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Flickering screens may help children with reading, writing difficu
Updated : 1 min ago IST
Washington [US], June 15 (ANI): A new study has found a link between visual white noise and cognitive abilities such as memory, reading and non-word decoding in children with reading and writing difficulties.
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Anil Vij releases comic book to spread awareness about COVID-19 va
Updated : 7 hours, 38 min ago IST
Chandigarh (Haryana) [India], June 15 (ANI): Haryana Home and Health Minister Anil Vij on Monday released IEC Comic - 'BACCHE, VAAYU and CORONA 6: Covid Variant Banaam Vaccine Yodha' to spread awareness about COVID-19 vaccine and immunisation among parents and children.
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Millions of Pakistani children engaged in worst forms of child lab
Updated : 12 hours, 21 min ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], June 14 (ANI): One of the leading organisations in Pakistan's Sindh has highlighted that millions of children continue to be engaged in the worst forms of labour under the indecent and inhumane living, and working conditions in the province due to the non-implementation o
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AIIMS Delhi to start screening children aged 6-12 yrs for Covaxin
Updated : 18 hours, 11 min ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 14 (ANI): The screening of children aged 6 to 12 years for the clinical trials of indigenously developed Covid-19 vaccine, Bharat Biotech's Covaxin is scheduled to start from Tuesday.
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Study emphasises importance of early interventions to address inso
Updated : 19 hours, 40 min ago IST
Washington [US], June 14 (ANI): A 15-year longitudinal study shows that childhood insomnia symptoms that persist into adulthood are strong determinants of mood and anxiety disorders in young adults.
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NCPCR asks social media sites to share origin of posts advertising
Updated : 1 day, 3 hours ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 14 (ANI): The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) on Sunday asked social media platforms to report the origin of posts that advertise the direct adoption of children who lost their parents to COVID-19.
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MP govt to announce scheme to ensure food, shelter, education for
Updated : 1 day, 9 hours ago IST
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], June 13 (ANI): Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Sunday said the state government will take care of food, shelter, and education for children orphaned due to COVID-19 and added a scheme for the same will be announced soon.
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Mizoram man who headed world's largest family, with 39 wives, 94 c
Updated : 1 day, 11 hours ago IST
Aizawl (Mizoram) [India], June 13 (ANI): Ziona Chana, the man from Mizoram believed to head the world's largest family with at least 39 wives and 94 children and 33 grandchildren, died on Sunday at the age 76.
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Children create 'micro oxygen chamber' by planting 750 sapling in
Updated : 1 day, 10 hours ago IST
Ludhiana, (Punjab) [India], June 13 (ANI): As the second wave of COVID has made us realise the importance of oxygen, a group of children created a micro oxygen chamber (micro forest) on Sunday by planting 750 tree saplings in Punjab's Ludhiana.
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Lancet India Task Force commissions COVID-19 advisory for paediatr
Updated : 2 days, 11 hours ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 12 (ANI): Lancet India Task Force on Saturday commissioned an advisory highlighting the planning, protocols and policy guidelines for paediatricians, ahead of a likely third wave of Covid-19 that is speculated to impact children.
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Study suggests ADHD medications may reduce suicidality risk in cer
Updated : 2 days, 14 hours ago IST
Washington [US], June 12 (ANI): Parents, take note! ADHD medications may lower suicide risk in children with hyperactivity, oppositional defiance, and other behavioural disorders, according to a new research.
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Thousands of 'invisible children' in Pakistan still susceptible to
Updated : 2 days, 14 hours ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 12 (ANI): George Laryea-Adjei, the Regional Director of United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has said there are still hundreds of thousands of 'invisible children' who are susceptible to polio and must be vaccinated.
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