Children At Work
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In Bangladesh, climate change is forcing children out of the classroom and into the work force
As a growing number of children flee from disaster-prone regions to urban slums, one permanent casualty is their education.
Mosabber Hossain, Thomson Reuters Foundation
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How do you keep children in the entertainment industry safe? A panel discussion offers some insights
Filmmaker Amol Gupte and actress Divya Dutta were among the panellists at the event held to mark World Day Against Child Labour.
Sruthi Ganapathy Raman
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Children who work in films and TV shows need to be protected
The law is clear on the rights of children working in the entertainment industry, but proper and strict implementation is what is needed.
Komal Ganotra
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Fact-checking five days of Narendra Modi’s speeches: A catalogue of lies
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Banana republic in the making?: A South Asian perspective on India from Kathmandu
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Uttarakhand restricts sale of land for agriculture as locals protest tourism infrastructure boom
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Karnataka forms SIT to probe ‘obscene videos’ case allegedly involving JD(S) MP Prajwal Revanna
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Why Calcutta HC struck down 25,000 teachers’ appointments and how it could impact the election
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Of, for and by children: In West Bengal, kids' panchayats are stopping early marriages, child labour
Children in remote parts of this district Bengal are taking an active role in community governance.
Chhandosree
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Behind the healthy exports from India’s illegal mica mines, the toil of 20,000 child workers
At least seven child labourers have died in the mines since June, a Thomson Reuters Foundation investigation has found.
Nita Bhalla, Anuradha Nagaraj, Rina Chandran – Thomson Reuters Foundation
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Allowing kids under 14 to work for their families could undo long efforts to abolish child labour
The new Child Labour Bill will make it difficult to gain access to homes and identify children who are being exploited, says a child rights activist.
Nicole Rangel Menezes
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Video: Listen to this acapella version of Shankar Mahadevan’s ‘Breathless’ by four singers
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Watch: Argentinian woman is crowned Miss Universe Buenos Aires at 60
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Watch: K-Pop singer Aoora sings in Assamese as he collaborates with Nilotpal Bora in a new folk song
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Watch Anu Malik and Sonu Nigam’s impromptu performance of ‘Main Hoon Na’ at Farah Khan’s home
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Watch: Doordarshan newsreader faints on live TV in Kolkata owing to severe heat
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Nestle fails in bid to quash child slavery suit
The petitioners alleged that the Swiss food manufacturer and two other companies aided and abetted human rights violations by purchasing cocoa from Ivory Coast.
Scroll Staff
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Invisible workers: Six charts that show findings from a new report on child labour in Delhi
More than 8,000 children are estimated to be working in Delhi's garment industry. Most of them said they weren't interested in going to school.
Mayank Jain