January 6 marks the World Day of War Orphans, which seeks to highlight the challenges faced by children who are left orphaned due to war, invasions and military conflicts. According to UNICEF, the year 2023 has been one of the worst years for children with wars in Ukraine and Gaza among others.
Under the PM Cares for children scheme, the government of India will ensure free-of-cost education for all such children, and a lump sum amount of Rs 10 lakh will be deposited in their account once they turn 23.
A bench comprising Justices L Nageswara Rao and Aniruddha Bose directed the the District Magistartes to issue necessary instructions to the district child protection officers to take assistance of the police, civil society, gram panchayats, anganwadi and ASHA workers for identification of orphans.
The Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC) in Maharashtra announced on Saturday that it will provide financial assistance to the local children, who were orphaned due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The Lucknow University will take over the responsibility of over 70 Covid orphans who have lost their earning parents in the pandemic.
In view of the pandemic, the Punjab government — beginning July 1, 2021 — will provide Rs 1,500 per month as social security pension, along with free education up to graduation, for all those children orphaned in the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as families that have lost their breadwinning member, Punjab Chief Minister Office has informed.
During a question and answer round at an event in Vivekananda college in Delhi, an orphan girl told Kailash Satyarthi that she needs a job to support her maternal grandparents, who had been taking care of her since she lost her parents.
In his address at the first National CSR Awards ceremony here, he said the Companies Act was amended in 2013-14, making it mandatory for companies with a specified level of profit to spend 2 per cent of it on social welfare.
The sudden discovery of Rs 96,500 cash in demonetised notes left by their late mother has created a difficult situation for an orphan brother-sister duo here.
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New York: Neha Gupta, an 18-year-old Indian-American, today won the presigious International Children's Peace Prize for her work to help orphans in India and other vulnerable children.Gupta won the award whose last year's winner was
Madurai: The Madras High Court yesterday sought to know from the Centre if orphans staying in homes run by NGOs were properly protected from child molesters from abroad under the guise of providing education and
Mumbai, Dec 25: Hrithik Roshan's wife Sussanne became Santa Claus for orphaned children here and distributed gifts at Bal Asha Trust.Creative director of TheHomeLabel.com -- a lifestyle e-commerce brand, Sussanne also decorated a Christmas tree
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