New Delhi: As the five-in-one or pentavalent vaccine is set to roll out in Kerala and Tamil Nadu - chosen because these states have the best immunisation programs in place - CNN-IBN finds another vaccine controversy is brewing. There are several points of criticism - one, that this vaccine isn't cost-effective. Two, that it's not been proved that this combination vaccine is more effective than individual components. Three, critics say...
08:51 AM, Dec 14, 2011
New Delhi: Information technology and creative writing have come together in a unique project to create literature by children for children. A project 'Write & Read: By Us For Us' - a compilation of short stories - has turned the portable computer printer into a creative device by using computer printing technology to put together an anthology of short stories. The book priced at Rs 375 is a colourful collection...
12:58 PM, Dec 01, 2011
HYDERABAD: It was an inner peace of an altogether different kind. The Global Peace Foundation Auditorium here, venue for seminars on spirituality, wellness and motivation, vibrated with the innocence of hundreds of children right from tiny tots to the more chic teen crowd. What united them on a cool Monday evening was a common passion for cinema - children's movies at that. And the 17th International Children's Film Festival seemed...
08:55 AM, Nov 15, 2011
CHENNAI: A day before Childrens Day, a sea of bobbing purple balloons seemed to be making their way towards the new Hippocampus Childrens Library on Sunday morning. Then, a group of children, complete with a saxophone player at the helm, marched merrily towards what would be the citys first model library for children. Chandni Khanna, Director of the library in Chennai said, We designed this place to be fun with...
08:27 AM, Nov 14, 2011
12-year-old Durgananad works in a factory. He turns CJ to appeal to parents not to force their children to work and to send them to school. ...
10:39 PM, Nov 12, 2011
Mumbai: The government will be launching the Right to Education campaign across the country called 'Shiksha Ka Abhiyaan' on National Education Day. It is reported that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will make an appeal to the students of the country urging them to study hard. The appeal will be read out in 13 lakh schools across the country on Children's Day. Meanwhile, children in Uttar Pradesh will be listening to...
09:27 AM, Nov 11, 2011
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Delhi's not supposed to be on this list - not on a list of shame, for heaven's sake, when it comes to child mortality and ...
12:00 PM, Nov 02, 2011
New Delhi: The shortlists for the Vodafone Crossword Books Award was announced across five categories in New Delhi on Wednesday. The categories are: Fiction, Non-Fiction, Translations, Children's Books and Popular Choice. The last of these has been revamped, with the top 5 fiction and top 5 non-fiction bestsellers at Crossword stores across the country being shortlisted. While four separate juries will pick the winners in the first four categories, the...
01:40 AM, Jul 28, 2011
"It is a tough job being a Kids' book author, and the good news is that the number of young readers in India has increased," Sen Gupta . ...
03:00 PM, Jul 12, 2010
The show, titled 'Ishaan', will be aired on Disney Channel ...
11:29 AM, May 06, 2010
Bal Vikas Khajana in Muzzafarpur district gives soft loans to children. ...
10:13 AM, Jan 06, 2010
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