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    Bangladesh

    Hydropower Collaboration Offers High Prospects of Energy Security and Trade in the SouthAsian Subcontinent

    The South Asia Regional Initiative for Energy Integration programme prompted by USAID is geared towards regional energy integration and cross border energy trade in...
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    Bangladesh

    Drug-Resistant Typhoid ‘Spreading Out of South Asia’

    SouthAsia now generates extensively drug-resistant typhoid strains that are spreading to other parts of the world. The study involved whole-genome sequencing of 3,489 S....
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    Afghanistan

    New and Old Afghan Refugees Make the Best of Life in Neighbouring Pakistan

    Pakistan is home to 1.3 million registered refugees and more than double this number of unregistered ones who have fled neighbouring Afghanistan. Most of...
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    Air

    Dirty Air ‘Cuts South Asia Life Expectancy by Five Years’

    Bangladesh emerges as the world’s most polluted country according to the Air Quality Life Index (AQLI) released by the University of Chicago’s Energy Policy Institute....
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    Indians Could Live Another Five Years If The Air Was Cleaner, Say Chicago Researchers

    ….. and residents of the state of Delhi could live another 10 years, according to the researchers who have worked out the Air Quality...
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    Accountability

    Inflation Will Be SouthAsia’s Sore Point in FY 2022, says World Bank Global Economic Prospects Report

    In the face of global stagflation, growth in SouthAsia is forecast to slow down to 6.8 and 5.8 per cent in 2022 and 2023,...
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    Accreditation

    India Falls to Bottom of Biennial Environmental Performance Index

    The lowest scores went to countries struggling with civil unrest or other crises, or to nations that have prioritized economic growth over environmental sustainability,...
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    Bangladesh

    South Asia ‘Sorely Needs Transboundary River Accord’

    Countries around the Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna basin are losing over US$14.2 billion yearly because of a lack cooperation. One major hurdle is China’s apathy to multilateral...
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    Afghanistan

    Millions at Risk as UN Warns of Catastrophic Consequences from Aid Cuts in Afghanistan

    With reduced aid, already fragile services are deteriorating, and local efforts to compensate remain insufficient.
    Child Labour

    Kailash Satyarthi Advocates Compassionate Governance in EPFO’s RGDE Series

    The virtual session, attended by EPFO officers and officials from across the country, underscored the need to infuse governance with empathy, moral accountability, and human connection.
    Accountability

    IMF Urges Faster Progress in Sri Lanka’s State-Owned Enterprise Reforms amid Policy Reversals

    Papageorgiou's comments come in the wake of political shifts that have disrupted previous reform strategies. The new administration under President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has halted privatization efforts initiated by the previous government, led by Ranil Wickremesinghe.

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    Afghanistan

    Millions at Risk as UN Warns of Catastrophic Consequences from Aid Cuts in Afghanistan

    With reduced aid, already fragile services are deteriorating, and local efforts to compensate remain insufficient.
    Child Labour

    Kailash Satyarthi Advocates Compassionate Governance in EPFO’s RGDE Series

    The virtual session, attended by EPFO officers and officials from across the country, underscored the need to infuse governance with empathy, moral accountability, and human connection.
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