India bans exports of all kinds of personal protection equipment:
India bans the exports of all kinds of personal protection equipment, including clothing and masks used to protect people from airborne particles. The significance as there could be a spurt in demand for such products due to the outbreak of novel Coronavirus claimed more than 200 lives in China while the number of confirmed cases reached near 10 thousand. Directorate General of Foreign Trade, DGFT export all varieties of personal protection equipment including clothing and masks used to protect the wearer from airborne particles or any other respiratory masks or any other own protective clothing including coveralls and N95 masks prohibited with immediate effect.
Prince Charles unveils children`s protection fund for India:
Britain`s Prince Charles unveils a new children`s protection fund for India as part of British Asian Trust, the charity founded by him in 2007 to fight poverty in South Asia. Katy Perry as the ambassador of the new fund, which will be focussed on reducing the exploitation of children by 50 percent. Natasha Poonawalla made a multimillion-pound pledge in support of the fund, which she will chair, and the Children`s Investment Fund Foundation (CIIF) set to match fund everything raised to GBP 25 million.
The main areas of focus for the British Asian Trust`s Children`s Protection Fund will cover child sexual abuse, child labor, and trafficking, and it would aim to develop school safety nets through child-friendly village models.
Around 5.8 million children working in forced labor in India with tens of thousands thought to be working in hazardous workshops in Jaipur alone, producing goods including bangles, embroidery, and other products, with many, forced to work for up to 15 hours a day. The union government and civil society, to remove child labor from supply chains and encourage child labor free products in markets as part of the Child Labour Free Jaipur Initiative.
As a result of a partnership with the Freedom Fund and the Children`s Investment Fund Foundation, the first conviction resulting in a life sentence for a child trafficker in Jaipur achieved in 2019.
The British Asian Trust, chaired by Indian-origin businessman Manoj Badale, was founded 13 years ago by Prince Charles and a group of British Asian business leaders with a vision to transform lives across South Asia.
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