Child Safety

The end of the year brings a time to celebrate with family and friends. It feels cozy and carefree. Unfortunately, the holiday season is also a high-risk time for sexual abuse against children.  Everyone thinks something like this would never happen in their family. But 93 percent of child sexual abuse is perpetrated by someone the victim knows. More specifically, 34 percent of …

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The programme aimed to equip officials with the knowledge and skills to ensure child safety during disasters.  In a significant stride towards bolstering disaster preparedness with a focus on children, the Child Centric Disaster Risk Reduction (CCDRR) Centre, under the National Institute of Disaster Management (NIDM), Ministry of Home Affairs, has inaugurated the Training of …

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The CEOs of X, Twitter and Discord have so far resisted calls to appear before lawmakers, but Mark Zuckerberg and TikTok head Zhou Chew are expected to testify at an upcoming hearing. The Senate Judiciary Committee issued subpoenas Monday to a trio of tech executives who lawmakers say have refused to voluntarily testify about the …

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