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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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    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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    Governance

    At 7.79 Per Cent, India’s Retail Inflation Goes Through The Roof

    This is the highest inflation in eight yeats, but it isn't really a surprise – the RBI Governor had earlier said retail inflation was...
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    Air

    India’s Green Hydrogen Drive Faces Heavy Odds

    India has the potential to become a global leader in green hydrogen, but it needs to plug gaps in technology and funding. Sajna Nair India is...
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    Asia Pacific

    Future Super Cyclones Will Expose Vastly More People To Extreme Flooding in SouthAsia, Say Researchers

    Research shows that future super cyclones would expose greater numbers of people in most vulnerable parts of the world to extreme flooding. The study...
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    Accountability

    14.9 Million Excess Deaths Due To COVID-19 Pandemic in 2020 and 2021: WHO Study

    The methods were developed by the Technical Advisory Group for COVID-19 Mortality Assessment and rely on a statistical model derived using information from countries...
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    E-governance

    India’s Own Home-grown ONDC Looks to Break Amazon-Flipkart Duopoly in E-Commerce

    The upcoming desi e-commerce platform, ONDC, aims to bring on board 10 million merchants and 30 million sellers in 100 cities by August. By Prachi...
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    Agriculture policy

    Indonesian Palm Oil Export Ban Threatens Global Food Prices, Especially in India

    The ban on palm oil exports by Indonesia has upset global markets. India, the world’s biggest importer of palm oil, is set to be...
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    Accountability

    Bench Under Fire: Sri Lanka’s Retirement Age Row

    Sri Lanka’s NPP government pushes a constitutional amendment to raise apex court judges’ retirement ages by two years, citing...
    Air

    NHRC Must Recognise Impact of Heat as Violation of Fundamental Rights

    Extreme heat has become a growing public emergency, depriving people of basic necessities and threatening their right to live in a healthy, safe, and dignified environment.
    Disaster Management

    Pakistan’s Silent Epidemic: Nine Million Hepatitis C Cases Fuel Race Against 2030 WHO Deadline

    Pakistan’s response positions the country as both a high-burden test case and a potential model for elimination.

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    Accountability

    Bench Under Fire: Sri Lanka’s Retirement Age Row

    Sri Lanka’s NPP government pushes a constitutional amendment to...
    Air

    NHRC Must Recognise Impact of Heat as Violation of Fundamental Rights

    Extreme heat has become a growing public emergency, depriving people of basic necessities and threatening their right to live in a healthy, safe, and dignified environment.
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    Aligning national air-quality standards with the stringent guidelines set by the World Health Organization (WHO) is an essential, non-negotiable step in safeguarding public health.
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    Animals and wildlife

    Counting India’s wolves, one howl at a time

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    RFK Jr. Urges Measles Vaccination in Stark Reversal as US Cases Hit 35-Year High

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