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    UNESCO: 2.4 Million Afghan Girls Barred from Secondary Education

    UNESCO says it will keep seeking every possible avenue to support learning while pressing for the restrictions to be lifted.
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    Afghan Graduates in Pakistan Fear Degrees May Become Worthless Amid Attestation Crisis

    The longer the uncertainty lasts, the greater the chance that educational investments made in Pakistan will fail to translate into futures.
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    Agri-business

    Thali Costs Climb: Veg Up 4%, Non-Veg 9% in July, Says CRISIL

    For families across India, the everyday plate has become a clearer mirror of both local harvest risks and distant geopolitical currents.
    Accountability

    PoJK Unrest Lays Bare Pakistan’s Fragile State

    The experts concluded that the cycle of protest and crackdown is not an aberration but a structural feature of a military-dominated state that cannot negotiate with its own citizens.
    Agriculture

    Bangladesh: Small Farmers Feed the Nation but Earn a Fraction

    Agriculture continues to employ a large share of the workforce and remains central to rural poverty reduction.
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    Bangladesh

    Extreme Heat Erodes 31 Million Jobs a Year in South Asia

    By 2070, around 520 million people across the region could face at least one month of dangerous heat each year – four times the number today.
    Civil society

    Students Spotlight War’s Human Toll at Hyderabad Peace Event

    As the students packed away costumes and posters, their message stayed clear – peace is no abstract ideal but a necessity for the survival.
    Bhutan

    Bhutan Resumes WTO Accession Talks After 18-Year Pause

    The return to the negotiating table after nearly two decades underscores the particular challenges faced by small, environmentally vulnerable economies.
    Afghanistan

    Afghanistan’s Hunger Crisis Deepens as Aid Cuts Leave Millions Without Food

    The combination of funding cuts, mass returns, climate shocks, high food prices has left millions of Afghans facing preventable hunger and illness.
    Bangladesh

    Bangladesh: Measles Outbreak Leaves Nine in 10 Families in Debt

    The human cost is measured not only in deaths and hospital beds but in emptied savings accounts and mounting informal debts.
    Accountability

    Pakistan: Report Exposes Forced Conversions Targeting Girls Averaging Just 12 Years Old

    For minority Christian families in Punjab’s industrial towns and rural districts, the fear is immediate and daily.

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    Air

    NHRC Must Recognise Impact of Heat as Violation of Fundamental Rights

    Extreme heat has become a growing public emergency, depriving people of basic necessities and threatening their right to live in a healthy, safe, and dignified environment.

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    Civil Society

    UNESCO: 2.4 Million Afghan Girls Barred from Secondary Education

    UNESCO says it will keep seeking every possible avenue to support learning while pressing for the restrictions to be lifted.
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    Afghan Graduates in Pakistan Fear Degrees May Become Worthless Amid Attestation Crisis

    The longer the uncertainty lasts, the greater the chance that educational investments made in Pakistan will fail to translate into futures.
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    Sri Lanka: Proposed NGO Law Sparks Alarm Over Civic Freedoms

    The question is whether the solution lies in expanding state powers so extensively that the line between regulation and control disappears.
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    India Placed Second-Last in Global Environmental Performance Index 2026

    Expanding energy access, industrialisation and urban growth have lifted millions out of poverty but intensified local pollution and emissions.
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    Afghanistan

    UNESCO: 2.4 Million Afghan Girls Barred from Secondary Education

    UNESCO says it will keep seeking every possible avenue to support learning while pressing for the restrictions to be lifted.

    Afghan Graduates in Pakistan Fear Degrees May Become Worthless Amid Attestation Crisis

    The longer the uncertainty lasts, the greater the chance that educational investments made in Pakistan will fail to translate into futures.

    Students Spotlight War’s Human Toll at Hyderabad Peace Event

    As the students packed away costumes and posters, their message stayed clear – peace is no abstract ideal but a necessity for the survival.

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    Air

    Rising Heat Toll: Lives and Livelihoods Scorched as Climate Costs Mount

    The Lancet Countdown stresses that climate action remains “a lifeline,” capable of saving millions of lives while protecting economies.
    Agriculture

    Bangladesh: Small Farmers Feed the Nation but Earn a Fraction

    Agriculture continues to employ a large share of the workforce and remains central to rural poverty reduction.
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    Environment

    India Placed Second-Last in Global Environmental Performance Index 2026

    Expanding energy access, industrialisation and urban growth have lifted millions out of poverty but intensified local pollution and emissions.

    Sri Lanka: Proposed NGO Law Sparks Alarm Over Civic Freedoms

    The question is whether the solution lies in expanding state powers so extensively that the line between regulation and control disappears.

    Rising Heat Toll: Lives and Livelihoods Scorched as Climate Costs Mount

    The Lancet Countdown stresses that climate action remains “a lifeline,” capable of saving millions of lives while protecting economies.

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    Accountability

    Sri Lanka: Proposed NGO Law Sparks Alarm Over Civic Freedoms

    The question is whether the solution lies in expanding state powers so extensively that the line between regulation and control disappears.
    Afghanistan

    Afghan Graduates in Pakistan Fear Degrees May Become Worthless Amid Attestation Crisis

    The longer the uncertainty lasts, the greater the chance that educational investments made in Pakistan will fail to translate into futures.
    Air

    India Placed Second-Last in Global Environmental Performance Index 2026

    Expanding energy access, industrialisation and urban growth have lifted millions out of poverty but intensified local pollution and emissions.

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