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Chinese authorities block Tibetan children from attending classes outside
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Beijing [China], November 4 (ANI): Tibetan children in northwestern China's Qinghai province are being blocked by the authorities from taking classes outside their schools during winter holidays in an attempt aimed to weaken the connection to their native language, a media report said citing
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Yemen crisis: 8 children killed, injured in past 5 days
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New York [US], November 4 (ANI): At least 8 children have reportedly been killed or injured in escalating violence in Yemen in the past five days.
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COVID-19: Biden urges parents, guardians of children ages 5 and older to g
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], November 4 (ANI): Following formal recommendation of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for children 5-11 by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), US President Joe Biden on Thursday (local time) urged parents and guardians to get thei
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MP govt committed to improve lives of children orphaned due to COVID-19 pa
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], November 3 (ANI): Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Wednesday said that many children have lost their parents during the onslaught of the COVID-19 pandemic and the state government is committed to improving the lives of such children.
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Protein in the brain uses energy status to influence maturation, body size
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], November 3 (ANI): Scientists have identified how a protein in the brain uses information about the body's energy balance to regulate growth rate and the onset of puberty in children.
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Scientists discover how brain uses nutritional state to regulate growth, a
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], November 3 (ANI): Scientists have discovered how a receptor in the brain, called MC3R, detects the nutritional state of the body and regulates the timing of puberty and rate of growth in children and increases lean muscle mass.
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DCW notice to Delhi police after video of woman thrashing kids
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 3 (ANI): The Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) on Wednesday took cognizance of CCTV footage in which a woman was seen brutally beating up young children at her residence in Mahavir Bazar, Teliwada in the national capital.
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Sachin Tendulkar brightens children's lives in northeast
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 3 (ANI): In continuation with his many humanitarian endeavours to help children from marginalised backgrounds, India's cricketing legend Sachin Tendulkar has once again come forward to support the Paediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) and Neonatal Intensive Care U
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22 killed, 8 injured after bus falls into ravine in PoK
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], November 3 (ANI): At least 22 people, including women and children, were killed and another eight were injured after a bus plunged into a ravine in the Sudhnoti district of Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) on Wednesday, local media reported.
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Son's social media appeal draws Tripura CM's attention, woman with cancer
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Agartala (Tripura) [India], November 3 (ANI): A heart-wrenching appeal of a small child seems to have come as a healer for his mother, who is suffering from cancer, as Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb offered to finance her treatment.
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Act now to stamp out child labour by 2025: FAO chief
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Rome, [Italy], November 3 (ANI): Effective action and strong leadership are essential to end child labour by 2025, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said on Tuesday.
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Madagascar reports 'pockets of famine', risks grow for children: WFP
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New York [US], November 3 (ANI): "Pockets of famine" have now been reported in Southern Madagascar, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) said on Tuesday.
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