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Years After Father Sold Her, Arunachal Teen Tracks Him Down, Slaps Him
Biswanath: When she was a little over knee high, Badaik’s father took her on a trip. They walked through lush tea gardens, boarded a bus and reached “somewhere”. As she took in the sights, her father turned back and went home, leaving her at the doorstep of a “nice house”. He had sold her into slavery for Rs 500. Badaik grew up working a...
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A 'Lost Generation': India's Search For Its Missing Children
New Delhi: It was a balmy August afternoon last year when 11-year-old Piyush Sharma disappeared while playing outside his home in Jharkhand’s Hatia town in Ranchi. The skinny little boy, with big brown eyes and an infectious smile, had just returned from school and told his mother he wanted to play outside before lunch. When she called for him 15...
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President Pranab Mukherjee Launches Campaign To End Child Labour, Child Slavery
President Pranab Mukherjee today marked his 81st birthday at the Rashtrapati Bhavan by launching a campaign to end child labour, child slavery and violence against children.
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Government Spends Paltry 4% Of Its Budget On Children: Kailash Satyarthi
New Delhi: Notwithstanding the suffering of the common people, Kailash Satyarthi supports the government’s demonetisation move as it will help curb trafficking, but the Nobel laureate and child-rights crusader asserts that unless and until children become a political priority, India will continue to be dogged by the evils of child labour and chil...
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Big Currency Ban Will Break Traffickers’ Backbone, Says Kailash Satyarthi
New Delhi: Nobel laureate Kailash Satyarthi has welcomed Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s move to withdraw 500 and 1,000 rupee notes from circulation to crack down on corruption and counterfeit currency, saying it would also help in curbing human trafficking and child slavery. The big currency ban aims to bring unaccounted wealth which people are h...
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Nobel Laureate Satyarthi Says Companies Cannot Flourish On Child Slavery
Big corporations must do more to clean up their supply chains and ensure that there is no child labour involved in the products which they manufacture and sell, Nobel laureate and child rights activist Kailash Satyarthi said on Friday.
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Nobel Laureate Says Curb Child Slavery, In Letter To PM Modi
The government estimates more than 330 million people - almost a quarter of India's population - have been hit by the scarcity of water.
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Nobel Winner Kailash Satyarthi Calls for Global Elimination of Child Labour
Nobel Peace Prize winner Kailash Satyarthi has given a clarion call to leaders and countries towards global elimination of child labour and slavery.
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Years After Father Sold Her, Arunachal Teen Tracks Him Down, Slaps Him
Biswanath: When she was a little over knee high, Badaik’s father took her on a trip. They walked through lush tea gardens, boarded a bus and reached “somewhere”. As she took in the sights, her father turned back and went home, leaving her at the doorstep of a “nice house”. He had sold her into slavery for Rs 500. Badaik grew up working a...
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A 'Lost Generation': India's Search For Its Missing Children
New Delhi: It was a balmy August afternoon last year when 11-year-old Piyush Sharma disappeared while playing outside his home in Jharkhand’s Hatia town in Ranchi. The skinny little boy, with big brown eyes and an infectious smile, had just returned from school and told his mother he wanted to play outside before lunch. When she called for him 15...
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President Pranab Mukherjee Launches Campaign To End Child Labour, Child Slavery
President Pranab Mukherjee today marked his 81st birthday at the Rashtrapati Bhavan by launching a campaign to end child labour, child slavery and violence against children.
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Government Spends Paltry 4% Of Its Budget On Children: Kailash Satyarthi
New Delhi: Notwithstanding the suffering of the common people, Kailash Satyarthi supports the government’s demonetisation move as it will help curb trafficking, but the Nobel laureate and child-rights crusader asserts that unless and until children become a political priority, India will continue to be dogged by the evils of child labour and chil...
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Big Currency Ban Will Break Traffickers’ Backbone, Says Kailash Satyarthi
New Delhi: Nobel laureate Kailash Satyarthi has welcomed Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s move to withdraw 500 and 1,000 rupee notes from circulation to crack down on corruption and counterfeit currency, saying it would also help in curbing human trafficking and child slavery. The big currency ban aims to bring unaccounted wealth which people are h...
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Nobel Laureate Satyarthi Says Companies Cannot Flourish On Child Slavery
Big corporations must do more to clean up their supply chains and ensure that there is no child labour involved in the products which they manufacture and sell, Nobel laureate and child rights activist Kailash Satyarthi said on Friday.
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Nobel Laureate Says Curb Child Slavery, In Letter To PM Modi
The government estimates more than 330 million people - almost a quarter of India's population - have been hit by the scarcity of water.
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Nobel Winner Kailash Satyarthi Calls for Global Elimination of Child Labour
Nobel Peace Prize winner Kailash Satyarthi has given a clarion call to leaders and countries towards global elimination of child labour and slavery.
