Child rights
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Prohibition of Child Marriage Act cannot be stunted by practices under personal laws: Supreme Court
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SC dismisses plea by child rights body against congregation founded by Mother Teresa
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Avoid arresting teenage boys under POCSO Act for dating minor girls, Uttarakhand HC tells state
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‘Burnt with hot tongs, made to inhale chilli smoke’: Children allegedly tortured in MP institution
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Translation of SOPs, booklets, checklist: Delhi High Court’s guidelines on missing children cases
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Why some states in the US are weakening child-labour restrictions
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Child rights body seeks action against AAP’s Gujarat unit for recruiting minor as party worker
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Child rights body seeks FIR against Aaditya Thackeray for using minors in Aarey forest campaign
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Parents’ rights are irrelevant when deciding custody of child, says Supreme Court
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In rural Rajasthan, a frayed school system prompts children to work rather than study
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In Bihar, children are being employed at weddings on 11-hour shifts – because of a legal loophole
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Over 100 countries have banned corporal punishment in schools – but not the US and Australia
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Why a law banning genital mutilation was deemed unconstitutional in the US – and what is needed now
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‘Grey area’: Activists are sceptical about removing time limits on reporting child sexual abuse
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‘The status of children in shelter homes is frightening,’ says Supreme Court
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United Nations warns of potential loss of a generation of Rohingya children
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The case that could end ritual male circumcision in the United Kingdom
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Jammu and Kashmir finally moves to enforce juvenile justice laws – but it won’t be easy
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Some Indian states are considering the death penalty for child rapists. But will it be effective?
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Not just a problem in the developing world: Child marriage is legal in US states
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Child porn: Centre tells SC it has blocked 3,500 websites, asked CBSE to install jammers in schools
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Mumbai, Pune, Hyderabad among places with highest prevalence of child marriages in India
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Why ending child marriage in Uttar Pradesh will not be easy
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Norway child custody case: Sushma Swaraj says the boy should be restored to his parents
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Norway child custody case: India will help on request of boy’s mother, says Sushma Swaraj
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NRI parents accuse Norway government of wrongfully taking away their son in alleged child abuse case
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This Children's Day film (and not those sweet videos) tells the truth about the state of children
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Jain fasting or Bohra female circumcision, why should children bear the brunt of religious fervour?
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Where is Dev, the child born through surrogacy but left behind by his parents?
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The amended child labour law will ensure that the poorest kids will continue to struggle in school
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Watch: More horrifying news about cigarettes – many of them are being made by children
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Children as young as seven are mining cobalt for smartphone batteries: Amnesty
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We’ve reached the end of the Millennium Development Goals period – so, are children better off?
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One of every ten workers in Raichur’s granite mines is a child
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Government set to send millions of children back into exploitative labour
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Indian kids can now try these five things to get into adult prisons
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Seven things about the new Juvenile Justice Bill you should know
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As Satyarthi wins Nobel, campaigners call for stronger legal safeguards to end child labour