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Sunday, March 29, 2026
TopicModern slavery

Topic: Modern slavery

New book explores the dark world of human trafficking through the testimony of an advocate against modern slavery

Published by Penguin India, 'Awakening the Advocate—Memoirs of a Modern Slavery Activist' will be released on 13 February on SoftCover, ThePrint’s online platform for launching non-fiction books.

Vizag techies, MBAs chased visas. Landed in Cambodia’s Chinese-run digital slave camps

Lured by shady recruiters, many young graduates from Vizag are trafficked as foot soldiers in global cyber-crime rings. Their ‘job’: scamming Indians from compounds in Southeast Asia.

‘Hullabol’ movement that liberated Azad Nagar’s Kol tribe from modern slavery in UP

In ‘Azad Nagar’, Laura T. Murphy embarks on a retelling of a complex murder story that captures why slavery continues to exist in the 21st century.

Slavery was never abolished – it affects millions, and you may be funding it

The modern day estimate for the number of men, women and children forced into labour worldwide exceeds 40 million.

On Camera

Chiraiya shows marital rape is structural—it is embedded in India’s legal framework

Chiraiya, streaming on JioHostar, confronts consent within marriage. It stars Divya Dutta, Siddharth Shaw and Prasanna Bisht.

Drug regulator calls on Indian pharma to move beyond generics, address dependence on bulk imports

Advice comes at a time when India accounts for a 5th of global generic drug supply & 40% of generics used in US. However, this strength in finished formulations relies on imported ingredients.

1st batch of 2,000 India-made Israeli Negev LMGs delivered to Army; 4,000 more to be delivered this year

The Indian Army is set to get another 4,000 of these LMGs as part of a contract signed in August 2024 to replace the 5.56x45mm INSAS LMG.

Gulf war exposed India’s fragilities. It’s time for navel-gazing, in the national interest

It’s easy to understand why the government can’t speak the hard truth. When this war ends, as all wars do, India’s interests will lie with both the winner and the loser.