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How Politics And Religious Dogma Deny Eggs To India’s Severely Malnourished Children

HuffPost India  |  By Indrani Basu, Posted: 02/06/2015 09:52 IST  Indian schoolchildren eat their mid-day meal at a government primary school in the outskirts of Hyderabad on June 13, 2011, on the opening day of the new academic year. The government of India's ..... Read More

Schools for Pardhi children obligation under RTE: Panel

A study on the status Pardhis tribe, conducted by the TISS shows that 61 per cent of Pardhi children who are in the schoolgoing age have never been enrolled in schools. Mumbai | Published:June 3, 2015 2:36 am The government is obliged under the Right to Education (RTE) Act to provide schooling ..... Read More

Nine child labourers rescued from Punagam unit

TNN | Jun 1, 2015, 08.09 AM IST SURAT: Five child labourers staged a dramatic escape from their sari folding unit in Punagam and helped police rescue their four other friends on Saturday.  Kapodra police station staff were surprised after five children approached them and begged to save their other friends. ..... Read More

Kids accused of heinous crimes to be tried as adults: Will the law be misued?

Danish Raza, Hindustan Times | Updated: May 31, 2015 11:36 IST The-government-s-proposal-to-change-the-law-to-allow-16-18-year-olds-accused-of-heinous-crimes-to-be-tried-as-adults-has-come-in-for-some-criticism-Illustration-Jayanto The amendment to the Juvenile Justice (JJ) Act 2000 – recently passed by the Lok Sabha – allowing juveniles in the age group of 16-18 years accused of heinous crimes to be tried as adults has prompted a debate ..... Read More

One of every ten workers in Raichur’s granite mines is a child

In this region of Karnataka, children break and crush the stones with hammers and nails, sitting barefoot. Nayantara Narayanan  · May 14, 2015 · 04:30 pm Photo Credit: C Even as the Cabinet approves stricter penalties ..... Read More