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World Day Against Child Labour 2019: Experts rue lack of govt response to concerns over 'family enterprises' clause in Indian law
Sanya Runwal •World Day Against Child Labour 2019: In India, 12 percent of all children are engaged in some form of child labour, according to a 2017 UNICEF report.
Jharkhand's Khunti village rife with tales of human trafficking, but threats keeps villagers from approaching police
Kelly Kisalaya •Villagers in Jharkhand's Khunti district don't lodge police complaints as human traffickers threaten the safety of their families. As a result, very few cases reach the state's anti-human trafficking cell.
Yemen war: 85,000 children under five years of age dead from acute malnutrition, says global charity
Ians •Save the Children's Yemen Director said for every child killed by bombs and bullets in Yemen, dozens are starving to death and it's entirely preventable.
Indonesia earthquake: Mass graves to be prepared to curb spread of disease; rescue workers say access 'huge issue' for relief efforts
•Mass graves were being readied for hundreds of victims of an Indonesia quake and tsunami on Monday as authorities battled to stave off disease and reach desperate people still trapped under shattered buildings.
Half of 'lost' Rohingya children who crossed into Bangladesh were orphaned by violence in Myanmar, reveals study
•Half the Rohingya children who crossed into Bangladesh without their parents were actually orphaned by violence in Myanmar and not separated from them during the refugee exodus as previously thought, new research showed on Thursday.
Day after Islamic State attack on office of children's NGO in Afghanistan, death toll rises to eight; 26 others injured
•Militants stormed the offices of Save the Children in Afghanistan, killing four people and triggering a shootout with police that lasted almost 10 hours
Afghanistan: Suicide attacker detonates car bomb at entrance of 'Save the Children' office in Jalalabad, 11 injured
•Gunmen stormed an office of Save the Children in eastern Afghanistan on Wednesday, witnesses said, in an ongoing attack that has wounded at least 11 people.
Malnutrition: How Budget 2017 can do justice to India’s starving children by making nutrition a national emergency
Pallavirebbapragada •India is one of the highest ranking countries in the world in children suffering from malnutrition.
Aid groups to boycott camps for Rohingya returning to Myanmar, say refugees should settle in their homes
•Global aid groups on Saturday warned Myanmar they would boycott any new camps for Rohingya returnees to Rakhine state, saying refugees must be allowed to settle in their original homes.
Delhi's drug crisis Part 5: Policy makers need to understand substance addiction as a public health disaster
Shaleen Mitra •Policy makers should understand the issue of drug addiction in Delhi as a public health disaster rather than just a psychological ailment. The Delhi government believes in a decentralised approach to the problem.