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Mar 04, 2021 05:23 PM IST Pfizer and Moderna both have completed enrollment for studies of children ages 12 and older, and expect to release the data over the summer. If regulators clear the results, younger teens likewise could start getting vaccinated once supply allows. The Moderna vaccine is currently cleared for people 18 and older.
Feb 18, 2021 09:29 AM IST Union Minister for Women and Child Development Minister Smriti Irani has spoken to her foreign ministry counterpart S Jaishankar in regards to the same
Jan 25, 2021 01:08 PM IST The award is given to children with exceptional abilities and outstanding accomplishments, in the fields of innovation, scholastics, sports, arts & culture, social service and bravery.
Jan 07, 2021 02:25 PM IST This comes after a National Family Health Survey (NFHS) found “alarming decrease in children’s nutrition levels over 2015-2019 period” and 18 states reported increase in number of stunted, waster or underweight children under the age of 5,
Nov 14, 2020 01:51 PM IST According to the researchers, including those from the Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) in the US, children have lower levels of a receptor protein that the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 needs to invade airway epithelial cells in the lung.
Nov 04, 2020 09:31 PM IST The focus of the challenge is to make cities children friendly by reimagining parks, gardens, outdoor play spaces, making streets safe and walkable and improving access to early childhood services, along with reducing air and noise pollution.
Oct 26, 2020 03:56 PM IST Extension of free school meals was defeated 322 votes to 261 on October 21 in the UK’s House of Commons.
Oct 21, 2020 08:33 AM IST 'Global Estimate of Children in Monetary Poverty: An Update', notes that sub-Saharan Africa, with its limited social safety nets, accounts for two-thirds of children living in households that struggle to survive on an average of USD 1.90 a day or less per person the international measure for extreme poverty, while South Asia accounts for nearly a fifth of these children.
Oct 07, 2020 06:06 PM IST More than 10 million Indian children between five and 14 toil in farms and factories, or clean restaurant tables and shine shoes, a situation exacerbated by the coronavirus pandemic.
Oct 06, 2020 09:53 AM IST They further stated that more delay in reaching Phase 2 clinical trials in children would also delay recovery from COVID-19 and “unnecessarily prolong impact on education, health and emotional well-being.”
Sep 08, 2020 12:43 PM IST The first instruction for parents is to take a minute to breathe “as slowly and deeply as you can.”
Aug 17, 2020 07:10 PM IST The study conducted by child rights body CRY in May-June covered 5,987 children in Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. The information was collected by CRY's community organisers through telephonic interviews.
Aug 09, 2020 02:30 PM IST The book, titled "A Bend in Time: Writings by Children on the COVID-19 pandemic", is a collection of 12 engrossing stories and essays by children and young adults from across the country. Its introduction is written by award-winning children's author Bijal Vachharajani.
Jul 28, 2020 04:41 PM IST Wasting is a life-threatening form of malnutrition, which makes children too thin and weak, and puts them at greater risk of dying, poor growth, development and learning.
Jun 28, 2020 03:50 PM IST Researchers said that nearly a fifth of the pediatric population with COVID-19 did not exhibit any symptoms, and 21 percent of the children exhibited patchy marks of tissue injury on lung X-rays.
Jun 06, 2020 04:49 PM IST These are just a few of the examples of how companies that entertain or sell products for kids are adjusting their messages, as they attempt to deal with this moment in American history and explain the complexities of racism and police brutality to children through action and words.
May 18, 2020 10:17 AM IST India ranks the poorest among its extended neighbourhood when it comes to spending on education and healthcare, which can come in the way of its ambition to be a global economic powerhouse.
May 12, 2020 11:23 AM IST Children suffering from non-respiratory disease symptoms like diarrhoea and fever, or those with a history of exposure to the novel coronavirus, should be suspected of having COVID-19, a new study says.
Apr 30, 2020 07:48 AM IST Italian and British medical experts are investigating a possible link between the coronavirus pandemic and clusters of severe inflammatory disease in infants who are arriving in hospital with high fever and swollen arteries.
Jan 31, 2020 08:10 AM IST Additional Chief Secretary (Home) Awanish Awasthi told reporters the children "the accused was killed and the 23 children were rescued safely"
Mar 01, 2018 07:03 PM IST Over the past 5 years, Ketto Online Ventures has raised more than Rs 150 crore for 7,000 NGOs.
Mar 09, 2017 07:28 PM IST Women working in the organised sector will now be entitled to paid maternity leave of 26 weeks, up from 12 weeks, as Parliament today passed a bill in this regard that will benefit about 1.8 million women.
Feb 01, 2017 01:00 PM IST Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in the Union Budget 2017 emphasised on women empowerment and announced setting up of Mahila Shakti Kendra at village level. For this, the FM has allocated Rs 500 crore. He also hiked allocation for women skill development to Rs 1.84 lakh crore in financial year 2018.
Dec 28, 2016 11:08 AM IST The app is a good resource for working parents as often it‘s tough for them to track the activities of their child due to their busy schedules.
Nov 01, 2016 09:08 AM IST According to the 2011 Census data, there is 38.01 crore population in the age group of 5-19 years of which 26.98 crore (71 percent) is attending educational institutions. 4.49 crore (11.8 percent) people have attended schools earlier while 6.54 crore (17.2 percent) have never been to a school.
