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Obama commits $ 60 mn for child labour elimination

United States President Barack Obama said his administration has committed $ 60 million this year to towards elimination of child labour around the globe that number around 215 million. "Childhood......

Child labourers ploughing minister kin land:Probe

The probe panel, constituted by Bihar's National Democratic Alliance government, on Tuesday confirmed that Union Rural Development Minister Raghuvansh Prasad Singh's kin had engaged two child......

Implement toughest law to end child labour: Satyarthi

Lamenting that children were not a "political priority" in the country, Nobel laureate and child rights campaigner Kailash Satyarthi on Friday appealed to the Centre to implement the toughest law......

HC orders Ola Cabs pay Rs 5 lakh for sexual harassment by driver

The Karnataka high court on Monday directed ANI Technologies, the parent company of Ola Cabs, to compensate a woman with Rs 5 lakh after she allegedly faced sexual harassment by one of their......

Why These Kids Can't Get School Admission

'Our Constitution as well as the Right to Education Act do not make any distinction between Indian or foreigner; it only talks about 'child'.''It says that every child has the right to get......

Cabinet approves changes in child labour law

Government on Wednesday gave its nod to a proposal allowing children below 14 years of age to work only in family enterprises or entertainment industry with certain conditions while completely......

Diamond industry plays down child labour charges

Though the International Labour Organisation had recently reported the prevalence of child labour in the diamond industry, sector players in Gujarat have condemned the allegations.The ILO report......

Who will benefit from the Child Labour Act, Mr Modi?

Amendments to the Child Labour Act say children can work in ‘family enterprises’ but the definition isn’t clear, points out Shyamal Majumdar. Varun Gandhi may have gone overboard......

Why the child labour law should not be amended

The proposed changes to the child labour law to allow children and adolescents to work for their families would be most retrograde and regressive, say Shinzani Jain and Paranjoy Guha Thakurta.......

Child labour can disrupt 'Make in India', Satyarthi tells Modi

Make in India cannot be successful on the toil, miseries and abuses of young children in the manufacturing sector, the Nobel laureate wrote in a letter to PM Nobel Laureate Kailash Satyarthi feels......

The Most Memorable Goodbye Turns 50

'Garm Hava understands that the scorching, hate-filled, doubt-filled affair between Hindus and Muslims is our national love affair.' Sreehari Nair revisits M S Sathyu's classic film, featuring the......

Review: Ko Ante Koti is fairly engaging

Radhika Rajamani feels that Telugu film Ko Ante Koti makes for a fairly engaging watch.After Avakkai Biryani, Anish Yohan Kuruvilla switches genres with Ko Ante Koti and comes up with a crime and......

Vinodayathra is a pleasure trip

Of late, director Sathyan Anthikkad has become a masterat recycling. His stories still have that old world charm, but they have the flashy look of today. They dwell on the present scenario and......

Tendulkar, Anand support campaign against child labour

Indian cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar, chess champion Viswanathan Anand and Bollywood stars took to Twitter this week to support a campaign against child labour, using their fame to draw greater......

Use of artificial pitches approved

UEFA have approved plans for artificial pitches to be used at national and club level from the 2005/06 season, European soccer's governing body said on Wednesday."For next season it will be......

AP HC issues notices to BCCI, Sachin, Sourav

The Andhra Pradesh high court has issued notices to the Board of Control for Cricket in India, Indian skipper Sourav Ganguly, cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar and Sony Entertainment Television for......

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