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    FSSAI Mandates Strict Registration for Independent Milk Producers and Vendors Amid Rising Adulteration Concerns

    State food safety departments are now required to submit detailed action taken reports to the central regulator every fortnight.
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    Accountability

    Over 400 Killed in Pakistani Airstrike on Kabul Drug Rehabilitation Centre

    The responses underscore the broader humanitarian crisis emerging from the clashes. As rescue teams work through the night and casualty numbers potentially climb, the focus remains on the human cost.
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    Animals and wildlife

    India Submits First National Report on Nagoya Protocol Implementation to CBD

    According to PIB, India’s submission marks not just compliance but a strategic advancement in biodiversity governance – the country is demonstrating that conservation and economic development can go hand in hand when guided by principles of equity and sustainability.
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    Corruption

    Fitch Ratings: RSP Majority Eases Nepal’s Near-Term Political Risk; Policy Agenda Now Key to Unlocking Growth

    Structural weaknesses persist: low GDP per capita, exposure to external shocks and natural disasters, and governance metrics that lag behind ‘BB’-category peers.
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    Democracy

    Delhi Police Allegedly Abducts 10 Activists; CASR Demands Immediate Disclosure of Whereabouts

    As the capital awaits the court’s intervention, the case once again spotlights concerns over alleged extra-legal methods used against dissenters.
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    Bangladesh

    Gulf War Exposes Risks in South Asia’s $107-Billion LNG Expansion

    As South Asia pushes ahead with billions of dollars in LNG infrastructure, the unfolding crisis in the Gulf is a stark reminder that energy security in a volatile world remains deeply intertwined with geopolitics.
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    Agriculture

    Pakistan’s Hunger Crisis: 7.5 Million Face Acute Food Insecurity Amid Climate Disasters and Economic Turmoil

    According to the latest integrated food security phase classification (IPC) analysis, approximately 7.5 million people across vulnerable regions are grappling with high levels of food insecurity and malnutrition.
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    Child Rights

    Thousands of Cyclone Ditwah Survivors in Sri Lanka Still Await Relief and Resettlement

    While approximately 90 per cent of the land identification process has been completed, displaced communities remain uncertain about when permanent housing will become available. For many survivors, the prolonged wait for safe housing continues to compound the trauma of the disaster.
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