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    Finance and Economy

    India’s Economic Survey 2023-24: Navigating Post-Election Challenges and Economic Growth

    As India navigates its post-election landscape, addressing the critical need for job creation in the non-farm sector will be pivotal in fostering inclusive economic...
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    Civil society

    Is the Indian police reform-able?

    Police officers have often spoken of the need for independence from the political bosses and that police reforms are the only way to go...
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    Civil society

    Three committees too many: Nepal Red Cross in a shambles

    The initial months of 2022 have been full of turmoil for the Nepal Red Cross Society, often the only provider of humanitarian services in...
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    CSR

    The irony of subsisting in the middle of an ocean of resources

    Islanders in a distant Maldivian atoll now benefit from a fish filleting platform installed to add value to the catch the fishermen bring. 200 kilometres...
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    Agriculture

    Honey Money Helps Bail Out Bangladesh’s Farmers From Debt, Endure Climate Change

    Keeping honey bees to supplement income from rice and mustard farming might not be a conventional model, but the bees are proving to be...
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    Bangladesh

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    Bangladesh

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    Corruption

    Sri Lanka Seeks India’s Backing in War on Indian Ocean Drug Trafficking

    The appeal came during a high-level meeting with visiting Indian Defence Minister, Rajnath Singh on 9 September 2026, the first such visit by an Indian defence minister in 38 years.

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