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    World Governments Summit: Over 70 Per Cent of Global Economic Growth Predicted from the East, Led by India

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    Rethinking Public Debt as Positive Investment in Sustainable Development

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    729 Districts Free of Manual Scavenging

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    Road to COP29: Highest Climate Ambitions Needed to Decarbonize World

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    Bhutan’s Long-Deferred Mines and Minerals Bill Set for Parliamentary Return this Winter

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    China’s Solar Boom Creates ‘Green Dilemma’ for Birds

    Without deliberate ecological planning, the green transition risks creating new biodiversity deficits even as it reduces greenhouse-gas emissions.
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    Bhutan’s Long-Deferred Mines and Minerals Bill Set for Parliamentary Return this Winter

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