Kailash Satyarthi brings a depressing message to Washington city already under siege by thousands of antiglobalisation protesters and dark nimbus clouds. "One in every six children in the world is

The tribal welfare schemes operative in Madhya Pradesh would be introduced in Jharkhand, said Tribal Welfare Minister of Jharkhand State Khio Tare Kiro who met the Tribal Welfare Minister Ms Urmila

Congress MP Madhusudan Mistry derided the BJP for cajoling tribals to attract votes through the Gaurav Yatra, but actually doing nothing substantial for their upliftment. He stated that under the

The Kawardha district administration's in Chhattisgarh efforts to encourage the Baigas to run piggeries has become quite popular among tribals. Fond of breeding and eating pigs, the nomadic Baiga

Under pressure from child rights groups and with some carpet buying countries not willing to buy a product that has used child labour, the Nepal government last year had got the carpet owners to lay

In a novel sensitisation move to discourage child labour in Marredpally area of Secunderabad a local non-governmental organisation, Divya disha, organised two rallies from two destinations, involving

Veteran Sarvodaya leader and former president of All India Sarva Seva Sangh, Siddhraj Dhadda, has sought intervention of the President, A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, in stopping the uprooting of tribals from

The Delhi High Court on Friday issued notice to the Centre and Delhi State government on a public interest litigation (PIL) which alleges nearly half a million children are engaged in rag picking.

About 50 NGO representatives from Uttaranchal and neighbouring Saharanpur in Uttar Pradesh, formed a forum, 'Balshram Mukti Sanghatan' for eradication of child labour. The outcome was the result of a

The Andhra Pradesh state government is planning to write to the Centre to amend the present Child Labour Act to extend the age limit from 14 to 15 years so as to educate the children up to secondary