Child Labour
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Kailash Satyarthi urges youth to join in campaign against child labour
India | Jul 20, 2015, 11:13 PM ISTGuwahati: Nobel Laureate Kailash Satyarthi today called upon the youth to join him in his “ambitious campaign of protecting 100 bilion left out children”. “Youths have the power to bring about changes in the world
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India will need 100 years to end child labour: 'CRY' Report
India | Jun 11, 2015, 05:37 PM ISTKolkata: 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, 10:00 PM ISTBhopal: 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 | Jan 13, 2015, 07:00 AM ISTNew 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 | Jan 09, 2015, 08:06 AM ISTNew 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 | Jan 05, 2015, 07:04 AM ISTMumbai: 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 | Dec 28, 2014, 02:06 PM ISTNew 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 | Dec 14, 2014, 04:28 PM ISTNew 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 | Nov 17, 2014, 05:28 PM ISTAll 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 | Oct 20, 2014, 11:43 PM ISTNew 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 | Oct 10, 2014, 06:20 PM ISTNew 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 | Oct 10, 2014, 08:20 PM ISTNew 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 | Aug 09, 2014, 10:41 PM ISTNew 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 | Sep 18, 2013, 10:14 PM ISTNew 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 | Jul 01, 2013, 10:33 AM ISTSantiago, 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 | Dec 04, 2012, 04:27 PM ISTNew 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 | Oct 04, 2011, 10:27 PM ISTWashington, 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