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Author: Megha Rajagopalan

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Under Pressure, Officials in Western India Move Against Abuse in Sugar Fields

June 20, 2025June 20, 2025Megha RajagopalanComments Off on Under Pressure, Officials in Western India Move Against Abuse in Sugar Fields

Women are coerced into needless hysterectomies and girls are pushed into child marriages. After a court ruling and a Times investigation, things may be changing.

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China Is Hacking Russia to Steal War Secrets

June 19, 2025June 19, 2025Megha RajagopalanComments Off on China Is Hacking Russia to Steal War Secrets

Since the war in Ukraine began, analysts have monitored a series of intrusions aimed at stealing information about weaponry and warfighting.

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Syria Likely Has Over 100 Chemical Weapons Sites, Inspectors Say

April 6, 2025Megha RajagopalanComments Off on Syria Likely Has Over 100 Chemical Weapons Sites, Inspectors Say

The number, far higher than any previous estimate, poses a test for the new government. Experts fear that sarin, chlorine and mustard gas stockpiles could be unsecured.

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Syria Likely Has Over 100 Chemical Weapons Sites, Inspectors Say

April 6, 2025April 6, 2025Megha RajagopalanComments Off on Syria Likely Has Over 100 Chemical Weapons Sites, Inspectors Say

The number, far higher than any previous estimate, poses a test for the new government. Experts fear that sarin, chlorine and mustard gas stockpiles could be unsecured.

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Coke, Pepsi and Other U.S. Companies Face Wall Street Pressure Over Labor Abuses in India

December 20, 2024Megha RajagopalanComments Off on Coke, Pepsi and Other U.S. Companies Face Wall Street Pressure Over Labor Abuses in India

Pension funds and big investors are pressuring Coca-Cola, Pepsico and others over brutal working conditions in India’s cane fields. Some of the sugar buyers are tiptoeing toward change.

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How Forced Labor and Hysterectomies Are Darkly Linked in India

November 21, 2024Megha RajagopalanComments Off on How Forced Labor and Hysterectomies Are Darkly Linked in India

Our correspondent explains how an exploitative labor system has produced a system of brutality in the country’s sugar fields.

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How The Times Investigated Indian Political Ties to Labor Abuse in the Sugar Industry

October 11, 2024Megha RajagopalanComments Off on How The Times Investigated Indian Political Ties to Labor Abuse in the Sugar Industry

Western companies such as Coca-Cola buy sugar from fields where workers suffer abuses. But the country has labor laws. Where was the government?

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Sugar Industry Faces Pressure Over Coerced Hysterectomies in India

August 22, 2024August 22, 2024Megha RajagopalanComments Off on Sugar Industry Faces Pressure Over Coerced Hysterectomies in India

After an investigation that ran in The New York Times, the industry is edging toward change. But companies in western India are reluctant to abandon an abusive labor system.

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Bonsucro Certified Indian Sugar From Abusive Fields

July 30, 2024July 30, 2024Megha RajagopalanComments Off on Bonsucro Certified Indian Sugar From Abusive Fields

Much of what consumers buy is marked “sustainable,” “humane” or “green.” In the sugar cane fields of India, that papered over the worst abuses.

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5 Takeaways From an Investigation Into Hysterectomies in India’s Sugar Industry

March 24, 2024Megha RajagopalanComments Off on 5 Takeaways From an Investigation Into Hysterectomies in India’s Sugar Industry

Indebted workers, facing brutal working conditions, are pushed to get hysterectomies as a treatment for routine ailments. Sugar mills disclaim responsibility.

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