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    “I Forget a Lot of Things While I’m Studying”: Lead Poisoning Wreaks Havoc On Children’s Lives

    Facing irreparable damage to their health and development, up to 35 million children in Bangladesh have too high levels of lead in their blood,...
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    Air

    Pollution Killed 23.5 Lakh Indians in 2019, Says Lancet Study

    Pollution is the world's largest environmental risk factor for disease and premature deaths, according to the Lancet commission on pollution and health and is...
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    Clean tech

    Green Hydrogen: Need To Plan Ahead For An Energy Secure SouthAsia

    Financing institutions and governments must step up efforts to finance, subsidize and remove bottle necks to the conversion of fossil fuel energy into clean,...
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    Green business

    Can AI-Designed Super Enzyme End Plastic Pollution Crisis?

    The latest developments in plastics research offer hope. Researchers at the University of Texas have developed a super enzyme termed as hydrolase that can...
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    Clean tech

    Stonewalling Occupational Health Concerns of Agate Stone Workers

    Workers of Gujarat’s agate industry continue to inhale silica dust – and dying painful deaths. But there has been little action from the government...
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    Environment

    Nepal Unveils Its First Electric Vehicle

    The preliminary version of the eco-friendly two-wheeler was launched on Thursday. The scooter’s electric battery can sustain its run for 50 kilometres upon a...
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    Asia Pacific

    Post Pandemic Asia Pacific Lags on Climate SDGs – UN ESCAP Report

    At the present rate of progress, the Asia Pacific region may meet 2030 SDGs only in 2065, the report says, calling for stepping up...
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    Asia Pacific

    Climate Change a Major Threat to Global Health, says WHO

    Annually, 3.5 million people across the WHO Western Pacific Region die from avoidable environmental causes such as air pollution, extreme weather events or waterborne...
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    Afghanistan Sees Surge in Child Diarrhea Cases Amid Heat and Water Crisis

    Timely community action and strengthened health services will determine how many more young lives are placed at risk before cooler weather arrives, health workers say.
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    Nepal: Officials Charged in Bal Mandir Fund Embezzlement Scandal

    Stakeholders, including child rights advocates, urge the government to strengthen monitoring mechanisms for organisations like Bal Mandir.
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    Afghanistan Sees Surge in Child Diarrhea Cases Amid Heat and Water Crisis

    Timely community action and strengthened health services will determine how many more young lives are placed at risk before cooler weather arrives, health workers say.
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    Nepal: Officials Charged in Bal Mandir Fund Embezzlement Scandal

    Stakeholders, including child rights advocates, urge the government to strengthen monitoring mechanisms for organisations like Bal Mandir.
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    A key piece of Nepal’s long-anticipated trade infrastructure has stalled dramatically after Beijing informed Kathmandu that it is halting construction of the Rasuwa dry port, a China-funded inland container depot near the Nepal-China border.
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    Nepal’s Provinces Cry Foul Over Federal Snub: Interim Government’s Budget Freeze Sparks Tensions Ahead of Polls

    Provincial leaders in Nepal have accused the interim government of Prime Minister Sushila Karki of sidelining them with a “unilateral” budget freeze, crippling preparations for crucial March elections.
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    Public Private Partnership to Translate Basic Research in Infectious Diseases into Clinical Solutions

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    Russia Offers Rupee Route to Unlock Bangladesh Payments and Trade

    The ERD preparatory work now under way will determine how forcefully Bangladesh presses its own priorities when the two sides sit down later this year.
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    Untreated Disabilities: Afghanistan’s Hidden Health Catastrophe

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