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Madhya Pradesh to come up with policy document for eradication of child la
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], June 12 (ANI): Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Sunday said that the state government will be documenting a policy for the removal of child labour and begging from all the cities of the state.
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Sudarsan Pattnaik creates sand art at Puri beach to World Day Against Chil
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 12 (ANI): On the occasion of World Day Against Child Labour on Sunday, internationally renowned Padma Shri awardee sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik created a new sand sculpture at Puri Beach in Odisha.
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Ayushmann Khurrana has a special message on World Day Against Child Labour
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], June 12 (ANI): On World Day Against Child Labour, actor Ayushmann Khurrana has expressed his concern about children who are working in roadside stores, stations, and factories, among other places.
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Assam Govt reconstitutes State-level advisory board on child labour
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Dispur (Assam) [India], June 10 (ANI): The State Level Advisory Body on Child Labour was on Friday reconstituted by the State Government for a period of three years.
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South Africa to host international conference to tackle child labour
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Johannesburg [South Africa], May 6 (ANI/Xinhua): South Africa is going to host the International Labour Organisation (ILO) global conference on the elimination of Child labour later this month, announced Employment and Labour Minister Thulas Nxesi on Thursday.
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DCW rescues 5 minor boys from bangle making unit in Delhi's Jahangirpuri
Updated : 4 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 3 (ANI): Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) on Monday rescued five minor boys employed as child labour in a bangle making unit in Delhi's Jahangirpuri area.
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EU to decide on Pakistan's GSP+ status beyond 2023 after review; NGOs, ac
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], April 13 (ANI): The European Union's GSP+ (Generalised Scheme of Preferences - 'GSP+') status of Pakistan is under review for the period beginning 2024 and the country's NGOs, academics, trade unions and civil-society groups continue to be critical of compliances on even
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One in five family sends children to work as incomes drop: Report
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], February 14 (ANI): Up to one-fifth of families in Afghanistan have been forced to send their children out to work as incomes have plummeted in the past six months with an estimated one million children now engaged in child labour, according to a humanitarian organization
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Act now to stamp out child labour by 2025: FAO chief
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Rome, [Italy], November 3 (ANI): Effective action and strong leadership are essential to end child labour by 2025, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said on Tuesday.
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3.3 million Pakistani children threatened by child labour, says UNICEF
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 29 (ANI): About 3.3 million Pakistani children are threatened by child labour that deprives them of their childhood, health and education, according to the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF).
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Telangana Police rescues 172 children from child labour
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], July 18 (ANI): The Rachakonda Police Commissionerate under the Telangana police has rescued as many as 172 children from falling prey to child labour under its program 'Operation Muskaan-VII.'
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Hyderabad Police rescues 20 child labourers
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], July 14 (ANI): The Anti-Human Trafficking Unit of the Hyderabad team rescued 20 child labourers from the Rachakonda police commissionerate limits as part of its Operation Muskan-VII, the police said on Tuesday.
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