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Glued to their television sets for more than 48 hours, an entire nation
joined in the joyful celebrations of six-year-old Prince's rescue
from a deep borewell at Hardaheri village in Kurukshetra district
Similar reactions were evoked when Anant, son of Adobe CEO Naresh
Gupta returned home after being kidnapped by two masked men in a
motorcycle from Noida.
The year can indeed be summed up as the year of the tiny-tots.
An entire generation of children were relieved of the burden of
working in inhuman conditions when the central government put a
ban on child-labour from October 10, 2006 under the provisions of
the Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act, 1986.
This landmark development prohibits the employment of children
below the age limit of 14 years and its violation invites an imprisonment
of up to two years and/or fine of Rs 10,000 to Rs 20,000.
In the world of sports, supporters of Saurav Ganguly were overjoyed
with his comeback into the Indian cricket team. The former Indian
captain, who had been dropped from the side due to his out of form
performances and differences with the coach Greg Chappell, has been
recalled to use his experience and talent to recover the fortunes
of an already beleaguered Indian side. And he did his job by a fine
display of batting and contributing in ending India's dry-run in
South Africa by a Test win.
--Supriya Mishra
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