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Tag: Maharashtra (India)

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Pigeons Are Widely Loathed. Mumbai’s Have Vocal Defenders.

August 26, 2025August 27, 2025Suhasini Raj and Yan ZhuangComments Off on Pigeons Are Widely Loathed. Mumbai’s Have Vocal Defenders.

Restrictions on pigeon feeding in India’s largest city prompted a backlash from a religious community that believes in nonviolence against all creatures.

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Monsoon Rains Bring Mumbai to a Standstill

August 20, 2025August 20, 2025Pragati K.B.Comments Off on Monsoon Rains Bring Mumbai to a Standstill

On track for more than 48 inches of rain in August, India’s financial capital is expected to surpass the record set in 2020.

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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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Violence Flares as Hindu Group Calls for Removal of Muslim Ruler’s Tomb

March 20, 2025March 20, 2025Hari Kumar, Anupreeta Das and Pragati K.B.Comments Off on Violence Flares as Hindu Group Calls for Removal of Muslim Ruler’s Tomb

The tensions showed how right-wing Hindu leaders and organizations in India use historical grievances to fuel contemporary tensions.

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Passengers Fled a Train Over Fears of a Fire. Then Another Train Hit Them.

January 23, 2025Suhasini Raj and Isabella KwaiComments Off on Passengers Fled a Train Over Fears of a Fire. Then Another Train Hit Them.

Twelve people were killed in India after they disembarked a train bound for Mumbai, only to be struck by another train, the authorities said.

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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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Formula for Power in Modi’s India: Cash, Detentions and Luxe Resorts

November 23, 2024November 23, 2024Mujib Mashal and Atul LokeComments Off on Formula for Power in Modi’s India: Cash, Detentions and Luxe Resorts

With a tactic known as “resort politics,” Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party has been accused of using brute force to take over Indian state governments.

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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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Abused Workers in India’s Sugar Industry Face Worse Fates if They Quit

November 21, 2024November 21, 2024Qadri Inzamam, Megha Rajagopalan and Saumya KhandelwalComments Off on Abused Workers in India’s Sugar Industry Face Worse Fates if They Quit

Why would anyone stay in a job where abuse is rampant and women are coerced into hysterectomies? Because the cost of escaping India’s cane fields is often even higher.

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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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