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Holding the hands of around 25 children at the ceremony in Kochi, the CM guided them to write ‘Harishree’ in Malayalam with their index finger on rice-filled platters 

Families say they are struggling to provide nutritious meals for their children as commercial supplies are disrupted.

The number of people facing acute food insecurity in Afghanistan is set to rise above 19 million this winter, the United Nations warned on Tuesday. The food crisis gripping Afghanistan is projected to affect millions of young children in 2027, the United Nations’ humanitarian agency OCHA said. More than four million babies and children under six will need treatment for acute malnutrition next year, it warned. Between September and October, 15.9 million people – or nearly one in three Afghans –...

Children cannot be blamed for CSEAM material online, the wrongdoer is the person who creates the content and the intermediary who slept on the watch

The plea called for mandatory age verification, age-appropriate access, verifiable parental consent and stronger safeguards against cyberbullying, sexual exploitation, harmful content and excessive platform use.

Digangana Mukherjee, a mother of a six-year-old girl and a 10-year-old boy, has banned television at her home in the Indian city of Mysore because she does not want her children to become addicted to watching content on screen. A year ago, when her son’s school started using a smart classroom board that streamed online content, she and her husband decided to enrol him in a school where teachers used chalk on a slate board, and the pace of lessons was slower. Now, she is happy that the Indian...

A teenager shot and killed three children and a teacher on Thursday at an elementary school in the US state of Oregon, police said, adding the assailant was later killed by an armed bystander who pursued him into the building. Officers rushed to Silver Rail Elementary in Bend, a city of about 100,000 in the nation's northwest, after reports of a shooter on campus on Thursday afternoon. The three children who died on the scene were aged five, eight and 11, said Bend police chief Mike Krantz.

Thousands gather for funeral prayers in Pakistan’s Peshawar after a school rooftop collapse killed at least 34 children.

At least 29 people, mostly children, have been killed after the school collapsed on them in Pakistan’s Peshawar.

The project aims to foster an interest in farming among children, promote organic agriculture, and set up vegetable gardens across schools.

Almost 2 million Somali children between the ages of 6 months and almost 5 will be suffering from acute malnutrition by June, analysts predict. Many are internally displaced people who lack access to basic services.

Community project, Kijiji Solutions, has recycled about 200 kilograms of plastic to produce nearly 2,000 tournament quality sets.

A non-profit children’s education organisation in Hong Kong has urged the government to expand support services for preschool-aged ethnic minority children with special needs to more districts, after a pilot project found that 95 per cent of participants showed improvement. Heep Hong Society said on Sunday that many ethnic minority families faced multiple barriers when seeking support for children with special educational needs (SEN), including language difficulties, financial constraints and...

Ghana’s Gender Ministry said on 10 October that welfare officers will monitor actress Nana Akua Addo’s children amid a police case. The post Ghana Monitors Nana Akua Addo’s Children appeared first on The Rio Times.

Brazilian police have rescued 13 children held hostage for more than two hours at a daycare centre in Curitiba.

Indonesia officially barred under-16s from using “high-risk” social media earlier this year. But that hasn’t stopped the son of one Jakarta-based writer from using it. Aged 14, he already had accounts on Instagram and TikTok – among the platforms Jakarta said children would be banned from using – as well as popular video game Minecraft and gaming platform Roblox. To register, he simply lied about his age. “He can access everything,” Inne Abidin said of her son. “His friends use everything...

Uma pesquisa do Instituto Locomotiva divulgada nesta sexta-feira (9) mostrou que 82% dos adultos brasileiros são contrários a que crianças de até três anos de idade possam ficar diante de celulares. Por outro lado, 15% são a favor.   Para crianças de quatro a sete anos, a oposição dos adultos é de 75%. Quando o assunto é ter um aparelho próprio, 52% aceitam que a criança ganhe um celular até os 12 anos de idade.  Notícias relacionadas:ECA digital e julgamento nos EUA contribuem para internet mais segura .WhatsApp lança regras para controle parental no Brasil; saiba como.A pesquisa, divulgada às vésperas do Dia das Crianças (12), foi realizada com 1.367 homens e mulheres de 18 anos ou mais entre 28 de setembro e 6 de outubro. Recomendações O Guia sobre Usos de Dispositivos Digitais, publicado pelo  governo federal no ano passado, faz recomendações sobre o tema. Entre elas, há a avaliação que crianças com menos de 2 anos não devem ser expostas a telas de celular exceto para contato com familiares por videochamada. Neste ano, o Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE) mostrou que caiu o percentual de meninos e meninas de 10 a 13 anos com aparelho próprio.  Brincadeiras A pesquisa do Instituto Locomotiva mostra que 88% são favoráveis a adolescentes de 13 a 17 anos de idade estarem diante de celulares. Também é maioria a percepção dos adultos (83%) que as crianças de hoje “não querem mais brincar na rua” e preferem “ficar no celular ou TV”. Ao mesmo tempo, 73% entendem que brincar na rua é melhor para a criança do que ficar diante dessas telas.  O Estatuto Digital da Criança e do Adolescente (ECA Digital), que passou a valer neste ano, traz regras para para a proteção dos mais jovens. Uma das regras é que a supervisão parental foi reforçada. Menores até 16 anos somente poderão acessar redes sociais, caso a conta esteja vinculada à de um responsável legal. Preconceitos A pesquisa do Instituto Locomotiva também apurou que a maioria dos brasileiros (63%) acredita que brincadeira não deveria ter gênero.  “Quando a maioria dos brasileiros diz que não existe brincadeira de menino ou de menina, isso mostra que essa ideia já ganhou espaço na sociedade”, afirmou o presidente da entidade, Renato Meirelles.  Na avaliação de Meirelles, o desafio está em transformar essa visão em prática, mas ainda persistem preconceitos. Um dos exemplos é que 36% acham errado que meninos brinquem de boneca e meninas, de carrinho. A reprovação é maior entre os homens (46%) do que entre as mulheres (27%).

The BBC's Madeline Gerber describes the conditions of the mansion where the children - some as young as two months old - were living.

More than 137,000 students in conflict zones lose access to education, deepening Yemen's already dire schooling crisis.

Danilo Gentili stand-up, a free-entry samba night in Vila Talarico, Moema jazz and Saturnus, with rain and transport tips for Tuesday. The post São Paulo Nightlife Tonight: Danilo Gentili Comedy, Saturnus Metal — October 6, 2026 appeared first on The Rio Times.

Since 15 May, at least 2,071 children aged under 18 have contracted Ebola, with 961 of these children dying from the disease, Save the Children said.

At least 32 children have died in India's Balaghat district since May amid outbreaks of measles and malaria.