India's Nobel laureate fears upsurge in child labour as pandemic shrivels economy

COVID-19 | For four decades Indian Nobel peace laureate Kailash Satyarthi (above) rescued thousands of children from the scourge of slavery and trafficking but he fears all his efforts could reverse as the coronavirus pandemic forces children into labour.

"The biggest threat is that millions of children may fall back into slavery, trafficking, child labour, child marriage," said Satyarthi who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2014 for his work to combat child labour and child trafficking in India...