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    Government Indifference Deprives the Trafficked of Compensation

    The common thread that connects all victims of trafficking is poverty and lack of awareness. Poverty and unemployment drive people to migrate in search...
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    Global Governance

    S Jaishankar’s UN Day Message Reiterates India’s Support for Global South

    UN Secretary General António Guterres described the UN as “the product of hope” because it embodies the hope and resolve to move beyond global conflict, to...
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    Climate change

    Indian Village Unlocks Treasure of Organic, Indigenous Farming

    The village, with more than 250 households, identified six veteran and experienced farmers who were tasked with producing their indigenous seeds and saplings. These...
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    E-governance

    Rural Development: Data Use for Recreation Limits Potential of Digital Technology

    Rural consumers account for roughly 45 per cent of the data usage in the country. During the near total lockdown due to the COVID-19...
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    Agroforestry

    Uttarakhand’s Green Warrior

    Despite a debilitating impairment to his hip that has aged him beyond his years, Malara has kept his passion alive and grows fodder leaves,...
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    Disaster Management

    Death toll from avalanche in India’s Himalayan state climbs to 26

    Officials say the search is still on for the remaining three missing mountaineers still underway in Uttarakhand state. The death toll from an avalanche in...
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    Agri-business

    Nutrition Smart Agriculture: Decoding the Myth

    Orphan crops – like sorghum, jowar, barley, ragi and sweet potato, cowpea, cassava and moong bean to name a few, are back with a...
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    Bangladesh

    A Recession Worse than 2007 Crisis Around the Corner, Says UNCTAD

    UNCTAD’s latest report warns that the policy-induced global recession could be worse than the financial crisis that haunted governments and people across the globe...
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    Animals and wildlife

    Holding Wildlife Criminals Accountable: A New Era of Legal Action for India’s Natural Heritage

    The poaching crisis extends to elephants, India's National Heritage Animal. In the Malayattoor forest division of Kerala, between 2013 and 2015, at least 18 elephants were slaughtered for ivory.
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    Climate Groups Report 2025 Is Unlikely To Be Hotter Than 2024

    Beginning in December 2024 and ending in April 2025, La Niña is defined by the cooling of ocean surface temperatures, changes in wind and precipitation patterns, an increase in Atlantic hurricanes, drier conditions in the South, and wetter conditions in the Northwest.
    Animals and wildlife

    Holding Wildlife Criminals Accountable: A New Era of Legal Action for India’s Natural Heritage

    The poaching crisis extends to elephants, India's National Heritage Animal. In the Malayattoor forest division of Kerala, between 2013 and 2015, at least 18 elephants were slaughtered for ivory.
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