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Child labour: How effective has the ban been in India?

While child labour has been strictly prohibited by the government, the data from the Census of India shows the effectiveness of this prohibition in India over the period 2001 to 2011. According......

Govt nod for complete ban on child labour below 14 yrs

Employing a child below 14 years in any kind of occupation will be completely banned and land you in jail with a maximum three years imprisonment or fine up to a maximum of Rs. 50,000 with the......

Ban on child labour from Tuesday

The ban on child labour will come into force on Tuesday but there is little cheer for about 13 crore working children as their future appears uncertain in the absence of a comprehensive......

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......

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......

Child labour bill will be test of Modi government: Satyarthi

A bill currently in the Indian Parliament on child labour totally will be a "test" of the new government on how they take the issues of the most exploited children in their political priority, says......

Child labour ban comes into force

The labour ministry notification banning employing children below 14 years as domestic helps or at eateries, came into force even as the children had little to cheer about in the absence of a......

Hiring child labour? You will be sued

In an order aimed at ameliorating the condition of hapless working children, the government on Tuesday ordered ban on employment of children as domestic help or servants at the roadside kiosks,......

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......

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......

Kashmir's women cricketers pitch for equality -- in burqas and hijabs

IMAGE: Insha wants to live independent and without any fear. Photograph: PTI Her hijab firmly in place, she slings her bat across her shoulders and rides her Scooty to college and practice,......

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