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Smriti Irani Asks Meta To Work With Child Helpline For Emergencies
Women and Child Development Minister Smriti Irani on Monday asked social media major Meta to work in sync with the child helpline to provide quick relief to children in an emergency situation.
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1,000 In Custody, Helpline Launched In Assam Child Marriage Crackdown
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday said that nearly 900 charge sheets have been filed in last month's crackdown against child marriages in the state.
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Child Marriage Stopped In Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar
A child marriage was stopped in Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar district by a team of the welfare department's child helpline, an official said on Sunday.
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Women Helpline Received Over 2.47 Lakh Calls During Lockdown: Centre
Over 2.47 lakh phone calls were registered by the government's women helpline from April to June last year when the country was under lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Women and Child Development Ministry said on Thursday.
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From Emotional To Medical Support, Delhi's Virus Helpline Caters All
From helping a father to get back his child to providing medical assistance to a pregnant woman, a helpline in Delhi's Rajinder Nagar constituency is doing a lot more than just addressing coronavirus queries. The helpline in Rajinder Nagar Vidhan Sabha, 9910944444, was started as a direct way to connect with the assembly's MLA Raghav Chadha, but it...
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898 Child Marriages Prevented During Lockdown Amid Pandemic: Smriti Irani
The Women and Child Development Ministry's emergency helpline Childline 1098 prevented 898 child marriages during the lockdown imposed in view of the coronavirus outbreak, Union minister Smriti Irani said today.
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Top Court Accepts Plea To Show Sex Assault Awareness Clips In Movie Halls
A short video clip with helpline numbers should be screened in movie halls across the country to create awareness about sexual assault cases against children, a lawyer suggested on Thursday and it was accepted by the Supreme Court.
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112: India's New All-In-One Emergency Helpline Number Launched
Emergency helpline number 112 provides immediate assistance to services like police (100), fire (101), health (108), women safety (1090) and child protection in India.
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Child Helpline Appears In Pornographic Content Search Results: Officials
A government toll-free number for reporting child sexual assault cases has been deactivated temporarily after it appeared in pornographic content search, and calls seeking sexual services were received, a senior official working in the department said.
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NCERT Publishes Child Helpline Information In Textbooks
NCERT has published information about helplines for children in all course books from Class 6-12, giving around 26 crore school children access to them, the Women and Child Development (WCD) Ministry said.
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Hyderabad 4-Year-Old Forced By Mother To Sit On Hot Frying Pan, Say Cops
A four-year-old girl in Hyderabad was forced to sit on a hot frying pan by her mother who wanted to "get rid of her", the police said today. The brutal abuse, revealed when the child was brought to a child helpline centre with burns on her body, left activists shocked
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Woman Gives Birth To Child In Three-Wheeler In Jind
A woman on Monday gave birth to her child in a three-wheeler allegedly after no ambulance arrived at her house to take her to a hospital despite making calls to '102' ambulance helpline number.
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Union Minister J P Nadda Launches IT-Enabled Tool To Help Quit Tobacco
The Centre today launched four IT-based health care initiatives including an audio-based mobile service which will deliver weekly messages to families about pregnancy and child birth, an IT-enabled tool to help quit tobacco, and a dedicated helpline for Tuberculosis patients.
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Government To Come Up With Guidelines To Check Harassment On Matrimonial Sites
Guidelines to check harassment of women on matrimonial websites will soon be formulated by the Women and Child Development Ministry which will include measures like setting up a dedicated helpline by the site owners for redress of complaints and filing periodical returns.
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Delhi's 181 Helpline to Operate from Women and Child Development Department
Delhi Government's 181 helpline for women, which operates from the Chief Minister's Office, has been attached with the Women and Child Development Department, fuelling fear that the initiative taken after the December 16 gang rape may soon run out of steam.
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Smriti Irani Asks Meta To Work With Child Helpline For Emergencies
Women and Child Development Minister Smriti Irani on Monday asked social media major Meta to work in sync with the child helpline to provide quick relief to children in an emergency situation.
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1,000 In Custody, Helpline Launched In Assam Child Marriage Crackdown
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday said that nearly 900 charge sheets have been filed in last month's crackdown against child marriages in the state.
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Child Marriage Stopped In Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar
A child marriage was stopped in Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar district by a team of the welfare department's child helpline, an official said on Sunday.
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Women Helpline Received Over 2.47 Lakh Calls During Lockdown: Centre
Over 2.47 lakh phone calls were registered by the government's women helpline from April to June last year when the country was under lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Women and Child Development Ministry said on Thursday.
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From Emotional To Medical Support, Delhi's Virus Helpline Caters All
From helping a father to get back his child to providing medical assistance to a pregnant woman, a helpline in Delhi's Rajinder Nagar constituency is doing a lot more than just addressing coronavirus queries. The helpline in Rajinder Nagar Vidhan Sabha, 9910944444, was started as a direct way to connect with the assembly's MLA Raghav Chadha, but it...
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898 Child Marriages Prevented During Lockdown Amid Pandemic: Smriti Irani
The Women and Child Development Ministry's emergency helpline Childline 1098 prevented 898 child marriages during the lockdown imposed in view of the coronavirus outbreak, Union minister Smriti Irani said today.
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Top Court Accepts Plea To Show Sex Assault Awareness Clips In Movie Halls
A short video clip with helpline numbers should be screened in movie halls across the country to create awareness about sexual assault cases against children, a lawyer suggested on Thursday and it was accepted by the Supreme Court.
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112: India's New All-In-One Emergency Helpline Number Launched
Emergency helpline number 112 provides immediate assistance to services like police (100), fire (101), health (108), women safety (1090) and child protection in India.
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Child Helpline Appears In Pornographic Content Search Results: Officials
A government toll-free number for reporting child sexual assault cases has been deactivated temporarily after it appeared in pornographic content search, and calls seeking sexual services were received, a senior official working in the department said.
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NCERT Publishes Child Helpline Information In Textbooks
NCERT has published information about helplines for children in all course books from Class 6-12, giving around 26 crore school children access to them, the Women and Child Development (WCD) Ministry said.
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Hyderabad 4-Year-Old Forced By Mother To Sit On Hot Frying Pan, Say Cops
A four-year-old girl in Hyderabad was forced to sit on a hot frying pan by her mother who wanted to "get rid of her", the police said today. The brutal abuse, revealed when the child was brought to a child helpline centre with burns on her body, left activists shocked
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Woman Gives Birth To Child In Three-Wheeler In Jind
A woman on Monday gave birth to her child in a three-wheeler allegedly after no ambulance arrived at her house to take her to a hospital despite making calls to '102' ambulance helpline number.
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Union Minister J P Nadda Launches IT-Enabled Tool To Help Quit Tobacco
The Centre today launched four IT-based health care initiatives including an audio-based mobile service which will deliver weekly messages to families about pregnancy and child birth, an IT-enabled tool to help quit tobacco, and a dedicated helpline for Tuberculosis patients.
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Government To Come Up With Guidelines To Check Harassment On Matrimonial Sites
Guidelines to check harassment of women on matrimonial websites will soon be formulated by the Women and Child Development Ministry which will include measures like setting up a dedicated helpline by the site owners for redress of complaints and filing periodical returns.
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Delhi's 181 Helpline to Operate from Women and Child Development Department
Delhi Government's 181 helpline for women, which operates from the Chief Minister's Office, has been attached with the Women and Child Development Department, fuelling fear that the initiative taken after the December 16 gang rape may soon run out of steam.
