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    European Union to Provide Pakistan an Additional €100 Million to Enhance Post-Flood Resilience

    The package extends its impact by fortifying Pakistan’s long-term resilience through targeted investments in human rights, gender equality, and civil society. The European Union (EU)...
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    This Year’s Subhash Chandra Bose Aapda Prabandhan Puraskar-2024 for 60 Parachute Field Hospital

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    Channels of Courage: How Sri Lanka’s Newest Literary Anthology Is Amplifying Fresh Voices

    Channels 2026 does not claim to define the nation’s writing. Instead, it opens another channel for stories that might otherwise remain private.
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