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Luis Abreu once thrived on servicing India’s many typewriters but computers are eclipsing his tradeIn Goa’s capital, Panaji, on Rua São Tomé, not far from the main post office, is a shop that offers packaging services. For a small fee, they will wrap y…
Thuzar Wint Lwin, in dress of besieged Chin minority, highlights brutal repression since coup in Myanmar In the months leading up to the Miss Universe pageant, most contestants were busy making promotional films and rehearsing for their moment in the l…
Hazara community in mourning but defiant after more than 60 people killed in school bomb blastsLatifa and Hosnia had been sharing a wooden bench in their classroom at Kabul’s Sayed Al-Shuhada school for the past three years.When Latifa transferred to S…
This heartfelt documentary focuses on free-ranging dogs and the people on the fringes of Indian society who care for themThe street dogs that feature in this lyrically-shot documentary aren’t strays, exactly; they are the indigenous, free-ranging “pye …
Unscientific ‘morality’ examination linked to low conviction rates and violates women’s rights, says Equality NowPhysical vaginal tests are still used to determine whether women and girls have been raped in India, Nepal and Sri Lanka, according to a ne…
With travel from India, Pakistan and Bangladesh banned, some UK families are stuck abroad, while others cannot visit frail relatives Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageFor the past 17 months, Saurav Dutt has had to watch from a…
Without extension of legally binding 2013 accord, life-saving changes still required in factories will not go aheadThe future of a landmark deal to improve safety at clothing factories in Bangladesh is in doubt, unions have said, in the run-up to the e…
At the Interpets fair in Tokyo about 300 exhibitors will present their products to business visitors and pet lovers Continue reading…
Government blamed for not ensuring safety as broadcaster’s female staff told to stay home after attacks by IsisA radio and television broadcaster in eastern Afghanistan that has had four of its female employees murdered since December has said it will …
Growing numbers of women ditch giri choco custom of ‘forced giving’ of gifts to senior male colleaguesShifting gender politics and the coronavirus have combined to spell the possible end of the Japanese Valentine’s Day custom of women giving chocolates…
Family of women’s rights advocate, found dead in Canadian lake, call for police to reopen investigationIt was the homecoming they never wanted. Five years ago, Karima Baloch fled Pakistan after her work as a prominent human rights activist put her life…
Paul revolutionised and revitalised the sari as well as launching one of India’s best-known fashion brandsSatya Paul, the Indian fashion designer who invented the modern sari, has died at the age of 79. His son, Puneet Nanda, said in a Facebook post th…
Single people invited on free tour with fortune-teller in attempt to boost Covid-stricken travel sectorCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageSingle people in Thailand have been invited to pray for love on a river cruise to nine te…
Women are slowly gaining rights and finding the strength to shake off the social taboos around ending a bad relationshipParveena Jabeen was all set to get married, but in Kashmir weddings are extravagant affairs.Traditionally, brides in the valley of K…
Stations switch to humble earthen kulhads in move to cut down on toxic waste and boost incomes of village pottersA small and humble relic from India’s past is about to stage a major comeback. At all 7,000 railway stations in the country, tea will be se…