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India

Food Security

Dalit Migrant Labour Depends on a System that Perpetuates Poverty

To meet the Nuākhāi festival expenses, most of the poor and underprivileged families take loans at higher interest rates from local money lenders and...

OWSA Contributor - 8 February 2024

Agri-business

Hit by Climate Change, Authorities Seek to Improve Saffron Yields in Kashmir

Saffron farmers, who grow the “king of spices” in fields sprawling across several thousand hectares, mainly in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district, have been complaining...

Inter Press Service - 8 February 2024

Democracy

Ministry of Panchayati Raj introduces Panchayat Development Index

MoPR’s localization of sustainable development goals (LSDG) initiative, emphasis has been laid for capacity building and training of the PRI representatives to formulate theme-based...

OWSA Staff - 8 February 2024

Human rights

729 Districts Free of Manual Scavenging

A protocol has been developed, highlighting the minimum standards in mechanization of sewer and septic tank cleaning operations to minimize the need for hazardous...

OWSA Staff - 7 February 2024

E-governance

Government Considers AI a Kinetic Enabler for Growth, Says Minister

The Government considers Artificial Intelligence (AI) to be kinetic enabler for the growth of the country’s digital economy, investments and jobs. The government has...

OWSA Staff - 6 February 2024

E-governance

Unlocking India’s Potential with AI

We have the ability to solve a lot of problems for our population, but the hard part has always been in the distribution, not the...

OWSA Contributor - 6 February 2024

Bio-diversity

Tribal Communities Pay at the Intersections of FRA and PESA

The failure of the Forest Rights Act's implementation, compounded by conflicts with other legislations like PESA, underscores the need for a comprehensive and coordinated...

OWSA Contributor - 2 February 2024

Bangladesh

Myanmar’s NUG Government Committed to Abolishing Discriminatory Laws: Spokesperson

Speakers attending the discussion recognised that the ongoing civil war in Myanmar is spreading to bordering areas and is posing security threats to the...

OWSA Contributor - 1 February 2024

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