She became a wife at 11. 12 years later, she chose prison over living with her husband. At 24, she became India’s first woman to get a divorceIn an era where women’s rights were nothing more than a laughingstock in India and women were bartered away like cattle for marriage even b...
18 Sep, 2026, 02.42 PM IST
Scientists found an 8-year-old Neanderthal child in a Belgian cave, and DNA from her molar is helping reveal a hidden chapter of our ancient pastThe Scladina child was an approximately eight-year-old Neanderthal who lived more than 120,000 years ago in what is now Belgium. Her remain...
18 Sep, 2026, 02.35 PM IST
Utah toddler kept in crib full of filth and rubbish in “excessive heat, darkness,” dies; parents played music throughout the nightA Utah couple received prison sentences for aggravated child abuse and homicide. Their 18-month-old daughter, Ruby Murray, died from dehydr...
17 Sep, 2026, 09.02 PM IST
Top Meta India officials appear again before child rights body in sexual abuse material caseThose who appeared before the child rights panel included Meta India chief Arun Srinivas. While coming out, he didn't reply to repeated med...
16 Sep, 2026, 06.02 PM IST
Meta not a simple intermediary but service provider when algorithms decide visibility: Govt source"Service providers have many responsibilities. Meta must take on more onus after agreeing to be responsible for content on its platform," t...
16 Sep, 2026, 05.53 PM IST
UPI charges from October 15; Activate’s maiden fundHappy Wednesday! The NPCI has announced charges on select UPI merchant payments. This and more in today's ETtech Morning Dispatch.
16 Sep, 2026, 08.00 AM IST
Meta to report child abuse cases to law enforcement in India: sourcesThis comes after the Indian government held regular meetings with Meta on technical measures since last month when Meta’s global executives...
16 Sep, 2026, 12.18 AM IST
- NPCI unveils UPI MDR; Meta's new child safety measures
The NPCI has finalised the long-awaited MDR framework for UPI transactions, paving the way for changes to the payments ecosystem. This and ...
15 Sep, 2026, 08.34 PM IST
Asian Games 2026: OCA bars relationships involving power imbalance, harassment and degrading languageThe Olympic Council of Asia has implemented a strict safeguarding code for the Asian Games. Inappropriate relationships and degrading langu...
15 Sep, 2026, 12.06 PM IST
California governor signs law to limit children's social media risksCalifornia Governor Gavin Newsom signed more than a dozen new laws on Thursday that address various aspects of children's safety online, in...
11 Sep, 2026, 11.22 PM IST
California bans addictive social media features for under-16s, AI chatbot toysCalifornia Governor Gavin Newsom signed technology laws protecting children online. These measures restrict social media features designed ...
11 Sep, 2026, 07.13 AM IST
NCPCR summons Meta India chief over alleged child sexual abuse material adsIn response to alarming discoveries from a BBC investigation, the National Commission for Child Rights has called upon the leader of Meta I...
08 Sep, 2026, 09.39 PM IST
Government to ask Meta if US child safety defaults will extend to India as wellThe Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has been having regular meetings with Meta on technical measures since last ...
08 Sep, 2026, 06.00 AM IST
Elon Musk's xAI loses court bid to block Minnesota's AI 'nudification' banU.S. District Judge Donovan Frank rejected xAI's request for a preliminary injunction against the law, which took effect on Aug. 1 and pro...
05 Sep, 2026, 10.00 AM IST
NHRC seeks reports from MeitY, MIB, Delhi Police over Instagram CSAM adsThe commission took cognizance of the issue under Section 12 of the Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993, after considering media reports p...
03 Sep, 2026, 03.40 PM IST
School cab driver sexually assaulted 3-year-old girl whom she called as 'bad uncle who gave chocolates'; parents spotted bruises, change in behaviourA three-year-old girl in Delhi’s Bawana allegedly sexually assaulted by her school cab driver was identified as the accused after she recog...
01 Sep, 2026, 12.42 PM IST
Child abuse victim sues Elon Musk's xAI over AI-generated imagesThe complaint, lodged Wednesday in the Northern District of California by an anonymous plaintiff identified as Jane Doe 1, alleges that xAI...
27 Aug, 2026, 09.45 PM IST