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    India: Swachh Bharat Mission Linked to Decline in Infant Mortality Rates

    The study, spanning a decade from 2011 to 2020, analysed data from 35 Indian states and 640 districts. Researchers focused on two key indicators:...
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    APEDA Facilitates Historic Export of Indian Pomegranates to Australia

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    World Bank’s Latest Report Highlights India’s Economic Growth and Trade Challenges

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    Animals and wildlife

    Mock Drill on Pandemic Preparedness conducted in Ajmer

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    Civil Society Groups, Activists, Ask World Bank to Junk Gujarat Waste to Energy Projects

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    Climate change

    Cyclone Forming Over Arabian Sea as Gujarat Recovers from Heavy Rains

    The IMD's weather bulletin indicates that the storm will likely continue moving nearly west-southwestwards over the northeast Arabian Sea, away from the Indian coast, for the next two days.
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