One-shot Introduction to Vaccines’ by author-journalist Somini Sengupta will attempt to answer some…
- Hyderabad News
Parents of grades VI to VIII reluctant to send their children for regular classes
Hyderabad: Neither the education department nor the government officials have any explanation regarding the state government’s decision to start regular classes for students of standard VI-VIII. The Education Department’s officials say they…
- Health
Mobile use changes how kids see the world
New York: Digital devices change how children perceive the world as a new study has found that pre-schoolers who frequently use tablet or mobile devices often tend to miss the forest for…
- Top Stories
Watch: Turk mother throws her children from burning building
Ankara: A Turk mother could not think of any means to save her four children except to throw them down one after another from the balcony of her flat on the third…
- Technology
YouTube’s new feature will allow parents to choose what children can watch
Washington: Online video-sharing platform YouTube is launching a new feature that would let parents control what their children can watch. As per The Verge, YouTube’s upcoming feature called ‘supervised experiences’, will come…
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Pulse polio programme to cover 91 lakh children in Telugu states
Hyderabad/Amaravati: Pulse polio programme began in the Telugu states of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh on Sunday to cover 91 lakh children below five years. Children of 0-5 years were administered the drops at…
- Lifestyle
Study reveals children cannot ignore what they hear when detecting emotions
London: Children determine emotion by what they hear, rather than what they see, according to new research. The first-of-its-kind study, by Durham University’s Department of Psychology, looked at how children pick up…
- Crime in Hyderabad
15 child labours rescued in Hyderabad; two employers booked
Hyderabad: The anti-human trafficking unit (AHU) of Rachakonda police have rescued 15 children who were being exploited for labor work by two factories in Hayathnagar, police officials said on Saturday. In one…
- Hyderabad News
This Hyderabad NGO is supporting over 40,000 children from pandemic related stress
Hyderabad: Every child deserves the opportunity for a better life. But it is only possible when they learn their strengths, how to build relationships and make responsible decisions. Learning Curve Foundation, a…
- Health
How COVID affected women, girls and children
New Delhi: The impact of Covid-19 is not gender neutral. As the pandemic has spread across the globe it has heightened and amplified existing vulnerabilities and inequalities in social, political, economic and…
- Delhi
Sisodia launches reading portal for children
New Delhi: Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Tuesday launched a portal where at least 30 crore children can read stories. Sisodia said it is very important to inculcate the habit of…
- Crime in Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Mother hangs self in front of children, records video
A 40-year-old woman hung herself while recording a video in front of her children on Sunday morning. The incident took place at Lalaguda in Secunderabad. The woman has been identified as Manjula.The…
- Delhi
Delhi woman cop promoted for tracing 76 children in 3 months
New Delhi: Under a new incentive scheme announced by Delhi Police commissioner SN Shrivastava, Delhi policewoman Seema Dhaka of Samaypur Badli Police Station has been granted out-of-turn promotion for tracing 76 missing…
- India
Children make earthen lamps in Jammu, boycott Chinese lights
Jammu: Children of ex-servicemen made earthen lamps (diyas) to encourage their use and boycott Chinese lights during Diwali. “When we buy Chinese products, the money goes to China and is used against…
- Hyderabad News
Bangle making has harmful effect on children’s health
Hyderabad: Balapur police of Rachakonda Commissionerate recently rescued 20 children from a bangle manufacturing unit. Most of the child labours were brought from Bihar. A Venkateshwarulu, Coordinator of Bachpan Bachao Andolan, an…
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8% super-spreaders; children ‘active transmitters’ of COVID-19: Study
Hyderabad: Around 70 per cent of COVID-19 infected individuals did not infect any of their contacts, while 8 per cent of infected individuals accounted for 60% of observed new infections, a study…
- India
Allahabad HC denies bail to driver who showed porn videos to children aged 5-6 yrs
Allahabad: The Allahabad High Court on Tuesday denied bail to a School Van Driver who is accused of showing porn videos to children aged about 5-6 years. The Bench of Justice Dinesh…
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Muslim children are doing worse than their parents, why?
Amir Ullah Khan and Nahia Hussain Affirmative action has helped SCs and STs reduce the mobility gap by 50% and 30% respectively, while upward mobility for Muslims has declined consistently since the…
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Study reveals post-COVID syndrome severely damages children’s hearts
Texas: Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C), believed to be linked to COVID-19, damages the heart to such an extent that some children will need lifelong monitoring and interventions, said the senior author…
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Smart-tracker uniform: The children’s ‘bodyguard’
Varanasi: Amid the increasing incidents of kidnapping of children, students of Ashoka Institute of Varanasi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s parliamentary constituency, have created a smart-tracker uniform. This will be helpful in finding missing…
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Underprivileged children attend pavement school in Kolkata
Kolkata: Underprivileged children offer prayers before attending a class at a pavement school in the evening, during Unlock 3.0, in Kolkata, Tuesday, Aug 25, 2020. (PTI Photo/Swapan Mahapatra)(PTI25-08-2020_000190B) Kolkata: Underprivileged children offer…
- Entertainment
Netizens backlash Netflix for its upcoming French film ‘Cuties’ poster
Social media users started criticizing the online streaming platform, Netflix, for the ‘inappropriate poster’ of its upcoming French movie titled, ‘Cuties’ (titled ‘Mignonnes’ in the French version) as they feel it sexualizes…
- India
Two children among three killed in a house collapse
Pithoragarh: A man and his two children were killed when their house collapsed following rain in Pithoragarh district early Friday, a senior official said. The house collapsed around 3 am in Chaisar village,…
