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Improving early childhood care & education: What experts said on Centre’s move

The Ministry of Women and Child Development said it is launching the National Curriculum for Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) and National Framework for Early Childhood Stimulation with an objective to strengthen India's Early Childhood Care and Education landscape. (HT ARCHIVE)
Published on Mar 12, 2024 07:02 pm IST

HC asks Govt for status of paralegals in police stations

The appointments were to be made on an earlier order of the Supreme Court passed in 2013 giving directions to all states and union territories to appoint PLVs at police stations.
Published on May 19, 2019 05:46 am IST

Pune activists demand clarity in new child policy

The crimes against children especially child sexual abuse and reporting of such incidences have doubled.
Updated on Dec 29, 2018 02:44 pm IST

6 years after Dec 16 gangrape, Nirbhaya fund disbursal still a work in progress

The fund was announced by the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government in 2013 in the aftermath of the gruesome gang rape and murder of a physiotherapy student in New Delhi on December 16, 2012.
Updated on Dec 23, 2018 08:20 am IST

WCD ministry to formulate norms for children hostels amid crackdown on shelter homes

Union minister of women and child development (WCD) Maneka Gandhi.
Published on Dec 06, 2018 12:11 am IST

Inspection by ministry of women and child development reveals sorry state of child adoption agencies

The homes inspected were in Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Telangana, West Bengal, Punjab, Rajasthan, Jharkhand, Bihar and Uttar Pradesh.
Updated on Aug 28, 2018 09:50 am IST

Breastfeeding counselling at aganwadi centres soon

( From Left to Right ) Swasth Bharat Prerak Gargi Kaul, CEO Zila Parishad Anshdeeop, director ICDS Shanti Verma and other officials at breastfeeding programme.
Updated on Aug 03, 2018 10:31 pm IST

Men must be involved more in family planning

A recent United Nations report says India’s population will go beyond 1.44 billion, overtaking China as the most populous country in the world. Although India’s fertility rate has fallen from 4.97 during 1975-80 to 2.3 in the current 2015-2020 period, India, especially men, needs to do much more (representational photo)
Updated on Jun 21, 2018 07:46 am IST