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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

Tariffs, chips, and China — how Trump’s trade playbook affects India

Trump’s OBBB is framed to augment domestic semiconductor production and enhance trade protection, even at the expense of certain social programs such as Medicaid, food stamps, and student loans, as well as a projected ballooning federal deficit from US$2.8 to 3.3 trillion

New insolvency frameworks to shorter timelines, how 2025 amendment bill proposes to transform IBC

New bill aims to fix key issues with IBC 2016, including delays & patchy implementation, and protect creditors, with window for genuine promoters to retain control of their companies.

First-of-its kind tri-services conference Ran Samvad to take place in Army War College next week

Billed as the military’s own version of Raisina Dialogue, the event will spotlight on tech-driven warfighting, lessons from Operation Sindoor and release of three new doctrines.

War of IAF, PAF doctrines: As Pakistan obsesses over numbers, India embraces risk, wins

Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?