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Indian electronics firm Eureka investigating findings of child labour at supplier
NEW DELHI, Aug 14 : Indian electronics company Eureka Forbes said it has launched an internal investigation into its supply chain after authorities uncovered child labour at one of its suppliers in New Delhi.The National Human Rights Commission this week asked Eureka, as well as electrical equipment maker Havells and Unilever's India unit, to make checks after four children were rescued from a small-scale Indian vendor.Delhi authorities on Monday rescued the children from a little-known electrical wiring and component company called YY Harness. The company, which had identified the big companies among its clients, did not respond to a Reuters request for comment.Eureka Forbes - one of the nation's most popular makers of water purifiers - said it had initiated an investigation. "We take the
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