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Winter superfood items for children to boost immunity
While everyone enjoys winter, it also contributes to a lot of health issues in children. With the winter approaching, a considerable rise in infections is anticipated during the season this year. For…
- India
Religious conversion of three children at MP care centre? NCPCR orders probe
Raisen: The national child rights body has come across the “religious conversion” of at least three children who are inmates of a state-aided care centre in Madhya Pradesh’s Raisen district. In a…
- Middle East
Syria: Rocket hits refugee camp; kills six including children
A rocket struck a refugee camp in Idlib on Sunday killing six persons including two children. 75 people are said to be injured. The government forces have been blamed for the attack…
- Lifestyle
Study outlines ways to help children learn forgiveness
Washington: A recent study suggests that teaching children to understand other people’s perspectives could make it easier for them to learn how to forgive other people. The study also found that teaching…
- India
35 killed as hanging bridge in Gujarat’s Morbi collapses
Morbi: At least 35 people, including children, were killed and over 100 were missing as the hanging bridge on the Machhu dam in Gujarat’s Morbi collapsed on Sunday evening, officials said. Rescue…
- India
Monkeypox risk higher in children aged 8 or younger: Researchers
London: Children aged 8 years or younger should be considered a group at high risk for more severe monkeypox disease, researchers report. Few children are affected by monkeypox so far but risks…
- India
Every 3rd crime against children relates to sexual offences: NCRB
New Delhi: The spurt in incidents of crime against children across India has raised serious concern with 53,874 cases registered in 2021 alone under the POCSO (Protection of Children from Sexual Offences)…
- World
Japan rolls out Covid vaccination for children aged 6 months to 4 years
Tokyo: Japan began Covid-19 vaccination for children aged between six months and four years on Tuesday at a hospital in Tokyo. Japan’s health ministry started to distribute the vaccines to municipalities on…
- Lifestyle
Online program can support children with reading difficulties, finds study
Washington: According to a new study, an innovative programme can support children with reading difficulties and helped them make significant progress when used online. The study was published in the journal, ‘Nasen…
- Middle East
France repatriates 40 children, 15 women from Syrian camps
France announced on Thursday that it has carried out a new operation to repatriate French nationals – 40 children and 15 women – from Kurdish-run camps in northeastern Syria. This is the…
- India
Four kids among nine killed in road accident in Karnataka
Hassan: Nine people, including four children, were killed in a road accident near Gandhinagar village in Hassan district of Karnataka. The accident happened late Saturday night. According to police, the deceased were…
- India
India ranks 107 on Global Hunger Index 2022
New Delhi: India ranked 107 out of 121 countries in the Global Hunger Index 2022 with its child-wasting rate at 19.3 percent, being the highest in the world. The Global Hunger Index (GHI)…
- Lifestyle
Children’s educational success can be boosted by early self-regulation: Study
Washington: Teaching children how to manage their attention and impulses in primary school has a positive long-term effect on their later educational success, suggests the findings of a study by the universities…
- Technology
77% kids signing up on social media platforms with fake date of birth
London: More than one-third of children between age 8 and 17 are using various social media platforms after signing up with fake dates of birth and these platforms are unable to stop…
- Middle East
Iranian security forces arresting children in school
London: Iranian school children were being arrested inside school premises on Sunday by security forces arriving in vans without licence plates, according to social media reports emerging from the country as the…
