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Former CJI: Child labour is being regularized

TNN | May 28, 2015, 04.45 AM IST  “Child labour unfortunately is being regularized now,” Justice Kabir said while addressing a packed audience at the SN Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences (SNBNCBS), Kolkata. KOLKATA: The Centre's ..... Read More

Transfer system, mental capacity assessment in juvenile justice bill violate equality rights

Disagreement on vital issues of constitutionality did not stop the passage of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Bill, 2014 (“the Bill”) in the Lok Sabha. Apart from the floor of the Parliament, these issues were also raised in submissions to the Parliamentary Standing Committee and in the print ..... Read More

Nepal bans children travelling without parents or guardian

AP | May 26, 2015, 11.14 PM IST  Children talk at a camp for displaced earthquake victims in Kathmandu. (Reuters photo) KATHMANDU: The Nepalese government announced on Tuesday that ..... Read More

Dubious distinction: India leads world hunger list

TNN | May 28, 2015, 05.20 AM IST   In the process, India has overtaken China, which has cut its numbers from 289 million in 1990-92 ..... Read More

Modi government is playing clever politics at the cost of India’s school children

A parliamentary committee has warned that the budgetary cuts in school education and child development programs could come at a 'humongous social cost'. Anjali Mody  · May 24, 2015 · 11:00 am The ..... Read More