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    Food sovereignty

    Halt Fortified Rice Distribution, Campaigners Tell Jharkhand Government

    The campaigners point out to initiatives by civil society groups in Jharkhand demonstrating effective ways of dealing with nutrition holistically. They say that local,...
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    Human rights

    Despite Ideals, Most Americans Don’t Really Like Reducing Inequality, Study Finds

    Researchers say that study participants from advantaged groups, across all ideologies, rejected policies to reduce inequality on the false belief that they would end...
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    Bangladesh

    Study Shows The Poor Simply Lack Opportunities To Gain Wealth, But A One-Time Boost Can Make A Major Difference

    The current study estimates that the economic misallocation resulting from the poverty trap in this setting is 15 times the one-time cost of taking households across...
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    Civil society

    UN Secretary-General Must be Non-Risk Averse, Play a More Pivotal and Active Role

    In the context of current world affairs and international relations, it is imperative that the Secretary-General plays a more pivotal and far-greater active role...
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    Climate change

    WMO Says 1.5 °C Rise Above Pre-Industrial Level Temperature Is Round The Corner

    The 1.5°C figure is not some random statistic. It is rather an indicator of the point at which climate impacts will become increasingly harmful...
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    Entrepreneurship

    Study: Immigrants in the US Are More Likely to Start Firms, Create Jobs

    Compared to native-born citizens, immigrants are more frequently involved in founding companies at all scales. Peter Dizikes   |   MIT News Office Immigrants to the US are...
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    Accountability

    Finding a Pathway Out of Genocide for Mynmar’s Rohingya

    On 21 March 2022, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced that the United States has determined that the acts committed against the Rohingya minority in...
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    Accountability

    Red Cross Fund Document Takes Note of Civil Unrest in Sri Lanka

    The Red Cross aid document has called this a fund for civil unrest – though the grant document alludes to the unrest being a...
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    Child Labour

    Silent Epidemic: Lead Exposure Steals Futures Across South Asia

    South Asia’s lead crisis is not inevitable. Experience elsewhere demonstrates that decisive regulation, industrial formalisation and community-level interventions can sharply reduce exposure.
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    UN Report Warns World on Track for 2.8°C Warming This Century as 1.5°C Limit Slips Beyond Reach

    Experts at UNEP say that the Emissions Gap Report 2026 does not abandon the 1.5°C goal. Instead it reframes the challenge: minimise the height and length of the overshoot and chart a credible return path.
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    Experts at UNEP say that the Emissions Gap Report 2026 does not abandon the 1.5°C goal. Instead it reframes the challenge: minimise the height and length of the overshoot and chart a credible return path.
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