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    Violence Against Minorities in Bangladesh Amid Political Chaos

    The current unrest is not an isolated incident but part of a troubling pattern in Bangladesh’s political history. Religious and ethnic minorities have frequently...
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    North Eastern Region Agri-Commodity E-Connect Web Portal

    Dr Sukanta Majumdar said that through the NE-RACE portal, producers such as Farmers Producer Organizations (FPOs) can directly showcase their products to prospective buyers...
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    Accountability

    Bangladesh Interim Government to Take Oath Thursday Night

    A Bangladeshi court has acquitted Dr. Yunus of a previous labour conviction. Yunus had been sentenced to six months in jail earlier this year,...
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    Agriculture policy

    Agriculture Minister Addresses Crop Insurance Improvements and Challenges in Parliament

    Chouhan said that while the earlier system excluded debt-free farmers from insurance, the new policy includes provisions for them as well. The union minister for...
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    Agri-technology

    PM-PRANAM for Financial Assistance for Organic Farming

    The Indian Council of Agricultural Research also imparts trainings, organizes front-line demonstrations, awareness programs etc. to educate farmers on organic farming, through network of...
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    Agri-business

    Government Advances Cold Storage Infrastructure for Perishable Crops

    The government provides a credit-linked back-ended subsidy covering 35 per cent of the project cost in general areas and 50 per cent in hilly...
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    Clean tech

    Civil Society Groups Demand Pause on Rs. 330 Crore World Bank Investment on Gujarat WTE Plants

    The very process of burning waste, experts hold, releases toxic by-products into the environment, ranging from cancer-causing exhaust gases, to residue ash capable of...
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    Bangladesh

    Sheikh Hasina Resigns and Flees Bangladesh Amidst Deadly Protests – No Clarity on Interim Government

    Student leaders announced plans to detail the interim government’s framework in a press conference later this evening. One student leader asserted that the final...
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