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    India’s Farmers’ Movement Discussed as Pakistan Invites Chinese Agri Business Giant to do Business

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    A Thing (or Two) of Beauty…… in Asia’s Forests

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    WHO, India Sign Deal to Establish Global Centre for Traditional Medicine

    Around 80 per cent of the world’s population is estimated to use traditional medicine, that is also increasingly prominent in the world of modern...
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    Reviving History and the Environment in the City of Djinns and Saints

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    India examines medical school costs amid Ukraine exodus

    The Indian government recently announced that half of the seats in private medical colleges will have the same charges as their government counterparts. Private...
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    A Budget that Looks Too Far Into the Future

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