Thiruvananthapuram: In a move criticized as irrational and hasty by experts, the district child welfare committee (CWC) has closed 15 shelter homes as part of a global deinstitutionalization ...

Social stigma and poverty are driving parents to abandon mentally-challenged children, particularly those with cerebral palsy, on Puri's Bada Danda, seeking divine intervention. The Puri Child Welfare ...