A SIGNIFICANT number of children in Pakistan participate in waste-picking for economic survival. Our legal framework, unfortunately, is inadequate in this respect and unable to protect and ...

She's obviously heartbroken that she can't conceive. But she's making her infertility everyone's problem. A woman who is child-free by choice is at a loss after an argument erupted with her ...

SYDNEY – Authorities in Australia are searching for a truck driver who dumped more than two tons of dangerous asbestos waste on a road near two child-care centers. Sydney's city council on Tuesday ...

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With society on the brink of the sixth industrial revolution, striking a balance between e-waste and sustainability is expected to become a herculean task, writes Natalie Scott. For climate change ...

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (CBS4) - Police in hazmat gear went back to a home filled with human waste and rodents in Colorado Springs where a child was rescued on Thursday. There were four officers and a ...

Last year, Cardiacs leader Tim Smith sadly passed away, leaving behind a rich discography (which is now on streaming services) that influenced tons of musicians. Many of those musicians — including ...

Child rights activist and Grambangla Unnayan Committee (GUC) Executive Director AKM Maksud drew attention to the issue when reading out the paper at a media advocacy campaign titled “Health and ...

NEW DELHI: The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) has taken cognisance of reports of the involvement of child labour at landfills where e-waste is “irresponsibly” dumped and ...

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