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Where India’s Food Bill Fails Children

12:00 pm IST I Aug 21, 2013 By Shailey Hingorani and Allison Hutchings Agence France-Presse/Getty Images Schoolchildren ate a free school lunch in Bangalore, July 19. At a conference in April, India’s Food Minister K.V. Thomas said the country would be known the world over for taking an important ..... Read More

Trafficked girl at shelter home longs to unite with kin

Ambika Pandit,TNN | Aug 19, 2013, 01.33 AM IST NEW DELHI: Class VIII student Nisha (name changed) has been on an emotional roller coaster ever since she was torn away from her parents last October. She was kidnapped from a market, gang-raped, and forced to embrace the darkness of a ..... Read More

Police funds ad irks child body

Ambika Pandit, TNN | Jul 31, 2013, 04.12AM IST NEW DELHI: "Help him learn how to chop an onion. Before someone teaches him how to chop a head"—the catchline of an advertisement by Delhi Police in leading national dailies—has drawn flak from the Delhi Commission for Protection of Child Rights. The ..... Read More

Life in India’s Juvenile Homes

By PAMPOSH RAINA AUGUST 1, 2013 10:41 AM August 1, 2013 10:41 am ..... Read More

No ‘adoptable’ child available in city: CARA

Arpita Sarkar, TNN | Jul 31, 2013, 11.23PM IST INDORE: Woes of childless couples in Indore are likely to deepen as there is not a single child available for 'adoption'. After Central Adoption Resource Authority (CARA) made it compulsory to upload information of the total 21 children staying in the three authorized ..... Read More