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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...
Children
Measles progress in reverse as 22 million miss vaccines
The World Health Organisation says that the fight against measles has been ‘set back a decade’ as vaccinations and disease surveillance have been heavily...
CSR
Huawei launches its CSR flagship programme In Nepal
Huawei announced the launch of its 'Seeds for the Future' CSR programme in Nepal. The programme aims at developing skills of students interested in...
Afghanistan
An infuriating, man-made catastrophe points toward massive suffering for Afghan families
Children are in need of emergency aid. They are hungry. The anguish on the parents' faces cannot hide their desperation. Such is the situation...
Civil society
Six dead, dozens missing in Myanmar jade mining disaster
Rescue personnel have called off operations after locating the bodies of six persons from among the dead and the dozens who have gone missing...
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...
Afghanistan
Open Letter to the Secretary General, Heads of UN Agencies & International Donor Community
Former UN Women staff members Rebecca Reichmann Tavares, Roberta Clarke and Meryem Aslan, together with women leaders and advocates from civil society organisations write...
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Bangladesh Garment Workers must Receive Rights-Based Compensation and Justice Immediately: Amnesty International
Garment workers are paid poverty wages and face innumerable obstacles including harassment, intimidation and violence, as well as legal hurdles when...
Attacks Target Afghanistan’s Hazaras
Like the previous Afghan government, Taliban authorities have not taken adequate measures to protect Hazaras and other communities at risk or provide...
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...
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Bangladesh Garment Workers must Receive Rights-Based Compensation and Justice Immediately: Amnesty International
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