Indian kids labour in fields in hazardous condition: Survey
More than half-a-million children below 18 years of age have been working under hazardous condition in cotton and vegetable fields in five western and southern Indian states, a report said Friday.
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Sunil Chacko: US-India Business Council Celebrates Its 35th Anniversary
Hundreds of US and Indian participants celebrated the 35th anniversary of the US-India Business Council (USIBC) in Washington, DC. The sessions this year were focused on the themes of “Education, Infrastructure & Inclusive Growth.”
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Kolkata’s La Martiniere abetted student’s suicide: NCPCR
Kolkata, June 11 : The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) has held La Martiniere – a premier boy’s school in Kolkata – responsible for the suicide of its student Rouvanjit Rawla and stated that the environment in the school was ‘not suitable’ for children.
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Stop the madness, stop the child labour!