Children

Vast Oklahoma tornado kills at least 91

Nick Oxford and Michael Schwirtz, The New York Times | Tuesday May 21, 2013

A giant tornado, a mile or more wide, killed at least 91 people, 20 of them children, as it tore across parts of Oklahoma City and its suburbs Monday afternoon, flattening homes, flinging cars through the air and crushing at least two schools.

Seven killed as bus plunges into river in Uttar Pradesh

Press Trust of India | Tuesday May 21, 2013

Seven persons, including three children, were killed and 40 others injured when a bus in which they were travelling lost control and fell into the Khannaut River in neighbouring Pilibhit district, police said.

91 killed as massive US tornado devastates Oklahoma suburb

Agence France-Presse | Tuesday May 21, 2013

A powerful tornado swept through an Oklahoma City suburb on Monday, tearing down blocks of homes, two schools and leaving at least 91 people dead, including 20 children, local officials said.

Mile-wide tornado strikes Oklahoma; dozens are killed

Nick Oxford and Michael Schwirtz, The New York Times | Tuesday May 21, 2013

A giant tornado, a mile wide or more, killed at least 51 people, 20 of them children, as it tore across parts of Oklahoma City and its suburbs Monday afternoon, flattening homes, flinging cars through the air and crushing at least two schools.

51 dead as massive US tornado devastates Oklahoma suburb

Associated Press | Tuesday May 21, 2013

A monstrous tornado of rare power roared through an Oklahoma City suburb, killing at least 51, flattening neighborhoods with winds up to 200 mph (320 kilometers) and destroying at least one school. Officials said children were among the dead.

7 financial planning steps you should take for your father

Monday May 20, 2013

One of the most important roles of a father is to plan for the financial future of the family, and ensure there are adequate funds for children's education, marriage, etc. Most Indian fathers look into financial planning in unorganized and traditiona...

Google Maps help man find family 23 years after being kidnapped

Indo-Asian News Service | Monday May 20, 2013

Every year, thousands of children are kidnapped in China by mafias that sell them to couples who are either barren or just want to make sure of having a boy.

Mother attempts suicide after allegedly killing children in Jamshedpur

Press Trust of India | Monday May 20, 2013

Two minor children were allegedly killed by their mother, who also made an abortive attempt to commit suicide at Sakchi under Sakchi police station in Jharkhand's steel city Jamshedpur today, a senior police officer said.

Six children killed in wall collapse in Jaipur

Press Trust of India | Monday May 20, 2013

Six children were killed and two others injured on Sunday evening when a portion of an old house collapsed on them in Barmer district, police said in Jaipur.

Content in cartoon, children's channels comes under scanner

Press Trust of India | Friday May 17, 2013

Faced with several complaints against cartoon channels for showing scenes which are unsuitable for children, the Broadcasting Content Complaints Council (BCCC) has asked broadcasters whose primary viewership is children to exercise greater caution in...

Undercover UK officers used IDs of dead children

Associated Press | Friday May 17, 2013

A senior U.K. policeman says that British undercover officers often used the identities of dead children as aliases, confirming a recent newspaper report which first exposed the ghoulish practice.

Deepa Mehta to adapt novel Secret Daughter into movie

Indo-Asian News Service | Friday May 17, 2013

After adapting Salman Rushdie's Midnight's Children for the big screen, Indo-Canadian filmmaker Deepa Mehta is working on a script based on Shilpi Somaya Gowda's novel Secret Daughter about how two families are bound by an adoption.

Man shoots himself dead in nursery school near Eiffel Tower

Agence France-Presse | Thursday May 16, 2013

A man in his 60s shot himself dead with a sawn-off shotgun Thursday in the hall of a Paris nursery school near the Eiffel Tower, in front of about a dozen children and an adult, police said.

Kabul suicide bombing of NATO convoy kills 14

Agence France-Presse | Thursday May 16, 2013

A suicide car bomb targeted a foreign military convoy in Kabul on Thursday, killing 14 people including six NATO personnel and two children in the deadliest attack in the Afghan capital for nearly a year.

What's MPS and why you should know about it

Written by Ketki Angre | Wednesday May 15, 2013

MPS or Mucopolysaccharidoses is a rare genetic disease that affects one in 25,000 children within the first year of birth. Over the years their condition can worsen without treatment, which has only been found in the last decade but is expensive and ...