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    Bridging the Digital Divide

    The digital divide between and within countries has not only persisted but is arguably widening. Nearly 40 per cent of the population in the Asia...
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    Nepal Passes Law to Regulate Sale of Acid

    There are about 40 cases of acid attacks every year in Nepal and three-quarters of the victims are women. So far, the law provided...
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    Narrow Valuation of Nature is Widening Biodiversity Loss

    The Assessment Report on the Diverse Values and Valuation of Nature brought out by the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services argues...
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    Letter From Pakistan: Ninety years of a full life [Part – I]

    Rashad moved to Pakistan and lived in Karachi working as a glass vendor and frame maker. He got himself involved in progressive politics that...
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    Child Rights

    Governments Recommended Unsafe EdTech Products During Pandemic

    Online learning or EdTech products endorsed by many governments across the world enabled surveillance of children. The products monitored or had the capacity to...
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    What Future for a World of 8 Billion?

    In countries where deaths outnumber births, the population is increasing very little, if at all. In some cases, it has already started to decline...
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    Exodus of Sikhs from Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Following May Killings

    Fear prevails among the Sikhs of North-west Pakistan after two Sikhs businessmen were shot dead on May 15 in Peshawar. Sikhs feel that the...
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    Bangladesh

    India’s Bangladeshi Bogeyman

    During the 2019 election campaign, then BJP president and now Home Minister, Amit Shah, described Bengali-speaking Muslims in border states as ‘termites’—invoking the same...
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    UN Warns of Mounting Crises in Afghanistan as Security Incidents Surge 57% Under Taliban Control

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    Sri Lanka’s Prisons in Crisis: Overcrowding, Mental Health Collapse, and Calls for Comprehensive Reform

    Sri Lanka’s prison system is under intense scrutiny following multiple deaths in custody.
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    Sri Lanka’s Prisons in Crisis: Overcrowding, Mental Health Collapse, and Calls for Comprehensive Reform

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