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UN Special Envoy calls for New Year’s ceasefire in Myanmar
The UN Special Envoy on Myanmar has appealed for a New Year’s ceasefire following weeks of escalating violence in the country.
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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...
Civil society
Be prepared for outbreak of new pandemics, UN chief urges global community
As the Omicorn strain of COVID-19 spreads across the globe, the UN chief António Guterres has urged the global community to be prepared for...
Features
Chinese grotto temples to forge closer links with counterparts in Pakistan
In what is evidently part and parcel of China’s Belt-and-Road initiative, China’s National Cultural Heritage Administration has sought closer links between Chinese grotto temples...
Animals and wildlife
Bangladesh’s Indigenous Forest Dwellers Fear Losing Ancestral Land as Officials Grapple with Land Grabs
Many indigenous families were evicted from the Madhupur Forest during the 2007 to 2008 period when a caretaker government was in office.
By Rafiqul Islam...
Civil society
Public health emergencies are our past, our present, and we will face them again
Never before has the need for a localised approach to crises been so evident.
Jagan Chapagain
As we end this year, I would like to pay...
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...
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Developing Asia and the Pacific Unprepared for Challenges of Aging Population
The number of people aged 60 and older in developing Asia and the Pacific is set to nearly double...
WTO and ADB Strengthen Collaboration for Sustainable Economic Growth
The WTO is the only global international organization dealing with the rules of trade between nations. At its heart...
Indian Meteorological Department Releases Weather Forecast for the First Week of May
Heat wave to severe heat wave conditions likely to continue over East India till 2 May and over south...
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Developing Asia and the Pacific Unprepared for Challenges of Aging Population
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WTO and ADB Strengthen Collaboration for Sustainable Economic Growth
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