Woman With Leprosy Denied Pension Because She Doesn't Have Fingers for India's Biometric Database

Blind, disabled, and estranged from her family, 65-year-old Sajidha Begum has survived on a monthly pension check of 1,000 rupees (about $16) in Bangalore, India. In August, however, the Indian government sent a letter to the leprosy hospital where she's lived for over 10 years saying her pension was being taken away...