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    Sexual Abuse Reported at Afghanistan’s Taliban-Run Madrasahs

    Male students enrolled in Afghanistan’s Taliban-run religious schools say speak of sexual and physical abuse that has led some to end their education. Male students...
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    Child mortality

    Global Child Deaths Reach Historic Low in 2022 – UN Report

    Despite progress, an estimated 4.9 million child deaths of children before their fifth birthday occurred somewhere in the world – or one death every...
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    Child mortality

    Study Finds Cause of Puzzling Low Use of Diarrhoea Cure

    Diarrhoea is the world’s second leading cause of death under the age of five. Oral rehydration salts are the main treatment for diarrhoea in...
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    Child Rights

    Guterres: End ‘Abhorrent Practice’ of Female Genital Mutilation

    Some 4.4 million girls are at risk of female genital mutilation (FGM) this year, the UN Secretary-General warned on Tuesday, appealing for action to stamp out...
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    Child mortality

    Pakistan Winter Pneumonia: Thousands of Children Affected; Hundreds Dead

    Islamabad has long grappled with the challenge of increasing vaccine uptake in a nation where misinformation is rife and some fringe clerics declare it...
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    Early childhood development

    Sri Lanka Launches Fortified Rice Lunch Programme to Address Malnutrition Among School Children

    The Ministry of Agriculture and Plantation Industries, the Ministry of Education, the World Food Programme, the National Food Promotion Board and the Bill &...
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    Child Rights

    Delhi’s Asha Kiran Draws HRW Flak

    Nearly 1000 men, women, and children are trapped in Asha Kiran, most of whom will live there for their entire lives. Some are confined...
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    Child Rights

    Two Mothers Killed Each Hour in Gaza Conflict: UN Women

    Women and children account for roughly 70 per cent of people killed in the war in Gaza, with two mothers killed every hour since...
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    Bio-diversity

    Kerala Gifts 1,200 Saplings to Boost Maldives’ Five Million Tree Drive

    Climate change remains an existential concern for the Maldives. Rising sea levels, coastal erosion and the need for greater green cover make large-scale tree planting both a practical and a symbolic necessity.
    Agriculture

    Sri Lanka Braces for Wetter-Than-Average Conditions from October Amid Strengthening El Niño

    Proactive measures now can substantially reduce the eventual human and economic cost, the FAO report says.
    Afghanistan

    Pakistan: Afghan Medical Students Ordered to Return Home Amid Strained Ties

    The Pakistan Medical and Dental Council has issued firm directives requiring Afghan nationals enrolled in medical and dental programmes across Pakistan to return to Afghanistan.

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    Bio-diversity

    Kerala Gifts 1,200 Saplings to Boost Maldives’ Five Million Tree Drive

    Climate change remains an existential concern for the Maldives. Rising sea levels, coastal erosion and the need for greater green cover make large-scale tree planting both a practical and a symbolic necessity.
    Agriculture

    Sri Lanka Braces for Wetter-Than-Average Conditions from October Amid Strengthening El Niño

    Proactive measures now can substantially reduce the eventual human and economic cost, the FAO report says.
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