In the depths of India's illegal mica mines, where children as young as five work alongside adults, lurks a dark, hidden secret - the cover-up of child deaths with seven killed in the past two ...

Here are some of the key findings of a three-month long investigation in the states of Jharkhand, Bihar, Rajasthan and Andhra Pradesh into child labor involved in producing mica, the mineral that ...

A three-month investigation in the mica-producing state of Jharkhand found that a flourishing black market resulted in at least seven children being killed NEW DELHI/BHUBANESWAR, Sept 30 (Thomson ...

In the depths of India’s illegal mica mines, where children as young as five work alongside adults, lurks a dark, hidden secret – the cover-up of child deaths with seven killed in the past two ...

MUMBAI, India, Jan 6 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - When India went into lockdown last March and Tota Rai lost his cleaning job in the textile hub of Surat, he knew working in the illegal mica ...

"This is the beginning of the end of child labour in mica mines and that has to be maintained now, he added. Notably, in 2004, a research done by ‘Bachpan Bachao Andolan’ had found that over ...

Mica mines now child labour-free, kids in Jharkhand's Koderma now go to school: NCPCR National Commission for Protection of Child Rights chairperson Priyank Kanoongo, while addressing a function in ...

In the depths of India's illegal mica mines, where children as young as five work alongside adults, lurks a dark, hidden secret - the cover-up of child deaths with seven killed in the past two ...