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West Bengal: Newborn left outside toilet survives only because stray dogs did the 'unthinkable'A newborn abandoned outside a toilet in Nabadwip, West Bengal, was found safe after a pack of stray dogs formed a protective circle around ...- Operation Nanhe Farishte: Central Railway’s RPF reunites 861 children with familiesThe Railway Protection Force (RPF) on Central Railway has successfully reunited 861 missing children with their families between April and ...
- Childline to be transferred to states to ensure quick help to kids in distress: Union minister Smriti IraniUnion minister Smriti Irani on Sunday said the Childline will be handed over to states so that the distress call gets connected to local po...
- Veteran broadcaster Esther Rantzen reveals her lung cancer progressed to stage 4Esther Rantzen, 82, has said that she is “not good with regrets” and emphasized that she treasures the friends she has made.
- Esther Rantzen gets diagnosed with lung cancerBritish television presenter and journalist Dame Esther Rantzen has been diagnosed with lung cancer, according to reports. The veteran broa...
- Want to be an NSPCC volunteer in UK this year? Here’s all you need to knowEveryone willing to volunteer at NSPCC is provided extensive training and hands-on support whenever required. Training could typically take...
- Child Helpline 1098 to remain in operation: WCD ministryThe Ministry of Women and Child Development has clarified that distress calls landing on Child Helpline 1098 will soon also connect the cal...
- Taking all steps to safeguard interest of children affected by pandemic, Centre tells Delhi HCIn an affidavit filed on behalf of Ministry of Woman and Child Development on a PIL raising concerns over the children orphaned due to COVI...
- Karnataka plans short, long-term support for Covid-19 orphaned kidsAs a temporary measure, the women and child development department will set up Covid care centres in all districts to provide immediate sup...
- Govt lays out procedure to rehabilitate children who lost parents to COVIDThe ministry has said that the child who has lost both parents to COVID-19 ought to be produced before the District Child Welfare Committee...
- 86 lakh or 40% of total calls received by CHILDLINE since 2018 were 'silent calls'In a "silent call" the receiver can hear background noise, but the caller, who remains on the line, does not speak, the official, who is wi...
- Kerala government launches WhatsApp number to report domestic violence during lockdownThe 24-hour helpline has been started by the Directorate of Women and Child Development with the help of the technical cell of the National...
- Govt helpline receives 92,000 calls on abuse and violence in 11 daysAccording to Walia, the number of calls after the lockdown, which started after Prime Minister Narendra Modi's speech on March 24, has incr...
- Activists want a scientific survey on child labour in KarnatakaLabour commissioner S Palaiah said the department has taken note of the opinions and will incorporate the suggestions in the new survey, wh...
- Government’s new protection policy for children shelter homes soonThe women and child development ministry had come up with the guidelines drafted by the NGO Childline in 2013 before the Juvenile Justice (...
- 1.36 crore 'silent' calls received by child helpline in 3 yearsSilent callers are likely to be children or even adults who may call back again and can indicate a troubled child or one in distress.
- Railways registers over 700 cases in Kerala in 7 daysAt least 702 cases, including 631 for ticketless travel, were registered by the Trivandrum division of the Southern Railways during the las...
- Activists rescue 270 children from trafficking in BerhampurAround 270 children were rescued from being trafficked to other states in recent months by childline activists and Government Railway Polic...
- 3 new child helpline centres to cover 500 towns, cities: Maneka GandhiChildline, the 24-hour helpline started in 1996 and based in Mumbai, currently reaches out to 282 locations across India with the help of 5...
- Legalize prostitution if you can't curb itThe Supreme Court has asked the Centre whether it could legalize prostitution if it wasn't possible to curb it.
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