Supreme Court orders states to survey orphaned kids denied educationThe Supreme Court has ordered states to survey orphaned children. These children were denied education under the Right to Education Act. Th...
06 Aug, 2025, 03.21 PM IST
Rahul Gandhi takes responsibility for education & care of 30 kids orphaned in Pakistan shelling: Youth CongressRahul Gandhi, the Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha, is sponsoring the education of 30 children from the Poonch district who tragically los...
31 Jul, 2025, 09.00 AM IST
EPF pension alert: Diwali cheer for EPS pensioners as EPFO will release pension early in OctoberEPF pension alert: TThe Employees' Provident Fund Organization (EPFO) has declared that pensioners under the Employee's Pension Scheme (EPS...
28 Oct, 2024, 03.01 PM IST
Pension for EPF members: 6 types of pensions under EPS 95, who is eligibleEPS pension: The EPFO provides the Employees' Pension Scheme, which is a social security initiative for individuals who have EPF accounts. ...
26 Aug, 2024, 12.46 PM IST
31 Indian states have implemented ‘PM CARES for Children’ scheme: ILO-UNICEF reportThe report warns that an additional 50 million children aged 0-15 missed out on a critical social protection provision – specifically, chil...
01 Mar, 2023, 10.31 PM IST
Over 1.9 million Indian kids lost parent or caregiver to COVID-19: Lancet study"Sadly, as high as our estimates of orphanhood and caregiver deaths are, they are likely to be underestimates, and we expect these numbers ...
25 Feb, 2022, 01.10 PM IST
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...
19 Jul, 2021, 04.52 PM IST
Over 30,000 children orphaned, lost a parent or abandoned due to COVID-19, NCPCR tells SCThe commission further said that the state-wise data received regarding children who have lost either their mother or father or both parent...
07 Jun, 2021, 05.39 PM IST
Centre announces help for orphans, pension for kin of Covid-19 victimsOn reaching 23 years, the child will get the corpus amount as one lump sum for personal and professional use, the statement said, adding th...
29 May, 2021, 11.32 PM IST
Supreme Court takes note of children orphaned due to COVID, directs states to provide immediate reliefThe top court asked state governments to understand the agony of children starving on the streets and directed the district authorities tha...
28 May, 2021, 04.42 PM IST
Take care of children, vulnerable sections: Centre tells statesThe Centre said it will give high priority to combating of crime against women, children, senior citizens and Scheduled Castes and Schedule...
22 May, 2021, 07.49 AM IST
MHA asks states, UTs to strengthen facilities for vulnerable groups, kids orphaned due to CovidThe Centre has asked states and UTs to "immediately review" existing facilities for such groups, especially for children who have been orph...
21 May, 2021, 03.31 PM IST
Shiv Sena hails MP govt for showing 'humanity' to orphaned children"It is often debated how children orphaned after losing their parents to COVID-19 should be taken care of. This issue is discussed in Mahar...
15 May, 2021, 04.13 PM IST
NCPCR urges states to share information on children orphaned due to COVID-19These children who have lost family support due to COVID-19 or have been abandoned due to the loss of parents to the disease are in need of...
03 May, 2021, 03.56 PM IST
'Uttarakhand government should ascertain exact number of missing children'National Commission for Protection of Child Rights has asked the Uttarakhand govt to come out with the exact figures of missing children.
05 Jul, 2013, 03.42 PM IST
Sadhvi proposes to support children of Uttarakhand floodNoted social worker and religious preacher Sadhvi Rithambara has proposed to adopt children whose parents were killed in Uttarakhand flood ...
29 Jun, 2013, 03.32 PM IST
- J&K starts survey of families hit by militancy for rehabilitation
J&K government is carrying out an elaborate survey to identify the individuals and families rendered destitute by the two-decade-old turmoi...
11 Mar, 2008, 01.02 AM IST