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Punjab government announces new policy for play schools, focus on health and safety of children

The Department of WCD will compel all such schools to register in accordance with these rules, which will be put into effect over the course of the next six months. Read further on Dynamite News:

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WCD department’s career guidance expo from February 15

Armed forces, VSSC, Central University of Kerala, Digital University Kerala, IGNOU, IIST, IHMCT and other premier government institutions will participate.

The Hindu

Maharashtra: Only 402 complaints before interfaith marriages panel; scrap 'love jihad' committee, demands SP MLA Rais Shaikh

NAGPUR: The Maharashtra government’s Interfaith Marriage Family Coordination Committee, set up by the women and child development (WCD) department in December 2022 has received complaints about only 402 cases of interfaith marriages in one year, according to information from the WCD department given to Samajwadi Party MLA Rais Shaikh.

The Times of India

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‘No govt help’: Disquiet in MP’s tribal areas amid dwindling beneficiaries, persistent malnutrition

The tribals of Madhya Pradesh seem to find a voice in every assembly election campaign with a host of poll promises, 47 ST constituencies, a decisive tribal voter in many general segments, and tribal communities forming 21 percent of the state’s population.

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Why were complaints against rape accused WCD official ignored: Atishi seeks report

NEW DELHI: Delhi cabinet minister Atishi on Saturday wrote to chief secretary Naresh Kumar asking how the official accused of raping and impregnating a minor was allowed to work in the WCD department despite previous sexual harassment complaints against him.

The Times of India

Delhi Women and Child Department official accused of rape is arrested, suspended

Senior Delhi government official and his wife arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting and molesting a minor girl, forcing her to terminate pregnancy

The Hindu

Manipur violence is a tribal conflict, not a religious one: BJP quotes Christian priest

NEW DELHI: Christian priest Oswald Cardinal Gracias has said the ongoing ethnic violence in Manipur is a tribal and it is not a religious clash.

The Times of India

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Smriti Irani vs opposition over ‘report card’ about her on Manipur violence

NEW DELHI: Women and child development (WCD) minister Smriti Irani and the opposition engaged in a fierce war of words after the Congress released a “report card” on her response to the Manipur violence.

The Times of India

ICPS employees warn of indefinite agitation from May 15

The employees staged a Secretariat dharna recently. Nearly 250 contract employees of the State Child Protection Society, set up under the Juvenile Justice Act, participated in the dharna.

The Hindu

Online consultation for women: Most complaints are on domestic violence

KOCHI: An online consultation service for women in distress launched under the department of women and child welfare (WCD) in the district has been seeing registrations from women belonging to different sections of the society.

The Times of India

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