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    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...
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    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...
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    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...
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    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...
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    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...
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    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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    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...
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    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...
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