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Published on May 22, 2026 01:14 am IST

Taste of Life: When and how muscovado sugar was produced in Poona

Muscovado sugar sat at the centre of the wider plantation economy and the transatlantic trade network. (HT)

pune news

Published on Apr 09, 2026 06:32 am IST

Under Taliban, punishment for beating wife is 15 days, only if she is 'wounded'

Under the new code, a husband won’t face any punishment unless the beating of wife was done with a stick and it led to severe injury such as “a wound or bodily bruising”.

Updated on Feb 19, 2026 05:15 pm IST

Did Trump 'defend' slavery? Post targeting the Smithsonian sparks backlash

President Donald Trump.

Updated on Aug 20, 2025 01:35 am IST

‘I would rather live in dark prison cell than accept slavery’: Imran Khan

The 72-year-old cricketer-turned-politician has been behind bars since August 2023 after he was booked in multiple cases.

Published on Jul 02, 2025 06:14 pm IST

Finalists announced for Lukas book prizes, which champion 'serious research and social concern.'

Published on Feb 19, 2025 06:12 pm IST

At an art festival in Dakar, artists from both sides of the Atlantic examine the legacy of slavery

Updated on Nov 08, 2024 10:15 pm IST

Jayne Anne Phillips' novel 'Night Watch,' Eboni Booth’s drama 'Primary Trust' among Pulitzer winners

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entertainment

Updated on Oct 06, 2025 12:23 pm IST

Review: AgniKaal by Yugal Joshi

Jim Sarbh as Malik Kafur in Padmaavat (2018). (Film still)

books

Updated on May 03, 2024 09:19 pm IST

Taylor Swift's new song ‘I hate it here’ sparks a row about her idea of America

‘I hate it here’ by Taylor Swift sparks a row over her presentation of American history about racism and slavery.

Published on Apr 20, 2024 03:41 pm IST

Who was Aphra Behn? A look at a trailblazing 17th-century poet, writer, spy

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Born in Canterbury in 1640, Behn died at 48, and is buried at Westminster Abbey. (Wikimedia Commons)

Updated on Jan 20, 2024 03:09 pm IST

'BJP MP told me...': Rahul Gandhi narrates ‘slavery’ story at Congress rally

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and party leader Rahul Gandhi greet the crowd during the party's ‘Hain Taiyaar Hum’ rally.

Published on Dec 28, 2023 08:10 pm IST

Shivaji imprint on new epaulettes for naval officers, ranks to be Indianised: PM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses the gathering at the ‘Navy Day 2023’ celebrations in Sindhudurg district on Monday (PTI)

Updated on Dec 04, 2023 09:22 pm IST

International Day for the Abolition of Slavery 2023: Date, history, significance

Published on Dec 01, 2023 09:27 am IST

India has finally come out of slave mentality, says PM in Mathura

Prime Minister Narendra Modi felicitates actor and BJP MP Hema Malini during ‘Mirabai Janmotsav’ on the occasion of 525th birth anniversary of the poet and Lord Krishna devotee, in Mathura, Thursday. (PTI)

Updated on Nov 24, 2023 06:38 am IST

Dutch King Willem-Alexander issues historic apology for slavery

The king said, "Slave trading and slavery is recognised as a crime against humanity."

Published on Jul 02, 2023 09:16 am IST

Rewriting history in two leading democracies

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global power

international affairs

Published on May 11, 2024 02:54 pm IST

UK MP's 'Jews didn't face racism' comment stirs row for Sunak's rival party

Suspended UK MP Diane Abbott.

Published on Apr 23, 2023 05:53 pm IST

HT This Day: April 13, 1958 -- India’s biggest industrial estate at Okhla

Updated on Apr 12, 2023 11:13 pm IST

International Day for the Abolition of Slavery | 5 things to know

Modern slavery is not defined by law, but it includes forced labour, debt bondage, forced marriage, and human trafficking. (AFP)

Updated on Dec 02, 2022 01:11 pm IST

Forced labour highest in Arab states, followed by Europe, says UN report

The figures revealed in the report are staggering, (Representational)

Published on Sept 13, 2022 02:16 pm IST

The Harriet Tubman mural that transcends time

Michael Rosato's mural "Reflections on Pine" is centered around Tubman

Published on Mar 14, 2022 01:17 pm IST

Vicky Kaushal’s 6am Capoeira workout combines dance, acrobatics and music

health

Updated on Jun 25, 2021 04:13 pm IST

Juneteenth now a federal holiday in the US. Here's all you need to know

US President Joe Biden speaks prior to signing of the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act into law as Vice President Kamala Harris stands by in the East Room of the White House in Washington, U.S. June 17, 2021.

Published on Jun 18, 2021 06:05 am IST

Toppled Francis Scott Key statue replaced by 350 African figures

Updated on Jun 17, 2021 05:34 pm IST

Barry Jenkins on his unflinching epic Underground Railroad

(File Photo) Filmmaker Barry Jenkins latest project, the 10-hour limited series “The Underground Railroad,” premieres Thursday on Amazon.

web series

Published on May 12, 2021 07:22 pm IST

Links with slavery? Welsh govt audit puts Mahatma Gandhi on a list of controversial individuals

A statue of Mahatma Gandhi is seen at Gandhi Square in Johannesburg, South Africa, June 11, 2020.

Updated on Nov 29, 2020 04:40 pm IST

2 British PMs benefited from slavery, admits Westminster

A sculpture by British artist Marc Quinn in collaboration with Bristol resident Jen Reid showing Jen Reid with an arm raised in a Black Power salute entitled ‘A Surge of Power (Jen Reid) 2020’, on the vacant Edward Colston statue plinth in Bristol, southwest England, on July 15. A sculpture of UK slave trader Edward Colston removed by anti-racism protesters in Bristol was replaced by that of the black woman who helped pull it down.

Updated on Oct 01, 2020 11:39 pm IST

‘Sorry is not enough’, Caribbean says of British apologies for slavery

The Lloyd’s of London insurance market apologised for its role in slave trade but a regional alliance of Caribbean countries said that Britain’s institutions should go much further than simply apologising and give some of the wealth back to the Caribbean by funding development at the epicentre of the slave trade.