Bappi Lahiri says, "I liked the idea, the script and also the fact that this was not just for singing but Disney offered me a chance to act as well. So I decided to take it up because I have never acted in a show," said Lahiri. Lahiri will play a Disco King in the children's show and has lent his voice for an original track titled D.I.S.C.O. for the...
10:53 AM, Feb 02, 2011
London: Kids staying up late at weekends are more likely to be obese, says a new study. Those who are told to go to bed early on weekend nights get a chance to catch up on the sleep they do not get throughout the week and tend to be thinner. Researchers at the Chicago University monitored 308 children from four to 10 years of age, measuring the body mass index...
02:26 PM, Jan 25, 2011
National Disaster Response Force organized fire drills in schools across India. ...
01:45 PM, Jan 22, 2011
London: Penguin has released one of the first book apps designed for three month old babies to help enhance their hearing, visual and motor skills. The ‘Baby Touch Peekaboo App' goes live in the Apple app store Monday and brings to life the popular Ladybird series of books on the touch screen. The app has been specifically designed for and tested on babies as young as three months so they...
07:16 PM, Jan 10, 2011
New Delhi: On Monday, CNN-IBN brought the story of six-month old Chiku alias Stephen, who suffered a brain hemorrhage during delivery. His parents abandoned him saying it was the hospital's duty to cure him as they were unable to look after him in his present state. Chiku's case is not the only case. Two-year old Suhasini is one of the many abandoned children looked after by the Delhi Council for...
09:03 AM, Jan 05, 2011
Chicago: Children and teens often get diagnostic tests that expose them to radiation, increasing the risk of cancer later in life, U.S. researchers said on Monday. "In just a three-year span, 42.5 percent of kids got some form of ionizing radiation from a diagnostic medical procedure," said Dr. Adam Dorfman, a pediatric cardiologist at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, whose study appears in the Archives of Pediatrics and...
12:12 PM, Jan 04, 2011
London: Giving alternative treatments such as homeopathic remedies instead of conventional medicines to children may have deadly side effects in rare instances, a new analysis says. Australian researchers monitored reports from pediatricians in Australia from 2001 to 2003 looking for suspected side effects from alternative medicines like herbal treatments, vitamin supplements or naturopathic pills. They found 39 reports of side effects including four deaths. The study published online on Thursday...
10:14 AM, Dec 23, 2010
Visiting Chinese premier Wen visited a Delhi school and met with students who want to learn more about China and even study mandarin. ...
11:45 PM, Dec 15, 2010
India is witnessing a silent malnutrition crisis. 17 kids have been the victims in a single slum locality in Mumbai since April 2010. ...
09:30 PM, Dec 14, 2010
London: Contrary to general perception that aggression or depression lies in one's genes, a new study has found that the traits may be linked to parenting at home. An international team, led by Otago University, claims to have found that the role of positive and negative parenting practices influences a child's mental health problems, such as depression or aggression. The study, published in the 'Psychological Medicine' journal, has suggested that...
11:15 AM, Dec 03, 2010
As the violence in the Valley continues unabated, children often find themselves at the receiving end of soldiers' bullets. ...
10:22 AM, Aug 24, 2010
Lucknow: A high-level team from the central Health Ministry reached Lucknow on Sunday to probe the deaths of four infants within minutes of receiving routine immunisation shots in three villages on the outskirts of the Uttar Pradesh capital. The four-member team, led by Deputy Commissioner (Immunisation Division) Ajay Khera visited each of the villages where the immunisation was carried out. They grilled the suspended doctor and paramedical staff involved in...
07:25 AM, Aug 23, 2010
Retired eight years ago, Bhgawan Nagarkoche took up the position of a physical instructor at this Sainik School to discipline marathon hopefuls. ...
10:45 AM, Aug 15, 2010
Doctors have successfully completed a surgery to separate the extra limbs from a baby, born with four legs. ...
12:26 PM, Jul 09, 2010
In a disturbing incident, a dyslexic girl was raped by her tutor for seven years. So how safe is our children? ...
11:37 PM, Jul 01, 2010
Children were reported missing 15 years ago has tracked them down in Florida using Facebook. ...
09:49 AM, Jun 06, 2010
IBN7 answers all your queries about home schooling. ...
11:31 PM, Jun 05, 2010
