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Centre scraps 'no-detention policy' for classes 5, 8 students

New Delhi: The Centre has scrapped the 'no-detention policy' for classes 5 and 8 in schools governed by it allowing them to fail students who do not clear the year-end exams, according to officials. Following the amendment to the Right to Education Act in 2019, at least 16 states and two Union Territories have already done away with the 'no-detention …

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5 hours, 57 minutes ago

Gauhati High Court Sets February 2025 Deadline For State To Notify Draft Rules & Child Protection Policy

Live Law

The Gauhati High Court recently directed the Assam Government to inform it by February 25, 2025, about the status of the issuance of notification for the Draft Rules and Child Protection Policy; filling of the vacancies, and the status of social audit and tentative time of completion of the said audit. The division bench comprising Justice Kalyan Rai Surana and …

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14 hours, 58 minutes ago

Tamil Nadu: Childline workers’ salaries increased after one-year delay

New Indian Express

CHENNAI: After a delay of a year, the Department of Child Welfare and Special Services has increased the salaries of childline workers across the state. At district-level child helplines, coordinators’ salaries have increased from Rs 14,000 to Rs 28,000 and counsellors’ pay has increased from Rs 8,000 to Rs 23,000. Similarly, childline supervisors will now draw Rs 21,000, up from …

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1 day, 8 hours ago

416 people arrested in third phase of crackdown against child marriage in Assam: CM

The Hindu

Four hundred and sixteen people have been arrested in the third phase of the crackdown against child marriage in Assam, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Sunday, December 22, 2024. In Phase 3 operations launched on the night of Dec 21-22, 416 arrests were made and 335 cases registered. We will continue to take bold steps to end this …

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1 day, 14 hours ago

Transforming the party: Democrats have failed us — it's time to rebuild from the ground up

Salon

Would it not be simpler for the government to dissolve the people and elect another? — Bertolt Brecht It took just over three weeks for top aides on the Kamala Harris campaign to appear on "Pod Save America" and, as a HuffPost writer put it, suggest they'd been doomed all along by a fossilized sense “that there just wasn’t much …

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1 day, 14 hours ago

Awaken non-violence within

New Indian Express

Children, non-violence is the highest dharma. The mother’s spanking of her child cannot be considered violence because she had spanked her daughter with a good intention: she wanted her daughter to have a bright future. While planting a fruit-bearing sapling, we might uproot many small plants around it. Looked at from this perspective, uprooting the small plants was no loss …

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1 day, 22 hours ago

PETER HITCHENS: Sara Sharif's death is a tragedy - but banning home-schooling won't solve anything

Daily Mail

The hideous murder of a defenceless child will certainly happen again. Last week, after the frightful trial of Sara Sharif's killers, there was a sudden chorus saying that home-schooling ought now to be more tightly restricted in this country. It seems odd to conclude that home-schooling, of all things, should be held to blame for what happened to Sara Sharif, …

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Maharashtra portfolios: Fadnavis keeps Home, Shinde Urban Development; Ajit gets Finance

The Hindu

Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis retained Home department and law and judiciary department, while Deputy Chief Ministers Eknath Shinde and Ajit Pawar got Urban Development department and finance department respectively, in the portfolio allocation among the cabinet ministers in Maharashtra on Saturday. DCM Eknath Shinde will retain his favourite Urban Development department, along with two other portfolios - Housing and …

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2 days ago

Twisted teacher Alissa McCommon, 38, who got pregnant after raping boy, 12, learns her fate

Daily Mail

Teacher Alissa McCommon, who got pregnant after raping a Tennessee schoolboy, was sentenced to 25 years behind bars. Alissa McCommon, 38, will spend 25 years behind bars and be required to register as a sex offender after she took a plea deal on Friday. McCommon, who worked as a fourth-grade teacher at Charger Academy, may have up to 21 victims, …

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2 days, 3 hours ago

Madras High Court restrains U.S. citizen from proceeding with divorce plea filed in Washington

The Hindu

The Madras High Court has restrained an American citizen from proceeding with a divorce case filed by her before the King County Superior Court in Washington, United States, and also from initiating any kind of legal proceedings related to her marriage before the courts in Singapore. The alleged adulterer was also made one of the respondents to the divorce petition …

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Karnataka: Women's Commission Seeks Probe Into BJP MLC’s Slur

Deccan Chronicle

Bengaluru: Karnataka State Commission for Women Chairman Dr Nagalakshmi Chowdhury on Saturday made an appeal to Council Chairman Basavaraj Horatti to order an high-level investigation into the alleged derogatory slur made by Bharatiya Janata Party MLC and former minister C.T. Ravi against Congress leader and Minister for Women and Child Welfare Laxmi Hebbalkar during the recent winter Assembly session in …

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2 days, 12 hours ago

Inside India’s Detention Camps: Rohingya Refugees Face Abuse, Harsh Conditions

The Quint

“We have done nothing wrong. Our villages were being burned, and we came here to save our lives”, says Minara Begum, a 45- year-old mother of three from Buthidaung, Myanmar. Through the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the Canadian High commission requested to interview Minara. But the Indian authorities denied their request to be interviewed either virtually or at …

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2 days, 13 hours ago

Exposed: How a reality TV star turned OnlyFans model engaged to a porn billionaire was allowed to open a care home for vulnerable children... and charge taxpayers £3m a year. FRED KELLY investigates t

Daily Mail

She's a reality TV star who sold X-rated pictures of herself online and is engaged to a billionaire porn baron. Until it was shuttered a year ago – only to be briefly reopened and then closed a second time – Moss Farm Children's Home in the village of Styal, Cheshire, was owned and operated by AP Care Homes Ltd, a …

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2 days, 13 hours ago

Jordan Pickford 'downs shots and parties in the same bar as Kyle Walker's ex Lauryn Goodman' during boozy night out in London

Daily Mail

Jordan Pickford was spotted downing 'shot after shot' in the same bar as Lauryn Goodman and pals during a wild night out. An onlooker said that the England goalkeeper, 30, who has two children with wife Megan Davison, was doing 'slammer after slammer' It comes after Lauryn defended the father of her children, Kyle Walker, in a series of Instagram …

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2 days, 14 hours ago

Law changes that will hit Dutch wallets in 2025

NL Times

At the start of every year, the Dutch government implements law changes. Anyone earning over 75,518 euros per year pays the high rate of 49.5 percent, while anyone earning less pays 36.97 percent. In between there will be a middle bracket for people earning between 38,089 and 75,518 euros per year, with an income tax rate of 37.48 percent. In …

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2 days, 14 hours ago

Don’t switch off – the world’s children have never needed you more

Al Jazeera

The cascading crises that the world has witnessed this year give child rights advocates such as myself pause for thought: what are the ways forward and how can we all ensure that all children have their rights fulfilled and the chance of a brighter future? Today’s children are facing unprecedented conflicts and geopolitical power struggles that ignore their mental, physical, …

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2 days, 20 hours ago

Meryl Streep's daughter Grace Gummer is PREGNANT! Actress, 38, and Mark Ronson expecting second child together

Daily Mail

Grace Gummer and husband Mark Ronson are expecting their second child together nearly two years after welcoming their first baby, a girl named Ruthie. The daughter of Meryl Streep, 38, revealed the big news as she debuted her growing baby bump on Wednesday during Ronson and Justin Theroux's holiday bash at Pebble Bar in NYC. Grace Gummer, 38, and husband, …

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2 days, 21 hours ago

Treat children with humanity, officials tell care home organisers in A.P.

The Hindu

Officers of the Juvenile Welfare and Women Development and Child Welfare have asked the heads and staff of Child Care Institutions and the State-run Sishu Gruhas to look after the children staying in the homes with humanity. The Principal Secretary, WD&CW, Senior Citizens and Juvenile Welfare, A. Surya Kumar, who participated in a two-day training programme for Juvenile Welfare Department …

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2 days, 22 hours ago

Princess Beatrice's stepson Wolfie left shocked after his friend was given £15,000 from the tooth fairy, his mother reveals, as she takes him on whirlwind trip to the US

Daily Mail

Princess Beatrice's stepson Wolfie was shocked to learn his friend was given £15,000 from the tooth fairy, his mother Dara Huang recently revealed. Dara, 41, documented her and son Christopher 'Wolfie' Woolf Mapelli Mozzi's whirlwind trip to the United States, before the eight-year-old returned to the UK for Kate's Christmas carol concert earlier this month. Dara, 41, documented her and …

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3 days, 5 hours ago

Mother-of-five made to swallow wedding ring before being brutally murdered by her husband was failed by police, inquest rules

Daily Mail

A mother-of-five who was brutally killed by her violent husband was failed by two police forces before her death, an inquest has found. Police were also notified when a month before Ms Rushton's death, her brother went to the cops to report Dyson for taking photos of him sexually abusing his wife on her 30th birthday. One of Ms Rushton's …

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3 days, 7 hours ago

Pregnant Kylie Kelce comes clean about hilarious reason why she wanted fourth child with husband Jason

Daily Mail

She announced last month that she and her husband Jason Kelce were expecting their fourth child. And Kylie Kelce revealed why she decided to take the plunge with another child after already sharing three young girls with the 37-year-old retired Philadelphia Eagles center. Kylie Kelce, 32, revealed her — possibly joking — reason for wanting a fourth child on Thursday's …

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3 days, 8 hours ago

Shuttling Child Between Two Forums Causes Inconvenience And Is Detrimental To Child's Welfare: Kerala High Court In Custody Battle

Live Law

The Kerala High Court set aside an order issued by the Child Welfare Committee, which had directed the child to be produced before it without hearing the preliminary objections of the mother. The Court noted that the father filed a parallel petition before the Child Welfare Committee, while his original petition for custody was still pending before the Family Court. …

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3 days, 8 hours ago

Gauhati HC Directs Counselling Of Parents Of Minor Rape Survivor Who Underwent Pregnancy Termination To Ensure She Isn't Abandoned

Live Law

The Gauhati High Court on Thursday directed the Secretary, District Legal Services Authority to undertake counselling of the parents of the minor girl, who was allowed to terminate her 26-week pregnancy after she was allegedly gang raped, so that they do not abandon her. A division bench comprising Justice Kalyan Rai Surana and Justice Susmita Phukan Khaund further directed the …

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Joss Stone is pregnant! Singer-songwriter learns she is expecting a child just weeks after adopting a newborn baby called Bear

Daily Mail

Joss Stone was left 'shocked' to learn that she is pregnant - just weeks after adopting a baby boy. The 37-year-old singer already has Violet, three, as well as two-year old Shackleton with husband Cody DaLuz and the pair adopted newborn son Bear just weeks ago but on Thursday night, she revealed that she is expecting again. The news comes …

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Centre scraps 'no-detention policy' for classes 5, 8 students

Gauhati High Court Sets February 2025 Deadline For State To Notify Draft Rules & Child Protection Policy

Tamil Nadu: Childline workers’ salaries increased after one-year delay

416 people arrested in third phase of crackdown against child marriage in Assam: CM

Transforming the party: Democrats have failed us — it's time to rebuild from the ground up

Awaken non-violence within

PETER HITCHENS: Sara Sharif's death is a tragedy - but banning home-schooling won't solve anything

Maharashtra portfolios: Fadnavis keeps Home, Shinde Urban Development; Ajit gets Finance

Twisted teacher Alissa McCommon, 38, who got pregnant after raping boy, 12, learns her fate

Madras High Court restrains U.S. citizen from proceeding with divorce plea filed in Washington

Karnataka: Women's Commission Seeks Probe Into BJP MLC’s Slur

Inside India’s Detention Camps: Rohingya Refugees Face Abuse, Harsh Conditions

Exposed: How a reality TV star turned OnlyFans model engaged to a porn billionaire was allowed to open a care home for vulnerable children... and charge taxpayers £3m a year. FRED KELLY investigates t

Jordan Pickford 'downs shots and parties in the same bar as Kyle Walker's ex Lauryn Goodman' during boozy night out in London

Law changes that will hit Dutch wallets in 2025

Don’t switch off – the world’s children have never needed you more

Meryl Streep's daughter Grace Gummer is PREGNANT! Actress, 38, and Mark Ronson expecting second child together

Treat children with humanity, officials tell care home organisers in A.P.

Princess Beatrice's stepson Wolfie left shocked after his friend was given £15,000 from the tooth fairy, his mother reveals, as she takes him on whirlwind trip to the US

Mother-of-five made to swallow wedding ring before being brutally murdered by her husband was failed by police, inquest rules

Pregnant Kylie Kelce comes clean about hilarious reason why she wanted fourth child with husband Jason

Shuttling Child Between Two Forums Causes Inconvenience And Is Detrimental To Child's Welfare: Kerala High Court In Custody Battle

Gauhati HC Directs Counselling Of Parents Of Minor Rape Survivor Who Underwent Pregnancy Termination To Ensure She Isn't Abandoned

Joss Stone is pregnant! Singer-songwriter learns she is expecting a child just weeks after adopting a newborn baby called Bear