Kailash Satyarthi

A child laborer displays his hands after being rescued in a raid by Bachpan Bachao Andolan, or Save the Childhood Movement, at a garage in New Delhi, India, Thursday, Aug. 26, 2021. Police accompanied by activists of the children’s rights group on Thursday raided automobile repair shops on the edge of the Indian capital, rescuing 17 children illegally employed as daily wage workers. Activists from Bachpan Bachao Andolan, whose founder Kailash Satyarthi won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2014, went from one repair shop to another, freeing children whose hands, clothes and feet were smeared with grease. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

Indian police rescue 17 children employed illegally

Indian police accompanied by activists from a children’s rights group have raided automobile repair shops on the edge of New Delhi and removed 17 children who were employed illegally.

Indian brothers win Children’s Peace Prize for waste project

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Indian brothers Vihaan and Nav Agarwal won a prestigious children’s prize Saturday for a project they launched that aims to reduce waste and pollution and plant trees in their home city of New Delhi.