CHILD TRAFFICKING  AND CHILD ABUSE HAS TO COME TO AN END.

Trafficking in children is a global problem affecting large numbers of children. Some estimates have as many as 1.2 million children being trafficked every year. There is a demand for trafficked children as cheap labour or for sexual exploitation. Children and their families are often unaware of the dangers of trafficking, believing that better employment and lives lie in other countries.

Saturday, October 9, 2010

79 new dengue cases reported in Delhi


79 new dengue cases reported in Delhi

NEW DELHI: As many as 79 new cases of dengue were reported in Delhi on Friday, taking the total number of people affected by the mosquito-borne disease to 3,938, an official said.

Civil Lines zone in the capital is the worst affected area with 508 cases, said an official of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD).

Seven people have died of the disease this year.

Meanwhile, 20 chikungunya cases have been reported this year.

There have been 20 chikungunya patients in the city, one of them had the history of travelling to Kerala, the MCD official said.

There were no chikungunya cases reported last year.

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