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Paediatric beds fill up in West Bengal as adenovirus spreads, 3 deaths recorded

Doctors have seen an at least 50 per cent increase in cases this year compared to usual

Globally 78.2 million children out of school: UN report

Over half the out-of-school children are girls, data shows

Simply Put: A childhood of heavy lifting

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Telling children how not to go the dodo way

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AIDS threatens students

Sweet poison

High levels of pesticides in fruits in the US could harm children

Innocent victims

Roman tragedy

A mosquito brought down an empire that worlds' militaries couldn't

Lucky children

EPA head's selfish act averts pesticide danger on children

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Vaccine shortage to continue

Government denies it; its own data tells a different story

Globally, just 1 in 4 children covered by social protection: UN report

One billion children live in multidimensional poverty without access to education, health, housing, nutrition, sanitation or water

Troubled by breath

Those who have had fewer respiratory diseases when young are the ones who are more susceptible to asthma

"Children are affected by lead poisoning"

VEENA KALRA, who is with the department of paediatrics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, is conducting research to …

Budget 2020-21: Why it’s high time for a thorough revamp of our child budget

India's allocation for children has been remained a paltry 3.3% for some time now. Here's why we need more

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (February 17, 2023)

Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal

More than half the funds for POSHAN Abhiyaan unutilised: NITI Aayog report

The scheme has an earmarked three-year budget of Rs 9,046.17 crore from 2017-18, when it was launched

African children are neglected when it comes to HIV treatment: Lancet study

Only 55% of African children living with HIV (including those who were previously undiagnosed) are on antiretroviral therapy and 32.6% have a …

PM Modi launches Jal Jeevan Mission App on Gandhi Jayanti

In a virtual meeting with members of ‘Paani Samitis’, Prime Minister Narendra Modi highlighted the importance of the Jal Jeevan Mission

How psychosocial support is highly neglected in humanitarian emergency response

Mental health and psychosocial support is essential to improve the well-being of children affected by humanitarian emergencies

The COVID-19 pandemic has already created a disadvantaged generation

Newborns, those about to be born and children under five will be the worst victims in terms of long-term impacts on growth and development