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    Climate change

    Can Preserving Goa’s Khazans Address Climate Threats?

    Khazans represent a holistic approach to climate resilience, integrating ecological functions with agricultural practices essential for ensuring long-term food security. By Neena Bhandari Growing up in a khazan ecosystem,...
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    Asia Pacific

    China, India and Sri Lanka Embroiled in the Geo-Politics of the Indian Ocean

    While both, India and China, would want to ensure the safety and security of Indian Ocean sea routes, both should also take adequate measures...
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    Freedom of speech and expression

    UN Staff Warned Against Public Comments on the Devastating Conflict in Gaza

    As international civil servants, UN staffers are not expected to participate in political protests and demonstrations or express political views in public or against...
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    Agri-technology

    India’s Farmers Could Use Better Monsoon Forecasts

    While the Indian Meteorological Department has advanced monsoon forecasting systems, researchers from the Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago found that farmers in southern...
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    Features

    Why Farmers in India and Pakistan Are Shifting to Natural or Regenerative Farming

    Regenerative farming is seen as a climate solution, with advocates saying that it is the most straightforward way to benefit the planet's health and...
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    Human rights

    Biden Quietly OKs More 2,000-Pound Bombs and Warplanes for Israel

    The Biden administration’s arms shipments to Israel continue despite urgent pleas from United Nations officials, international human rights groups, and some progressive U.S. lawmakers to stop arming Israel’s...
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    Bio-diversity

    The Impact of Climate Change on a Biodiversity Hot Spot

    The convenings of the apex body in matter of climate action, the Climate Change Council that is chaired by the Prime Minister have been...
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    Climate change

    Revival of Hope: How a Remote Indian Village Overcame Water Scarcity

    By restoring the ponds, the community at Patqapara Village, a small hamlet in India's West Bengal State, was able to save their village and...
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    Left with Nothing: Afghan Children Face New Hardships After Mass Return from Pakistan

    Since September 2023, nearly a million Afghans, 545,000 of them children, have returned, often with little more than a few belongings in hand and no clear idea of what lies ahead.
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    NHRC Seeks Answers Over Inmate Education Crisis in Kerala Prisons

    In the broader national context, the incident highlights a disconnect between India’s progressive rehabilitation laws and the ground realities of prison management. While Article 21 of the Constitution guarantees the right to life and personal liberty, including access to education, the lack of institutional readiness often renders these rights hollow for prison inmates.
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    Accountability

    IMF Urges Faster Progress in Sri Lanka’s State-Owned Enterprise Reforms amid Policy Reversals

    Papageorgiou's comments come in the wake of political shifts that have disrupted previous reform strategies. The new administration under President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has halted privatization efforts initiated by the previous government, led by Ranil Wickremesinghe.
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    Bangladesh: Business Elites Are Tightening Their Grip on Politics

    Experts say that if Bangladesh is to achieve its ambition of becoming an upper-middle-income country by 2031, it must confront the growing dominance of business elites in its political system.
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    Eroding Credibility of the Higher Judiciary

    Since the days of former CJI Deepak Mishra, there has been increasing criticism of the highest court.

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