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    A new report from the World Health Organization WHO highlights glaring gaps in regulation of cross-border alcohol marketing that employs sophisticated online marketing techniques....
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    Tree Loss In Tropics Casts Doubt Over Climate Goals

    Tropics lost 11.1 million hectares of forest cover in 2021, with the Amazon, Democratic Republic of Congo seeing the greatest losses. The need for...
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    UN Secretary-General Must be Non-Risk Averse, Play a More Pivotal and Active Role

    In the context of current world affairs and international relations, it is imperative that the Secretary-General plays a more pivotal and far-greater active role...
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    WMO Says 1.5 °C Rise Above Pre-Industrial Level Temperature Is Round The Corner

    The 1.5°C figure is not some random statistic. It is rather an indicator of the point at which climate impacts will become increasingly harmful...
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    Agri-technology

    Soil Microbes Derived Products Could Be an Alternative to Expensive Agricultural Fertilizers

    Derived from naturally occurring microorganisms, microbial inoculants offer the same benefits as chemical fertilizers while reducing agricultural systems environmental footprint. Due to their popularity,...
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    Asia Pacific

    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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    Entrepreneurship

    Study: Immigrants in the US Are More Likely to Start Firms, Create Jobs

    Compared to native-born citizens, immigrants are more frequently involved in founding companies at all scales. Peter Dizikes   |   MIT News Office Immigrants to the US are...
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    Early childhood development

    Revealed: The Shocking Extent of Exploitative Baby Formula Milk Marketing

    The global formula milk industry, valued at some 55 billion US dollars, is targeting new mothers with personalised social media content that is often...
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    India Sets 15-Day Deadline for Rural Job Scheme Complaints Under New VB-G RAM G Rules

    The Ministry of Rural Development has stated that the rules seek to institutionalise a citizen-centric, accessible and time-bound framework, thereby reinforcing the rights and entitlements of rural households under the scheme. 
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    US Startup Claims Breakthrough in Turning Mercury into Gold Using Nuclear Fusion

    Whether the process ever supplies meaningful quantities of gold will depend on breakthroughs still to come in fusion engineering and materials science.
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    South Asia Democracy Conference Opens in Colombo Amid Regional Democratic Challenges

    As the three-day programme continues, participants will explore practical questions of democratic renewal.

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    India Sets 15-Day Deadline for Rural Job Scheme Complaints Under New VB-G RAM G Rules

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    IPR and patent regime

    US Startup Claims Breakthrough in Turning Mercury into Gold Using Nuclear Fusion

    Whether the process ever supplies meaningful quantities of gold will depend on breakthroughs still to come in fusion engineering and materials science.
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