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    E-governance

    Governance Reforms to Include Digital Empowerment of Citizens

    Union Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh says “Continuing the reforms and revamping training structures and methodologies to optimize the performance of government employees is our...
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    Child Rights

    Ministry of Education Issues Advisory to ensure RTE Entitlements to Children with Special Needs

    The aim is to ensure the NEP 2020 objective of providing access to quality education for all, including children with special needs, thereby realising...
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    Fisheries

    FAO Report: Global fisheries and Aquaculture Production Reaches New Record High

    Aquaculture growth indicates its capacity to further contribute to meeting the rising global demand for aquatic foods, but future expansion and intensification must prioritise...
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    Child mortality

    Severe Child Food Poverty Amid World Crises, Says New UNICEF Report

    Child food poverty harms all children, but it is particularly damaging in early childhood when insufficient dietary intake of essential nutrients can cause the...
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    Human rights

    A Peep into the Lives of Jharkhand’s Parhaiya People

    Understanding the Parhaiya people's viewpoints adds to the larger discussion on indigenous rights, cultural preservation, and the issues that must be resolved in order...
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    Finance and Economy

    South Suffering Due to Powerful Nations’ Policies

    The World Bank expects the international economic slowdown to be at its worst in over four decades in 2024. This is mainly due to...
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    Agri-business

    Coordination Committee for the World’s Largest Foodgrain Storage Plan Meets in Delhi

    The ambitious plan envisages to transform Primary Agricultural Credit Societies into multi-service societies. The states of UP, MP, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka,...
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    Climate change

    Small Island Developing States Governments Clash with Donors at SIDS Conference

    The meet was designed to build on commitments made in Dubai which established the crucial Loss and Damage Fund to help SIDS and other...
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    Tamil Nadu Expands Cooperative Crop Loan Waiver to Rs 75,000

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    World Bank Flags Fund Diversion in Balochistan Flood Housing Scheme

    The World Bank’s documents clearly show housing allocations rising after verification revealed greater need.
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    Tamil Nadu Expands Cooperative Crop Loan Waiver to Rs 75,000

    For marginal and small farmers who form the bulk of cooperative bank borrowers, the progressive increase in the waiver ceiling offers tangible breathing space.
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    World Bank Flags Fund Diversion in Balochistan Flood Housing Scheme

    The World Bank’s documents clearly show housing allocations rising after verification revealed greater need.
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    on this World Ranger Day, while the world scrolls through headlines, the forest remembers – not in words, but in silence. In every rustling leaf, in every tiger that crosses a camera trap, in every rhino calf curled beside its mother – it remembers those who guard it, so others may live.
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    Bangladesh

    Press Freedom: Bangladesh Journalists Navigate a Reporting Minefield

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