A 13-year-old boy was rescued from bonded labor in Hassan, India; a man was arrested for kidnapping and exploiting him under false promises.

On most days, a woman in India does not experience the city as a neutral grid of roads and buildings. She experiences it as negotiation. She calculates lighting before distance. She chooses a bus ...

The Uttar Pradesh government has announced a set of initiatives aimed at improving welfare for workers and providing support to vulnerable sections of.

India, long viewed as the archetype of a ‘high-fertility developing country’, has quietly become a relatively low-fertility society ...

Recognising women as farmers, ensuring their rights to land and productive resources, and allowing them to claim their right ...

Indian women spend significantly more time on unpaid household work than men. This time poverty limits their job ...

This article is authored by Cchavi Vasisht, associate fellow, Chintan Research Foundation, New Delhi.

Speakers emphasised that while awareness around mental health has improved in India over the past decade, women still face unique barriers in accessing care ...

Sparked by conversations at the recent Mpowering Minds Summit 2026, THE WEEK examines the pressures and patterns stifling ...

At last month’s National Council (Staff Side), Joint Consultative Machinery (NC-JCM) meeting, a proposal was made to increase the number of family units considered in salary calculations from three to ...

Governments across Asia are receiving calls from their citizens seeking repatriation, but most Asian workers are staying put.

In Arlington, tea is more than a daily ritual in the Thapar household — it is heritage.For Vishal Thapar, who grew up in India, chai represents culture, family, and the quiet power of gathering over a ...