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  India will need 100 years to end child labour: 'CRY' Report

  India | June 11, 2015 17:37 IST

  Kolkata: With child labour decreasing at a dismal rate of only 2.2 per cent per year it would take more than a century to end the menace, a report said on Thursday. An analysis of

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  Ban all forms of labour employing under-14 children: Kailash Satyarthi

  India | May 16, 2015 22:00 IST

  Bhopal:  Nobel laureate Kailash Satyarthi today demanded a complete ban on all forms of labour involving children below 14 years, against the backdrop of Union Cabinet's nod to amend child labour law to allow them

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  Kailash Satyarthi to focus on social causes through TV show

  Bollywood | January 13, 2015 7:00 IST

  New Delhi: Popular reality-based crime show "Crime Patrol Satark" has joined hands with Nobel laureate Kailash Satyarthi to host a special series focusing on child labour and human trafficking."We have picked two important cases from

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  Speak out against child exploitation, says Satyarthi

  India | January 09, 2015 8:06 IST

  New Delhi: Dedicating his medal to all Indians, the country's newest Nobel laureate Kailash Satyarthi Thursday urged them to fight together against child labour and speak out against their exploitation - a responsibility that came

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  Satyarthi tells kids to be candles which light up the world

  India | January 05, 2015 7:04 IST

  Mumbai: Nobel Prize winning child rights activist Kailash Satyarthi on Sunday said that it is everybody's job to end child labour, and asked kids to be "candles which light up the world"."Let us decide never

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  Our children cannot stay trapped in workplaces: Kailash Satyarthi

  India | December 28, 2014 14:06 IST

  New Delhi: Terming child labour in India as a "serious" problem, the country's newest Nobel laureate Kailash Satyarthi has said the delay in enacting and enforcing a ban on all its forms is akin to

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  Child labour should go into pages of history: Satyarthi

  India | December 14, 2014 16:28 IST

  New Delhi: Making an emphatic appeal to "globalise compassion" and turn it into a "mass movement", 2014 Nobel Peace Prize laureate Kailash Satyarthi on Sunday said that he wants child labour to go into the

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  Would you help lead these children to 'Possibilities'?

  Lifestyle | November 17, 2014 17:28 IST

  All of us mostly just 'sit-n-talk' about the depravity leading the poor class to suffer, while many of us take steps to bridge the gap, others just prefer to 'discuss' the matter over a drink

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  Will see end of child labour in my lifetime: Kailash Satyarthi

  India | October 20, 2014 23:43 IST

  New Delhi: Nobel Peace laureate Kailash Satyarthi, a crusader of child rights, Monday expressed hope that he would "see the end of child labour" across the globe in his lifetime."I am positive that I would

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  Kailash Satyarthi: Nobel dedicated to country, will continue my fight

  India | October 10, 2014 18:20 IST

  New Delhi: Elated over winning the Nobel Peace prize, renowned child rights activist Kailash Satyarthi today dedicated the coveted award to people of India and vowed to work with renewed vigour against exploitation of children

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  President congratulates Kailash Satyarthi, lauds civil society role

  India | October 10, 2014 20:20 IST

  New Delhi: President Pranab Mukherjee has congratulated Kailash Satyarthi on winning the Nobel Peace Prize for his work to abolish child labour in the country. Pranab Mukherjee said that it should be seen as recognition

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  Minor maid beaten brutally by her employee couple in Bangalore

  India | August 09, 2014 22:41 IST

  New Delhi: While the metropolitan cities of our country are famous for their job opportunities and living standards, there is another face of the coin as well.In a recent incident in Bangalore, a 13 year

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  12 Bihar, Assam teenagers rescued in Delhi

  India | September 18, 2013 22:14 IST

  New Delhi: At least 12 teenagers, including seven boys and five girls, brought from Assam and Bihar on promise of jobs, were rescued here, police said Wednesday.In a joint operation by Delhi Police and a

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  219,000 kids work illegally in Chile

  World | July 01, 2013 10:33 IST

  Santiago, July 1: Chile's government said 229,000 children perform some type of economic activity in the country and 219,000 work illegally, many in jobs considered dangerous.Most child labourers in Chile work in the retail sector

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  Bill in RS seeks 2-yr jail for child labour employers

  India | December 04, 2012 16:27 IST

  New Delhi, Dec 4: A bill seeking two-year jail term for child labour employers, and ban on employment of children below 14 in all occupations and of adolescents below 18 in hazardous occupations was introduced

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  Kids In India Engaged In Worst Forms Of Child Labour : US

  World | October 04, 2011 22:27 IST

  Washington, Oct 4: Observing that children in India are engaged in the “worst forms” of child labour, the US has asked Indian government to establish a minimum age for employment in hazardous and non-hazardous jobs