Megha Rajagopalan

2 months ago | nytimes.com | Tracy Mumford |Will Jarvis |Ian Stewart |Jessica Metzger |Megha Rajagopalan

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2 months ago | telegraphindia.com | Megha Rajagopalan

Al-Assad used weapons like sarin and chlorine gas against rebel fighters and Syrian civilians during more than a decade of civil war Megha Rajagopalan Published 07.04.25, 10:00 AM Security personnel during a search operation in al-Roj camp, Syria, on Sunday Reuters More than 100 chemical weapons sites are suspected to remain in Syria, left behind after the fall of the longtime President, Bashar al-Assad, according to the leading international organisation that tracks these weapons. That...

2 months ago | nytimes.com | Megha Rajagopalan

More than 100 chemical weapons sites are suspected to remain in Syria, left behind after the fall of the longtime president, Bashar al-Assad, according to the leading international organization that tracks these weapons. That number is the first estimate of its kind as the group, the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, seeks to enter Syria to assess what remains of Mr. al-Assad's notorious military program.

Dec 20, 2024 | seattletimes.com | Megha Rajagopalan

LONDON — The New York City comptroller, who oversees hundreds of billions of dollars in pension investments, is pressuring some of the world’s major sugar buyers to stop profiting off child labor, debt bondage and coerced hysterectomies in western India. The city’s pension funds own nearly $1 billion in stock in Coca-Cola, PepsiCo, Mondelez and others. Those companies, or their franchisees, are among those that buy sugar from the Indian state of Maharashtra.

Dec 19, 2024 | nytimes.com | Megha Rajagopalan

Pension funds and big investors are pressuring Coca-Cola, Pepsico and others over brutal working conditions in India's cane fields. Some of the sugar buyers are tiptoeing toward change. The New York City comptroller, who oversees hundreds of billions of dollars in pension investments, is pressuring some of the world's major sugar buyers to stop profiting off child labor, debt bondage and coerced hysterectomies in western India.