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    Future Super Cyclones Will Expose Vastly More People To Extreme Flooding in SouthAsia, Say Researchers

    Research shows that future super cyclones would expose greater numbers of people in most vulnerable parts of the world to extreme flooding. The study...
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    Civil society

    Young Story-Tellers Extend An Olive Branch Across India, Pakistan Borders

    Lighthouse, a non-profit media organisation, has launched a global campaign called ‘Beyond the Borders’ with an aim to amend the long-standing rift between India...
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    Civil society

    Tackling the Pandemic of Inequality in Asia and the Pacific

    Amid continuing uncertainty over when the pandemic will finally be behind us, the one certainty for the region’s policymakers is that the benefits of...
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    Health

    From the Coronavirus to the Arbovirus: WHO launches bid to stop a new pandemic

    The UN health agency has launched its plan to prevent a hitherto unfamiliar virus-caused pandemic from Arbovirus strain that causes life-threatening mosquito-borne illnesses, such...
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    COVID-19

    SouthAsia Schools Stayed Shut 35 weeks, Says UNESCO

    School closures in SouthAsia have long-term implications for its learners. Current learners in South Asia could stand to lose near a trillion dollars in...
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    Afghanistan

    Afghanistan, Neighbouring Countries Foreign Ministers to meet in China end-March

    The meeting will help build consensus among the neighbours on the issue of Afghanistan and discuss how to promote stability in the country and...
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    Asia Pacific

    Pandemic Pushes SDGs Further out of Reach of Asia and the Pacific

    The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development is becoming increasingly distant. The region must use the 17 Sustainable Development Goals as a roadmap to a...
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