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TopicChild abuse

Topic: child abuse

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

Parents must spend more time with kids to correct their sexual behaviour: Experts

In the wake of Delhi school incident, mental health experts say parents must keep a tab on what their children watch on TV and internet.

On Camera

Govt’s earlier FDI limit of 74% in insurance sector has remained underutilised, Parliament told

In the latest budget, the FDI limit was increased to 100 percent, but most foreign companies are not buying such large stakes in the Indian insurance sector.

India to get last of Spain-built C-295 next month, focus now on 1st India-made aircraft

New Delhi: The last of the C-295 transport aircraft that is replacing the ageing Avro fleet of the Indian Air Force (IAF) will be...

Modi’s Bharat vs Indira’s India: 11-yr report card of politics, diplomacy, economy, nationalism

As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.