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    Water Is No Longer a Passive Backdrop to Our Challenges.

    In one part of the world, floods inundate entire cities. In another, droughts silently wither crops. Glaciers, which took centuries to form, are disappearing in decades. Groundwater, hidden and unseen, is being depleted faster than it can be replenished.
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    Finance and Economy

    Tariffs: US Consumer spending Slows as Inflation Rises, says Fitch Ratings

    The report says that US consumer spending slowed significantly in the first half of 2025, decelerating from the robust pace seen in late 2024.
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    Diversity

    Minority Prisoners Face Harsh Discrimination in Pakistani Jails, Says Bishops’ Report

    Religious minority prisoners in Pakistan are subjected to systemic discrimination, harsh treatment and denial of basic rights compared to their Muslim counterparts.
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    Accountability

    Sri Lanka: Former President Wickremesinghe Arrested, Hospitalized; Political Backlash Mounts

    Ranil Wickremesinghe, 76, was arrested on August 22, ushering in the highest-profile detention amid President Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s sweeping anti-corruption campaign.
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    Features

    From Kilns to Fields: How Nepal’s Brick Workers Are Recrafting Lives

    Nepal’s brick industry – valued at several million dollars and employing approximately 300,000 workers – thrives during its limited work season.
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    Child mortality

    The Midwifery Gap in Asia-Pacific: India at the Heart of a Silent Crisis

    In 2023 alone, roughly 260,000 women worldwide died during or shortly after childbirth, with 22 per cent (about 58,000 maternal deaths) occurring in the Asia-Pacific – many of which were preventable with timely midwife-led care.
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    Entrepreneurship

    India Faces Twin Challenge of Job Disruption and Skill Transformation: WEF Report

    The report says that in India, sectors such as manufacturing, customer service, clerical roles, and routine administration are projected to witness the steepest job declines.
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    Finance and Economy

    Rising Risks to Indian Corporates from Higher US Tariffs

    The risk of second-order effects from existing tariffs is also rising. A US-India trade deal, if secured, would reduce these risks, Fitch says.
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    Nepal: One in Five Children in Madhesh Province Face Multiple Layers of Deprivation

    Climate pressures, irregular monsoon patterns and limited irrigation continue to constrain productivity for many smallholders.
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    Sri Lanka Battles Record Dengue Surge as Cases Top 100,000

    Health officials emphasise that discarded items and temporary water collections continue to be the most common breeding sources.
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    UN Warns: Climate Change Could Force 40.5 Million South Asians from Their Homes by 2050

    For the international community, supporting South Asia’s efforts to build resilience is not only a humanitarian imperative but also a matter of global stability.

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    Health officials emphasise that discarded items and temporary water collections continue to be the most common breeding sources.
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    Nepal-Tibet Flash Floods Claim Over 750 Lives as Thousands Remain Missing

    Nepal’s Foreign Minister and the UN climate chief have both warned of the growing threat from global warming to the Himalayas.
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    Bangladesh

    Dying Alone in the Shadows: Bangladesh’s Crisis of Elderly Neglect

    Nur Jahan’s children now face not only legal scrutiny but the judgment of a nation mourning a mother who deserved better in her twilight years.
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    India’s Hidden School Mental Health Crisis Deepens as Student Suicides Rise Sharply

    With student suicides rising and mental-health challenges deepening, India stands at a critical juncture. Whether schools, policymakers, and families respond with urgency – or continue to treat emotional distress as an afterthought – may determine the fate of millions of young people across the country.
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    Indonesia Rejects National Disaster Status as Toxic Haze Blankets Southeast Asia

    ASEAN foreign ministers are expected to discuss the transboundary haze at an upcoming meeting. The episode highlights longstanding regional tensions over the annual haze, which has strained diplomatic relations in previous severe seasons such as 2015.
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    Sri Lanka’s Middle Class Shrinks as Nearly 400,000 Households Slide Down Income Ladder, Says Boston Consulting Group

    BCG says that policymakers and businesses alike will need strategies that address both the scale of the rural middle class and the constraints facing households that have slipped downward if the gains of recovery are to become more widely shared.

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