scorecardresearch
Add as a preferred source on Google
Monday, November 10, 2025
TopicNCPCR

Topic: NCPCR

Only 8% of minority students attend schools for minority communities, NCPCR report says

NCPCR report, which analyses data from 23,487 minority schools across the country, says a little over 37% of total students in minority schools belong to these communities.

Twitter gets NCPCR notice for Rahul Gandhi post on Delhi ‘rape’, violates POCSO, it says

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi had met the family of the nine-year-old 'rape' victim Wednesday and tweeted a picture with them.

NCW asks Twitter India chief to remove all pornographic, obscene content from platform

National Commission for Women has given a week's time to remove the content. NCW chairperson Rekha Sharma also wrote to Delhi Police Commissioner to investigate the matter.

Delhi Police registers FIR against Twitter for allegedly allowing access to child pornography

National Commission for Protection of Child Rights asked Delhi Police to book Twitter based on its findings that child sexual abuse material was easily available on the platform.

Twitter, Facebook could face ‘penal action’ by NCPCR over adoption posts on Covid orphans

National Commission for Protection of Child Rights has sought info on the origin of these posts, and given social media firms 10 days to produce an action-taken report.

SC orders action against NGO, people linked to illegal adoption of kids orphaned due to Covid

The top court said invitation for adoption of kids orphaned by Covid is contrary to law as no adoption can be permitted without involvement of Central Adoption Resource Authority.

1,742 children orphaned, 7,464 lost one parent during pandemic: Child rights body tells SC

According to NCPCR, 4,860 boys and 4,486 girls have been affected due to loss of either single or both parents since March last year. The numbers cited could be higher.

Child rights panel accuses Twitter of ‘lying’, violating POCSO Act, files FIR

Twitter has also been embroiled in a controversy with the Indian government over non-compliance of IT Rules, which the social media site has said are against freedom of expression.

NCPCR devises online portal ‘Bal Swaraj’ for children affected by Covid-19

The initiative aims at tracking affected children right from presenting them before the Child Welfare Committee to the restoration of the children to their parent, guardian, or relative.

J&J products to Bombay Begums, ‘toothless’ NCPCR is no longer just another govt commission

NCPCR's action against Netflix's 'Bombay Begums' triggers old criticism that body works at behest of Centre. Its chairman Priyank Kanoongo says protecting child rights the only agenda.

On Camera

SC order on stray dogs is like Tughlaq’s march to Daulatabad—grand in tone, empty in substance

SC’s order asks institutions to breed unnecessary panic and build fortresses, when they are yet to achieve basic safety or dignity.

No more text-heavy ads, wider scope of services—ICAI’s ethics code overhaul to promote Indian CA firms

Open to public feedback until 26 November, the revised guidelines, among other changes, give CA firms more flexibility to advertise & promote their services.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

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.