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Monday, February 23, 2026
TopicModern slavery

Topic: Modern slavery

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

ThePrint Team -
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

+TFP Shubhangi Misra -
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

Laura T. Murphy -
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

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

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Opinion

Nick Jonas wearing a mangalsutra is validation for many Indians. He’s our favourite jiju

Stela Dey -
Nick Jonas is not trying to modernise the mangalsutra, but his gesture shows that choices can be equal. If commitment must be flaunted, it need not be gendered.

Patel’s 1950 letter to Nehru: Find no legal power to deal with Press or men like Syama Prasad

Everyone’s ‘damaged’ in modern dating. Love will soon be called a mental illness

Economy

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

Vrinda Tulsian -
On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

Defence

Suspected brake failure leads to Tejas accident after landing, airframe likely to be written off

Snehesh Alex Philip -
The IAF, so far, remains mum on this accident which has led to grounding of the fleet for safety checks.

National Interest

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

Shekhar Gupta -
India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.

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