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Friday, November 14, 2025
TopicChild abuse

Topic: child abuse

Amid Covid crisis, Karnataka sees ‘abnormal rise’ in child marriage, abuse complaints

Rohini Swamy -
In a span of two weeks starting 25 March, a govt child helpline has received 37 calls about child marriage and 32 about child abuse.

No evidence of children murdered in Muzaffarpur shelter: CBI tells Supreme Court

PTI -
Attorney General K K Venugopal, appearing for the CBI, said children, who were allegedly murdered, were later traced and found alive.

Twitter is promoting child abuse under new policy, alleges Australia-based professor

Regina Mihindukulasuriya -
Michael Salter has alleged Twitter won't act against abuse under its 2019 child sexual exploitation policy — a charge the social media giant denies.

Parliament panel asks Facebook, WhatsApp to step up action on women & child abuse content

Shanker Arnimesh -
The committee, chaired by BJP’s Heena Gavit and featuring 20 women MPs, was not satisfied with the social media giant’s answers.

Assam child protection body will launch app on 14 November to fight child trafficking

Bismee Taskin -
The app ‘Sishu Suraksha’ will run on Android and iOS platforms. It aims to make filing of complaints on child sexual abuse, assault and trafficking easier.

School kids in Pakistan are raped, killed. So Imran Khan govt and clerics recommend abayas

Naila Inayat -
Police in Pakistan confirmed this week that three boys – aged eight and nine – who were missing for nearly three months were raped and killed.

SC wants POCSO courts in districts with over 100 child sex abuse cases, sets 60-day deadline

Debayan Roy -
Supreme Court bench led by CJI Ranjan Gogoi says central govt has to make money available for the new courts.

Aligarh two-year-old was beaten up for 8 hours before she died

Ananya Bhardwaj -
Aligarh toddler Twinkle's autopsy has revealed broken ribs, nose and legs, with her body also missing an arm. She was allegedly killed by men who owed her family Rs 10,000.

5-year-old girl wasn’t ravished, says Mumbai court which disposed of sexual assault case

Manasi Phadke -
The court acquitted two accused, including a French national, saying that evidence of the victim is unreliable.

‘If a child is sodomised, it isn’t nothing’: SC raps Bihar govt over shelter home case

PTI -
The Supreme Court pulled up the Bihar government for its 'soft' handling of the shelter home case, and said it favoured a CBI probe instead.
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Turkey blocks transport of Apache choppers to India through its airspace, new route being worked out

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Indian govt officials last month skipped Turkish National Day celebrations in Delhi, in a message to Ankara following its support for Islamabad, particularly during Operation Sindoor.

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Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

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Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.

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