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Tuesday, August 12, 2025
TopicChild trafficking

Topic: child trafficking

Beware of traffickers: Social media posts seeking adoption for ‘Covid orphans’ raise concern

The rising Covid death toll has placed children who have lost both parents, in a vulnerable position. But legal adoptions must take place through child welfare committees, warn experts

10 years after they were lost, Delhi cops help two families in Nepal & UP reunite with sons

Shahrukh, 17, was kidnapped by traffickers in 2010. Kailash, a labourer in Ludhiana in 2011, ran away after being beaten up.

Girl trafficked to Bengal from Odisha at 13 years of age awarded Rs 9 lakh as compensation

The girl, now 17, has been awarded compensation by a district legal services authority in Bengal. Amount of Rs 9 lakh is believed to be highest in the state.

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.

How police tracked children sold from Missionaries of Charity and ensured a happy ending

While four children have been traced, three others are yet to be. Police, however, suspect several more children may have been sold.

Unwed mothers made to give up claims on babies by Missionaries of Charity staff in Ranchi

On admission to Nirmal Hriday, the inmates were allegedly made to sign undertakings renouncing their claim to the children.

India’s crackdown on human trafficking not strong enough to stamp it out, says US

Lauds efforts, but urges Delhi to increase prosecutions and convictions for all forms of trafficking, including bonded labour

On Camera

With nuke lunacy, Asim Munir joins Pakistan’s Hall of Generals who swapped brains for bluster

Munir indicates that he’s willing to go for broke, even if it risks taking his country “and half the world” down with him. It’s important to understand where he is coming from.

How mining, manufacturing & power sectors weighed on India’s industrial output since January 2024

India’s industrial output growth saw a 10-month low in June, with Index of Industrial Production (IIP) growing by mere 1.5% as against 1.9% in May 2025.

‘Next war may come sooner than expected, will require whole-of-nation approach’—Army chief

Gen Dwivedi framed Op Sindoor not just as retaliation to Pahalgam, but as demonstration of India’s capability to fight multi-domain conflicts with integration between services & agencies.

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.