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    Around 80 per cent of the world’s population is estimated to use traditional medicine, that is also increasingly prominent in the world of modern...
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    Bangladesh: ILO Puts Government On Notice To Improve Labour Conditions

    The ITUC has called on the Bangladesh government to set up a transparent and effective monitoring mechanism for the implementation of the ILO road...
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    Accountability

    Disproportionate military crackdowns in Myanmar

    The UN’s top rights official, Michelle Bachelet, said that Myanmar's military forces are committing human rights violations with the impunity that they perpetrated four years ago...
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    New HIV Injection a Gamechanger

    People at risk of HIV in Brazil and South Africa will be among the first to benefit from a highly effective, long-acting injectable HIV...
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    COVID-19

    Misinformation Fuelling and Uptick of COVID-19 Worldwide, says WHO

    Misinformation that the pandemic is over and other factors like the lifting of mask mandates and ending physical distancing – exaggerated by a more...
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    Finance and Economy

    World Bank approves Pakistan Housing Project for Low-Income Groups

    The Wold Bank approved a US$ 435 million loan for the Pakistan government’s initiative to expand access to housing finance, particularly for low-income households...
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    Freedom of speech and expression

    Social media poses ‘existential threat’ to traditional, trustworthy news, says new UNESCO study

    Journalists continue to be targeted around the world, the report examining global trends in freedom of expression and media development says. Besides, a survey...
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    Environment

    Days are getting warmer, says the weatherman

    The weatherman has warned that the maximum temperatures are likely to rise over Northwest and Central India from 12 March 2022. This rise will...
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