File photo A 3-year-old boy accidentally shot his one-year-old sister in the head in the US state of California. According to foreign media, the gun that was in an unsafe place at home got into the hand of the child and it accidentally went off. According to reports, the police reached the spot after receiving…
The figure is equivalent to about 11 children dying each week, “far beyond what we hear in news headlines,” Vera Knaus, the agency’s Global Lead on Migration and Displacement, told journalists attending the biweekly UN humanitarian briefing in Geneva. “We cannot continue to ignore what is happening – stand by silently when nearly 300 children…
The mother mixed the drug in the baby’s milk; Photo: Twitter Washington: In the US state of Florida, a 9-month-old baby died after the mother mixed the baby’s formula with fentanyl. According to American media, this disturbing incident happened in Nassau County, Florida. The police reached the house on the information of neighbors and found…
File photo In the US state of South Carolina, a child had to be taken to the hospital after drinking too much water. According to American media, 10-year-old Ray Jordan drank 6 bottles of water in about an hour on July 4. Ray’s mother, Stacey Jordan, said he had gone outside to play with his…
A child fell from a 40-foot zipline at an amusement park in Mexico. A video of a child falling from a height has gone viral on social media, but luckily the child was unharmed. According to reports, the child was trying to cross the lake via a zip line, and the strap on the zip…
The report from the World Health Organization (WHO) and Children’s Fund UNICEF find that the first years of a child’s life provide “irreplicable opportunities to improve lifelong health, nutrition and well-being” according to a press release. It tracks progress against the global Nurturing care framework, which provides guidance on supporting the healthy physical, intellectual, and emotional…
A child has died after a migrant boat capsized on its way to Spain’s Canary Islands. According to Spanish authorities, 24 passengers on board the boat have been rescued. Officials said there were 59 people on board the boat, and the search for the missing persons is ongoing. It should be noted that a few…
A video of an elephant from India trying to revive her dead baby is going viral. In the video shared on Twitter, it can be seen that the elephant is trying to revive its dead baby by placing it in the river water. The incident took place in Assam’s Goreeswar district, forest officer Praveen Kiswan,…
File photo A woman who came to Saudi Arabia from Nigeria to perform Hajj has given birth to a child here in Mecca. According to foreign media, the woman was 7 months pregnant and gave birth in the hospital. According to reports, Dr Usman Galadima, head of the medical team at the National Hajj Commission…
Today, the awareness day against forced child labor is being celebrated all over the world, including Pakistan. According to the United Nations, 1 out of every 5 children around the world is forced to do forced labor. The United Nations Children’s Organization UNICEF says that 160 million children between the ages of 5 and 17…
