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Government integrating Child Helpline '1098' with ERSS 112After integration, the helpline number will be operated through the local district administration and police. Sources in the Ministry of Wo...
Govt integrating emergency helplines for children, womenThe Emergency Response Support System (ERSS) - 112 - is a pan-India number for providing emergency support such as police, fire and ambulan...
Covid leaves orphaned children vulnerable to trafficking; authorities wary"Over the last week especially, contact details and addresses of children orphaned by Covid have been shared widely across social media. Th...
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...
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...
Centre notifies new POCSO rules making law for sexual offences against children more stringentSome of the significant additions in the new rules include provision of mandatory police verification of staff in schools and care homes, p...
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 child helpline appears in pornographic content search results, lewd calls receivedThe National Commission for Protection of Child Rights officer said an alternative number has been launched, even as the commission tries t...
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.
Uber's woes continue; miles to go on tech road for government, policeThe Delhi police is still in talks with app makers to provide a mobile app that can help a person in an emergency situation.
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...