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    Climate Change Could Slash GDP in Developing Asia and the Pacific by 17 Per Cent by 2070, ADB Warns

    The ADB report says that by 2070, the forecasted impacts of climate change could threaten not just the future of Asia-Pacific’s economy but the...
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    Bio-diversity

    Study Reveals How Climate Shaped Indian History Through Vegetation Changes

    During periods of warmer temperatures, such as the Roman Warm Period and the Medieval Warm Period, vegetation patterns suggest increased agricultural productivity, which may...
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    Accountability

    Pakistan’s Flood Survivors Face Disease and Food Insecurity Amid Climate Crisis

    Humanitarian organisations are calling for more robust intervention from the government to address the immediate needs of flood survivors, as well as long-term strategies...
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    Afghanistan

    Food Insecurity on the Rise in Afghanistan, 21 Other Nations, Warns UN Report

    Despite a marginal improvement in food security since peak hunger levels in 2021 and 2022 — thanks largely to massive food and nutrition assistance...
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    Clean tech

    Record Surge in Greenhouse Gas Concentrations Raises Alarms Amid Climate Crisis

    The UN has called for urgent global cooperation to tackle the escalating climate crisis. The UN Secretary-General António Guterres has warned that the world...
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    Asia Pacific

    Disasters Trigger More Displacements than Conflicts, Says New ADB-IDMC Report

    The report outlines several ways development finance can be used to prevent and respond to displacement. Multilateral development banks can support and encourage displacement-inclusive...
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    Asia Pacific

    Climate Scientists Sound Alarm over Asia’s Rising Seas

    Sea levels in the Pacific Ocean rising faster than global average and the Indian Ocean warming is already causing storms, erratic rainfall and droughts....
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    Climate change

    Cyclone Dana Approaches Eastern India: Odisha and West Bengal Brace for Impact

    The coming days will be critical as both Odisha and West Bengal brace for the potential impact of Cyclone Dana. Authorities, in the meanwhile...
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    India Caps Trade Margins on Cancer Medicines, Aiming to Cut Patient Costs by Up to 70%

    Patient advocacy groups and state regulators have broadly welcomed the direction of travel, while noting that margin caps alone cannot solve every affordability challenge.
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    Bangladesh: World Bank Warns Subsidies Bypass the Poorest Amid Rising Poverty and Slowing Growth

    For a country that once stood as a global example of rapid poverty reduction, the cost of inaction is measured not only in percentage points of GDP, but in the daily struggles of millions of families left without the support they need.
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    Sri Lanka’s New Counterterrorism Bill Retains Abusive Powers, Rights Group Warns

    The bill’s first reading in Parliament marks only the start of a legislative process that will face intense domestic and international scrutiny. Civil-society organisations, legal professionals and minority communities are expected to press for substantial revisions.

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    India Caps Trade Margins on Cancer Medicines, Aiming to Cut Patient Costs by Up to 70%

    Patient advocacy groups and state regulators have broadly welcomed the direction of travel, while noting that margin caps alone cannot solve every affordability challenge.
    Bangladesh

    Bangladesh: World Bank Warns Subsidies Bypass the Poorest Amid Rising Poverty and Slowing Growth

    For a country that once stood as a global example of rapid poverty reduction, the cost of inaction is measured not only in percentage points of GDP, but in the daily struggles of millions of families left without the support they need.
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    Nepal: Early-Morning Swearing-in of Saroj Kumar Yadav as Madhesh Chief Minister Sparks Political Uproar

    At 5:20 AM, Yadav took the oath at a local hotel in Bardibas, accompanied by ministers without portfolios – CPN-UML lawmaker Lakhan Das Tatma, Nepal Sanghiya Samajbadi Party’s Bimala Ansari, and Rastriya Prajatantra Party’s Kanchan Bichchha.
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    Housing, land and property rights

    Maldives Government Unveils Ambitious ‘Housing for All’ Policy to Tackle Chronic Overcrowding Crisis

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    Agri-business

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    Civil society

    Sri Lanka’s New Counterterrorism Bill Retains Abusive Powers, Rights Group Warns

    The bill’s first reading in Parliament marks only the start of a legislative process that will face intense domestic and international scrutiny. Civil-society organisations, legal professionals and minority communities are expected to press for substantial revisions.
    Bangladesh

    Bangladesh: World Bank Warns Subsidies Bypass the Poorest Amid Rising Poverty and Slowing Growth

    For a country that once stood as a global example of rapid poverty reduction, the cost of inaction is measured not only in percentage points of GDP, but in the daily struggles of millions of families left without the support they need.
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    UN Experts Warn Sri Lanka’s NGO Bill Clashes with FATF Standards Ahead of High-Stakes Review

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