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    Nepal’s digital economy plans get a leg up with UPI

    As an open interoperable payments system, UPI will bring the convenience of digital payments to citizens of Nepal and will help modernise the country’s...
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    Civil society

    Nepal sees a hike in rights violations

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    Civil society

    Science for the city by citizens: Enhancing local water system resilience

    Skyrocketing hospital bills and rising costs for water, only to be matched by costly repairs of the homes we live in – all because...
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    A midnight action on a contentious development plan rattled the residents of Auroville in December 2021. The community is divided on the master plan...
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    What will a UNDP digital strategy to achieve the SDGs look like?

    Aimed at ensuring an equitable digital future and with the experience of managing a range of development solutions from communities of practice, UNDP announced...
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    Agriculture

    Peasants marginalized by big farmers

    Changing inequalities in farmland ownership and cultivation have reduced the smallholder or peasant share of food production. ‘Land grabs’, new laws and policies have...
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    Human rights

    India opposes reference of workers’ law to Hague

    India, China, Russia, US are among 14 countries opposing ILO convention 87 on workers right to association being referred to the International Court of...
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