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Specially-Abled Child, 2, From Karnataka Finds Loving Home In Italy
Abandoned by his biological parents, a specially-abled child from the Gangamma Chikumbimath Orphanage, a child welfare centre run by the Swami Vivekanand Seva Pratishthan in Belagavi, has now found a new home.
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How Childhood Trauma Impacts Our Brains, Bodies - And Even Our Genes
In 1966, Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceauescu introduced extreme policies to increase the country's birth rate. This led to the widespread abandonment of children, who ended up in orphanages where they received no care, attention or love.
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"Our Pride": Lone Child Brings Hope To Japan's Puppet Village
Riding his tricycle with cheerful abandon, Kuranosuke Kato is the only child in his tiny, depopulated Japanese village overrun by life-sized puppets.
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Nagpur Man Abandons Lover's Child, 4, On Train, Cooks Up Kidnapping Story: Cops
A man from Nagpur was arrested after he abandoned a 4-year-old boy on a train claiming that he had been kidnapped as he saw the child as a hurdle in his relationship with his mother, an official said on Sunday.
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Newborn Found Dumped In London Sibling To Abandoned Infants, Says Court
A newborn baby found dumped in London in freezing conditions earlier this year has two siblings who were also abandoned in previous years in similar circumstances, a court has been told.
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Heat Of Light Bulb, Thrown Plastic Bottle Saved Baby Stuck Inside Odisha Bore Well: Officials
Cries of a child from inside the bore well, actually a pipe made of iron, attracted the attention of villagers in the evening and they informed the police.
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6-Year-Old Girl Kidnapped In Kerala Over Rs 10 Lakh Ransom Found
More than 21 hours after a six-year-old girl was kidnapped from Pooyappally in southern Kerala a day ago, the child was found abandoned, but safe, in a public ground here on Tuesday afternoon.
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Man, Accused Of Rape By Ex Lover, Can Seek Custody Of Child: Court
A man who had a relationship with a teenage girl who later accused him of rape could claim the custody of their child after she had abandoned the baby, the Bombay High Court has said.
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Number Of Orphan, Abandoned Children Rise By 25% Since 2020: Centre
The Centre has over the last three years registered a 25 per cent spike in the number of orphaned, abandoned, and surrendered children in its child adoption portal CARINGS.
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Missing Texas Boy, 6, Feared Dead, US Police Seek Extradition Of Parents From India
A missing 6-year-old boy from Texas, whose parents fled to India from the US and face felony charges of abandoning and endangering their child, is believed to be dead, a top police official has said.
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Child Rescued From Drain In Maharashtra In 2018 Adopted By Italian Couple
A newborn found abandoned in a drain in Ulhasnagar in Maharashtra's Thane district in 2018 has been adopted by an Italian couple.
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"No Moral Distinction" Between Orphaned, Abandoned Children: Bombay Court
The Bombay High Court pulled up the Maharashtra government for its stand that benefits given to orphaned children cannot be given to abandoned children and asserted there is no distinction between the two.
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Girl, 11, Kept As Domestic Help, Assaulted, Abandoned On Road In Odisha
In a horrific case of torture and child labour in Odisha's capital Bhubaneswar, an 11-year-old girl was assaulted in Nayapalli while she was illegally employed as a house help.
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Minor Rape Survivor Abandons Baby At Vacant Plot, Cousin Arrested: Rajasthan Cops
A 21-year-old youth was booked for allegedly sexually abusing his minor cousin for around 11 months after she delivered a child in a school toilet and abandoned the newborn on a vacant plot of land, police said on Sunday.
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Delhi High Court Paves Way For Foreign Couple To Adopt Abandoned Girl
The Delhi High court on Friday quashed and set aside the order of the Central Adoption Resource Authority (CARA) obstructing the inter-country adoption of a minor child to a foreign couple.
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Specially-Abled Child, 2, From Karnataka Finds Loving Home In Italy
Abandoned by his biological parents, a specially-abled child from the Gangamma Chikumbimath Orphanage, a child welfare centre run by the Swami Vivekanand Seva Pratishthan in Belagavi, has now found a new home.
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How Childhood Trauma Impacts Our Brains, Bodies - And Even Our Genes
In 1966, Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceauescu introduced extreme policies to increase the country's birth rate. This led to the widespread abandonment of children, who ended up in orphanages where they received no care, attention or love.
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"Our Pride": Lone Child Brings Hope To Japan's Puppet Village
Riding his tricycle with cheerful abandon, Kuranosuke Kato is the only child in his tiny, depopulated Japanese village overrun by life-sized puppets.
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Nagpur Man Abandons Lover's Child, 4, On Train, Cooks Up Kidnapping Story: Cops
A man from Nagpur was arrested after he abandoned a 4-year-old boy on a train claiming that he had been kidnapped as he saw the child as a hurdle in his relationship with his mother, an official said on Sunday.
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Newborn Found Dumped In London Sibling To Abandoned Infants, Says Court
A newborn baby found dumped in London in freezing conditions earlier this year has two siblings who were also abandoned in previous years in similar circumstances, a court has been told.
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Heat Of Light Bulb, Thrown Plastic Bottle Saved Baby Stuck Inside Odisha Bore Well: Officials
Cries of a child from inside the bore well, actually a pipe made of iron, attracted the attention of villagers in the evening and they informed the police.
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6-Year-Old Girl Kidnapped In Kerala Over Rs 10 Lakh Ransom Found
More than 21 hours after a six-year-old girl was kidnapped from Pooyappally in southern Kerala a day ago, the child was found abandoned, but safe, in a public ground here on Tuesday afternoon.
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Man, Accused Of Rape By Ex Lover, Can Seek Custody Of Child: Court
A man who had a relationship with a teenage girl who later accused him of rape could claim the custody of their child after she had abandoned the baby, the Bombay High Court has said.
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Number Of Orphan, Abandoned Children Rise By 25% Since 2020: Centre
The Centre has over the last three years registered a 25 per cent spike in the number of orphaned, abandoned, and surrendered children in its child adoption portal CARINGS.
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Missing Texas Boy, 6, Feared Dead, US Police Seek Extradition Of Parents From India
A missing 6-year-old boy from Texas, whose parents fled to India from the US and face felony charges of abandoning and endangering their child, is believed to be dead, a top police official has said.
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Child Rescued From Drain In Maharashtra In 2018 Adopted By Italian Couple
A newborn found abandoned in a drain in Ulhasnagar in Maharashtra's Thane district in 2018 has been adopted by an Italian couple.
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"No Moral Distinction" Between Orphaned, Abandoned Children: Bombay Court
The Bombay High Court pulled up the Maharashtra government for its stand that benefits given to orphaned children cannot be given to abandoned children and asserted there is no distinction between the two.
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Girl, 11, Kept As Domestic Help, Assaulted, Abandoned On Road In Odisha
In a horrific case of torture and child labour in Odisha's capital Bhubaneswar, an 11-year-old girl was assaulted in Nayapalli while she was illegally employed as a house help.
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Minor Rape Survivor Abandons Baby At Vacant Plot, Cousin Arrested: Rajasthan Cops
A 21-year-old youth was booked for allegedly sexually abusing his minor cousin for around 11 months after she delivered a child in a school toilet and abandoned the newborn on a vacant plot of land, police said on Sunday.
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Delhi High Court Paves Way For Foreign Couple To Adopt Abandoned Girl
The Delhi High court on Friday quashed and set aside the order of the Central Adoption Resource Authority (CARA) obstructing the inter-country adoption of a minor child to a foreign couple.
