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Tabled marriage bill in India may add to population decline
A bill before India's lawmakers proposes to raise marriageable age for women to 21 years. Already India’s fertility rate has dropped below replacement level....
Governance
Private Players Enter India’s Ayushman Bharat Jan Arogya Yojna Health Insurance Scheme
Two private players been enrolled to conduct desk medical audits as part of the Jan Arogya Yojana, India's prestigious public health insurance project. The...
Civil society
Are cops ready for Jharkhand’s new anti-mob lynching law?
Four years since the court’s judgement, Jharkhand is only the fourth state (after Manipur, Rajasthan and West Bengal) to have passed a legislation to...
Bangladesh
Is climate change really SouthAsia’s raw nerve?
Talk of climate change in SouthAsia has been pending since the last SAARC summit held in Kathmandu in 2014. SAARC nations have not met...
Health
SouthAsia leads with the highest burden of tuberculosis
WHO’s 2021 Global TB Report reveals that years of efforts made to prevent and control TB have been reversed in the wake of tackling...
Children
Missionaries of Charity bank account frozen, tweets Mamta Banerjee
Bank accounts of the Missionaries of Charity in India have been frozen, according to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamta Banerjee.
Bank accounts of the Missionaries...
Environment
Pharmaceutical waste contaminates India’s main rivers
By Papiya Bhattacharya
Major Indian rivers, including the Ganga, the Yamuna and the Cauvery are contaminated with various pharmaceutical products and researchers blame poor monitoring...
Civil society
Extraordinary Lives of Indian Muslim Women Documented
Farah Usmani, a director at the UNFPA headquarters in New York, set about changing the stereotype of Indian Muslim Women. As a result of...
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WTO and ADB Strengthen Collaboration for Sustainable Economic Growth
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Developing Asia and the Pacific Unprepared for Challenges of Aging Population
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