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    When the Mountains Speak

    Kashmir’s mountains have always spoken through their rivers, forests, glaciers and lakes. Perhaps this summer they are speaking more loudly than before. 
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    Accountability

    Nepal’s Deadly Glacier Floods: A Climate Wake-Up Call as Death Toll Tops 1,000

    In a heating world, communities on the climate frontline cannot be left waiting years for the resources they need to survive.
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    Agriculture

    Simultaneous Global Droughts Could Triple Wheat Prices Under 3°C Warming

    Low-income households, which spend a disproportionate share of income on basic staples, face the greatest risk.
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    UN Warns World Will Breach 1.5°C Climate Limit Within Years, Urges Path to Limit and Reverse Overshoot

    Every fraction of a degree and every year avoided above 1.5°C matters for lives, ecosystems, economies and the feasibility of recovery.
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    Climate change

    Desperate Race Against Time: Mud-Choked Hydro Tunnels Hold Hundreds of Missing Workers

    The scale of the challenge has made this one of the most complex rescue efforts in Nepal’s recent history.
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    Agriculture policy

    Nearly half of Greeks live on land at risk of turning barren

    Addressing the threat will require coordinated action across climate policy, agricultural practice, water governance and rural development.
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    Climate change

    Warning Signs Overlooked Before Nepal Glacier Collapse Trapped Thousands

    The disaster has already prompted international assistance, including satellite damage mapping and support for rescue operations.
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    Climate change

    Nepal’s Silent Time Bombs: Why the Himalaya’s Melting Lakes Demand Urgent Action

    Lives already lost cannot be recovered. Lives still at risk can still be protected, but only if the warning is finally heeded.
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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. 
    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.
    Civil society

    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

    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. 
    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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