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The world’s biggest religious festival, the Kumbh Mela in northern India’s Uttar Pradesh state, attracts a whopping 150 million people each year. Worshippers bathe at the confluence of the Ganges,…

Jaipur is embarking on a campaign to clean up child labor in the tourist-packed city as part of India’s $7.5 billion plan to turn 100 urban areas into Smart Cities…

…India. Even if she feels pain during work, she does not take a break, and in the remote tea plantation, medical care is scarce. Take Action: Ask Tea Brands “Who…

…the Middle East without going through Indian airports, where checks have intensified. Most of the 183 people rescued so far had either flown to India from Nepal or travelled by…

Home-based women and girls working in India’s garment sector are earning as little as 11p (15 cents) an hour to supply clothing for major Western clothing brands according to a…

…it … and once one or two started moving, the others wanted to catch up.” India’s tea industry, the second largest in the world after China’s, employs 3.5 million workers,…

Three former bonded laborers were elected to village councils in the past week, a turn of events described by experts as “a game-changer” for millions in India who are victims…

Free Child – India, By Lisa Kristine Slaveholders burned down the homes of these villagers when they declared their freedom. Many villagers wanted to give up. Grassroots activists helped the…

…his graduate students from India in the School of Pharmacy, telling them to do his home lawn work, care for his home while he and his wife were away, walk…

…a rare case, but as Thomson Reuters Foundation reports, many families face the same burden: His experience is not uncommon in India, which is home to 8 million of a…