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NCPCR asks social media sites to share origin of posts advertising direct
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 14 (ANI): The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) on Sunday asked social media platforms to report the origin of posts that advertise the direct adoption of children who lost their parents to COVID-19.
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MP govt to announce scheme to ensure food, shelter, education for children
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], June 13 (ANI): Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Sunday said the state government will take care of food, shelter, and education for children orphaned due to COVID-19 and added a scheme for the same will be announced soon.
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Visakhapatnam Police cremates body of orphan
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Visakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh) [India], June 13 (ANI): Visakhapatnam police has cremated a body of an orphan near Dumbriguda who used to earn his livelihood by begging on the streets.
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Telangana: COVID orphans to get mobile phones uploaded with emergency numb
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], June 12 (ANI): With an aim to ensure safety of children who lost their parents to COVID-19, the Department of Women Development and Child Welfare has decided to give them mobile phones containing all the necessary numbers including that of the District Child Pr
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SC pulled up Delhi, West Bengal for incorrect info on Covid-orphans: Union
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], June 10 (ANI): Union Minister Prakash Javadekar on Thursday said that the Supreme Court had pulled up West Bengal and Delhi for providing incorrect information about children who were orphaned due to Covid-19.
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Uttarakhand govt to provide Rs 3,000 per month to children orphaned by COV
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], June 10 (ANI): The Uttarakhand Cabinet on Wednesday gave its nod to the Chief Minister Vatsalya Yojana, which aims to help children who lost their parents or the earning member of their family during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Delhi, West Bengal reluctant to provide data on children orphaned due to C
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 9 (ANI): National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) chairperson Priyank Kanoongo has alleged that the Delhi and West Bengal governments have been reluctant in providing data of children orphaned due to COVID-19.
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Orphaned children should be given admission in homes, not in orphanages: S
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], June 8 (ANI/PRNewswire): There are many organizations and individuals doing quite a lot of social work in the society, but today the most sensitive topic is that of orphan children.
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Act against NGOs, individuals indulging in illegal adoptions of children o
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi Delhi [India], June 8 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the state governments and union territories to prevent any NGO from collecting funds in the names of children orphaned by COVID-19, by disclosing their identity and inviting interested persons to adopt them.
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SC starts hearing on Suo Motu Cognisance case of Covid-19 in children prot
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [Indi], June 7 (ANI): Supreme Court on Monday started hearing the Suo Motu Cognisance (SMC) case involving contagion of Covid 19 virus in children protection homes across the country and also the issue of rehabilitation of orphaned children.
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NITI Aayog holds consultations on future planning for children orphaned by
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 4 (ANI): The NITI Aayog has held consultations and discussions with concerned ministries and various social service organisations regarding future planning for children orphaned by COVID-19, CEO Amitabh Kant said on Friday.
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Provide details of scheme to support children orphaned due to COVID-19 und
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 1 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the Central government to provide the details of the scheme recently announced under the PM Cares Fund to ensure that the children who lost their parents to the COVID-19 pandemic will be benefitted.
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