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    Child asthma cases linked to cities’ dirty air

    A study published in this month's issue of The Lancet Planertary Health says that nitrogen dioxide pollution is the cause of 1.85 million child asthma...
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    Climate change

    Multilateralism as India’s climate mantra

    The current pace and scale of climate finance and technology support from developed countries are not matching the global aspiration to combat climate change,...
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    Animals and wildlife

    Traditional Chinese medicine stirs a concoction in Asia, Africa and the Americas

    Animal rights groups are voicing concern as the China’s traditional medicine business is leading to the harvesting of animals, besides plants, thus threatening biodiversity. On...
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    Animals and wildlife

    Study points at US role in illegal tiger trade

    Data from the US Fish and Wildlife Service, obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request, revealed 292 seizures of tiger parts illegally entering...
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    News

    Researchers stumble upon a beautiful, large and rare coral reef

    An UNESCO supported research mission has discovered one of the largest coral reefs in the world off the coast of Tahiti. The pristine condition...
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    Afghanistan

    Earthquake kills dozens; tears down homes in distant Afghanistan province

    The Badghis province has been hit by an earthquake that has killed at least 26 people and damaged over 700 houses. Badghis is impoverished...
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    Livelihood

    Sri Lankan fishermen restless

    Inflation has added to the woes of fishing communities, already anguished by a series of environmental and business developments. Rising fuel prices have Sri Lanka’s...
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    Agriculture

    One in two families in drought-affected Iraq need food assistance

    Families in rural parts of the war-torn country say their only source of living is vanishing in front of their eyes as their lands...
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    Artificial Intelligence

    Bangladesh Enacts Sweeping Anti-Gambling Law with AI Surveillance and Harsh Penalties

    The Gambling Prevention Bill 2026 marks Bangladesh’s determination to modernise regulatory tools in line with technological realities.
    Bhutan

    Bhutan: Glacial Lakes Pose Growing Flood Threat Amid Accelerating Climate Change

    Bhutan, nestled in the eastern Himalayas, is confronting one of the most immediate and severe impacts of global warming: the rapid expansion and destabilization of glacial lakes.
    Human rights

    Sri Lanka: Deadly Prison Riot Rocks Negombo Prison; 25 Killed as Drug Rivalries Explode

    Violence erupted at Negombo Prison over the weekend, escalating into a deadly two-day clash that has left at least 25 people dead and over 100 injured.

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    Bangladesh Enacts Sweeping Anti-Gambling Law with AI Surveillance and Harsh Penalties

    The Gambling Prevention Bill 2026 marks Bangladesh’s determination to modernise regulatory tools in line with technological realities.
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    Bhutan: Glacial Lakes Pose Growing Flood Threat Amid Accelerating Climate Change

    Bhutan, nestled in the eastern Himalayas, is confronting one of the most immediate and severe impacts of global warming: the rapid expansion and destabilization of glacial lakes.
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