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The cruel nexus of child labour and intergenerational poverty in India – Hindustan Times
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The cruel nexus of child labour and intergenerational poverty in India – Hindustan Times

opinionPublished on Oct 12, 2022 07:29 PM IST Child labour is inherently complex in India and requires the government and industry to work together, with civil society liaisoning with the State, to ensure that the supply chain is free of children, while also focusing on rehabilitation post-rescue. ByAnindit Roy Chowdhury Thirteen-year-old Aastha lives in a…

11 Popular Front of India functionaries from Tamil Nadu among 45 arrested by NIA
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11 Popular Front of India functionaries from Tamil Nadu among 45 arrested by NIA

CHENNAI: In a country-wide operation, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) arrested 45 Popular Front of India (PFI) functionaries including 11 from Tamil Nadu after coordinated searches with Enforcement Directorate and respective state police at the organisation’s offices and the leaders’ houses on Thursday. Those arrested in Tamil Nadu, as per an NIA statement, are identified…

President gives assent to Haryana law declaring child marriages void – Tribune India
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President gives assent to Haryana law declaring child marriages void – Tribune India

PTI New Delhi, September 27 President Droupadi Murmu has given her assent to a legislation of Haryana under which every child marriage that has been solemnised will be considered as “void ab initio” (having no legal effect from inception), thus making a marital relationship between a man and a girl aged between 15 and 18…

Maharashtra: Hindu saints attacked, assaulted by locals in Sangli over rumours of child trafficking
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Maharashtra: Hindu saints attacked, assaulted by locals in Sangli over rumours of child trafficking

A mob assaulted four Hindu saints, on suspicion of being child lifters in Maharashtra’s Sangli district. The incident’s video has since gone viral on social media. Sangli police have said that the Sadhus have not lodged a formal complaint yet. Maharashtra | On reports of 4 saints being attacked by villagers in Sangli on suspicion…

Anti-Trafficking Coalition Frees Two Families from a Violent Brick Kiln
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Anti-Trafficking Coalition Frees Two Families from a Violent Brick Kiln

BANGALORE, INDIA – When members of an anti-trafficking coalition in Karnataka state heard about violent abuse at a local brick kiln, they quickly sprang into action. Together with police and government officials, they helped rescue two families who had been trafficked across the country and forced to work in shockingly violent conditions for two years….

India: Only 16% of human trafficking cases in 2021 saw convictions: NCRB data
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India: Only 16% of human trafficking cases in 2021 saw convictions: NCRB data

© Provided by The Indian Express THE CONVICTION rate in human trafficking cases across the country continues to be low, according to the latest report of the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB). While police filed chargesheets in 84.7 per cent of the 2,189 cases registered under the Anti-Human Trafficking Units (AHTUs) across the country in…

Child marriage returns to haunt Karnataka post COVID pandemic – The New Indian Express
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Child marriage returns to haunt Karnataka post COVID pandemic – The New Indian Express

Express News Service BENGALURU:  It is almost a century since the first law (Child Marriage Restraint Act 1929) to prevent child marriages came into effect. There has been significant strengthening of laws to prevent child marriages and abuse since then – Prohibition of Child Marriage Act 2006 and amendment to it in 2017, exception 2…

Six States to work in tandem to curb human trafficking – The Hindu
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Six States to work in tandem to curb human trafficking – The Hindu

To curb human trafficking, representatives of six States — Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Odisha and Tamil Nadu — on Saturday signed an Inter-State Declaration of Intent to work in collaboration. The first-of-its-kind consultation focuses on joint efforts on intelligence gathering and sharing; legal and witness protection; and rehabilitation and care for survivors. The declaration…

1,623 victims of child trafficking rescued from 16 states in June: BBA – Tribune India
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1,623 victims of child trafficking rescued from 16 states in June: BBA – Tribune India

PTI New Delhi, July 1 Sunil worked at a Chennai bakery for 12 hours a day for an income so meagre that it did not meet even his own expenses and innocent indulgences. He is just 14. Sixteen-year-old Renu worked as a domestic help in a posh locality in Delhi, sacrificing her childhood. Separated by…