A group of children was playing in a field in Herat when two bombs went off. In a separate incident in southern Afghanistan, at least five children were killed when they found an unexploded shell. Se...

The state commission for the protection of child rights is holding sessions in schools to teach students about their rights, child marriage, elopement and various aspects of Pocso (Protection of Child...

Today, families live in apartments, rented houses or old ancestral homes. Irrespective of which, as adults, we tend to underestimate children’s curiosity, thinking, penchant for exploration, fal...

The city of Kyiv covers 840 square kilometres and is divided by a broad river. It has about 500,000 structures — factories, ornate churches and high-rise apartments — many on narrow, windi...

Separate vaccination centres on school premises will be established in keeping with all safety norms to cover children under the inoculation drive...

The Union health ministry on Tuesday asked states to ensure that Covid-19 vaccines are administered only to those children who have attained the age of 12 years on the date of vaccination. “The...

Children aged between 12 and 15 will be eligible for Covid-19 vaccination and everyone 60 years or older may receive booster doses from March 16, the Union health ministry announced on Monday. The Co...

Mou Maiti, 8, Ariadaha For someone who has barely been outside Ariadaha in the northern fringes of Greater Calcutta, forget West Bengal, eight-year-old Mou Maiti speaks fluent Hindi. According to her...

Seven people, including three children, were killed in a blaze that ravaged through the shanties in northeast Delhi in the early hours of Saturday. Chief minister Arvind Kejriwal announced a compensa...

Adhir Biswas: Writer of umpteen novels and stories in Bengali, Adhir Biswas’ titles include Urojahaj (2011) and Last Boy (2019). “Children’s books should be simple. They should open ...