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World Day Against Child Labour 2021: Quotes, Slogans, Posters To Share
World Day Against Child Labour: Today is a great opportunity to raise awareness in our neighbourhoods to stop child labour. The theme of this year's World Day Against Child Labour is: "Act now: end child labour."
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World Day Against Child Labour 2021: Theme And Significance Amid COVID-19
World Day Against Child Labour: "Act now: end child labour" is the theme of this year's World Day Against Child Labour. Child labour is a fallout of many social and economic factors such as poverty, lack of decent work, migration and emergencies.
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India Made Significant Move To End Worst Forms Of Child Labour: US Report
India is among the only 14 countries to have made significant advancement in efforts to eliminate the worst forms of child labour in 2017, an official US report said Saturday.
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Shweta Bachchan Makes Acting Debut With Dad Amitabh Bachchan. 'Emotional Moment For Me,' He Tweets
Amitabh Bachchan and daughter Shweta had shot for the commercial in May
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Justice Delivery System Begging For Complete Overhaul: Justice Gogoi
Supreme Court judge Ranjan Gogoi on Friday termed the children-friendly amendments recently made in laws as a "mirage" and said it was not a secret that the justice delivery system in India was "begging for complete overhaul".
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Bonded As Domestic Worker, Minor Girl Rescued From Ex-Government Official’s Hyderabad Home
Hyderabad: A 13-year-old girl, confined as a domestic worker at an ex-government official’s home, was rescued from Hyderabad on Monday. While the Telangana Labour Department officials were reportedly busy with May Day celebrations, the local police, child rights activists and Childline staff came together to free the girl from a retired governmen...
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Pakistan Faces 'Worst' Form Of Child Labour: Report
Pakistan has not conducted any child labour survey in 20 years even as the country faces the "worst" form of child labour where workers are subjected to physical and mental torture, a media report said today.
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Up To 2-Year Jail, Fine Of Rs 50,000 For Child Labour
Those employing children below 14 years of age for any work, except where a child is helping his family post school hours or during vacation, can get up to two-year imprisonment and maximum fine of Rs 50,000, as per a new law which has got nod from President Pranab Mukherjee.
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Amendment Bills For 2 Labour Acts Likely To Be Placed In Parliament
Amendment bills for two labour acts may be placed in Parliament soon and the Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act-1986 which has already been tabled in Rajya Sabha may be passed during the upcoming monsoon session, Union Minister Bandaru Dattatreya today said.
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Calls To Protect Sex Workers As Mumbai's Red-Light Industry Goes Underground
Police crackdowns and higher rents are driving Mumbai's commercial sex industry out of traditional red-light areas and underground, with calls from social workers to boost efforts to ensure sex workers' lives are not put at risk.
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Amendment Bills on Child Labour, Bonus to be Tabled in Parliament
Union Labour Minister Bandaru Dattatreya on Saturday said two amendment bills pertaining to child labour and payment of bonus may be placed next week in the ongoing Winter session of Parliament.
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Child Labour Law Amendments Will Make Things Worse, Say Experts
Six-year-old Babu's (name changed) face was shining with sparkles he was embellishing bangles with and has been working for almost 15 hours when he was rescued from a bangle-making unit in West Delhi, a few years ago. He was barely able to recollect his parents' names.
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Poverty is No Excuse for Child Labour, Says Nobel Winner Kailash Satyarthi on NDTV Townhall: Highlights
Nobel Peace Prize winner Kailash Satyarthi spoke at Townhall with NDTV on World Day Against Child Labour. Here are the highlights of what he said.
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Opinion: Modi Charms Chinese Kids With Selfies, But At Home...
Will our Prime Minister be equally proud in showing off selfies with our poor and emaciated children bending over packets of bidis they are being forced to bind in "family enterprises" which he has legalized?
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Government's Historic Amendment to Child Labour Act Will Fuel Exploitation, Say Activists
Twelve-year-old Pushpa and her sister Baby are in-charge of their family-run dhaba in New Delhi's Okhla in the absence of their parents who are away for a month. Asked how they juggle work and studies, they said it is an everyday affair.
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World Day Against Child Labour 2021: Quotes, Slogans, Posters To Share
World Day Against Child Labour: Today is a great opportunity to raise awareness in our neighbourhoods to stop child labour. The theme of this year's World Day Against Child Labour is: "Act now: end child labour."
-
World Day Against Child Labour 2021: Theme And Significance Amid COVID-19
World Day Against Child Labour: "Act now: end child labour" is the theme of this year's World Day Against Child Labour. Child labour is a fallout of many social and economic factors such as poverty, lack of decent work, migration and emergencies.
-
India Made Significant Move To End Worst Forms Of Child Labour: US Report
India is among the only 14 countries to have made significant advancement in efforts to eliminate the worst forms of child labour in 2017, an official US report said Saturday.
-
Shweta Bachchan Makes Acting Debut With Dad Amitabh Bachchan. 'Emotional Moment For Me,' He Tweets
Amitabh Bachchan and daughter Shweta had shot for the commercial in May
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Justice Delivery System Begging For Complete Overhaul: Justice Gogoi
Supreme Court judge Ranjan Gogoi on Friday termed the children-friendly amendments recently made in laws as a "mirage" and said it was not a secret that the justice delivery system in India was "begging for complete overhaul".
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Bonded As Domestic Worker, Minor Girl Rescued From Ex-Government Official’s Hyderabad Home
Hyderabad: A 13-year-old girl, confined as a domestic worker at an ex-government official’s home, was rescued from Hyderabad on Monday. While the Telangana Labour Department officials were reportedly busy with May Day celebrations, the local police, child rights activists and Childline staff came together to free the girl from a retired governmen...
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Pakistan Faces 'Worst' Form Of Child Labour: Report
Pakistan has not conducted any child labour survey in 20 years even as the country faces the "worst" form of child labour where workers are subjected to physical and mental torture, a media report said today.
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Up To 2-Year Jail, Fine Of Rs 50,000 For Child Labour
Those employing children below 14 years of age for any work, except where a child is helping his family post school hours or during vacation, can get up to two-year imprisonment and maximum fine of Rs 50,000, as per a new law which has got nod from President Pranab Mukherjee.
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Amendment Bills For 2 Labour Acts Likely To Be Placed In Parliament
Amendment bills for two labour acts may be placed in Parliament soon and the Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act-1986 which has already been tabled in Rajya Sabha may be passed during the upcoming monsoon session, Union Minister Bandaru Dattatreya today said.
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Calls To Protect Sex Workers As Mumbai's Red-Light Industry Goes Underground
Police crackdowns and higher rents are driving Mumbai's commercial sex industry out of traditional red-light areas and underground, with calls from social workers to boost efforts to ensure sex workers' lives are not put at risk.
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Amendment Bills on Child Labour, Bonus to be Tabled in Parliament
Union Labour Minister Bandaru Dattatreya on Saturday said two amendment bills pertaining to child labour and payment of bonus may be placed next week in the ongoing Winter session of Parliament.
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Child Labour Law Amendments Will Make Things Worse, Say Experts
Six-year-old Babu's (name changed) face was shining with sparkles he was embellishing bangles with and has been working for almost 15 hours when he was rescued from a bangle-making unit in West Delhi, a few years ago. He was barely able to recollect his parents' names.
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Poverty is No Excuse for Child Labour, Says Nobel Winner Kailash Satyarthi on NDTV Townhall: Highlights
Nobel Peace Prize winner Kailash Satyarthi spoke at Townhall with NDTV on World Day Against Child Labour. Here are the highlights of what he said.
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Opinion: Modi Charms Chinese Kids With Selfies, But At Home...
Will our Prime Minister be equally proud in showing off selfies with our poor and emaciated children bending over packets of bidis they are being forced to bind in "family enterprises" which he has legalized?
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Government's Historic Amendment to Child Labour Act Will Fuel Exploitation, Say Activists
Twelve-year-old Pushpa and her sister Baby are in-charge of their family-run dhaba in New Delhi's Okhla in the absence of their parents who are away for a month. Asked how they juggle work and studies, they said it is an everyday affair.
