In India’s east, farmers risk jail to grow lucrative cannabis crop
Odisha, India – Ajay Rout is an Indigenous farmer in a remote village in a southern district of India’s Odisha state. ...
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An Indian state used citizens’ data on political beliefs to deny benefits
Vijayawada, India – As soon as Meda Ramana was elected the head of Garapadu village council in the southern Indian state ...
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40 years after Bhopal gas tragedy, barefoot school ‘offers hope’
Bhopal, India – Triveni Sonani starts her working day at 9am when she opens the gates of Oriya Basti school ...
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How Suriname and Guyana plan to share oil and gas wealth with citizens
The small South American country of Suriname plans to share revenues from newly discovered oil- and gasfields off its coast. ...
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Indonesia’s shrinking middle class casts shadow on economic rise
Medan, Indonesia – Halimah Nasution used to feel as if she had it all. For years, she and her husband ...
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