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    E-governance

    Ministry of Labour and Employment Launches Building and other Construction Workers MIS Portal

    The ministry highlighted the gaps and divergences in the draft rules of states and union territories. The states were requested to streamline their rules...
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    Human rights

    Study Links US Congress Members’ Wealth to Ancestors’ Slaveholding Practices

    The analysis shows that descendants of prominent slaveholders tend to have significantly higher net worths. The correlation remains strong even when adjusting for various...
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    Global Governance

    The Arms Trade Treaty Must Be Faithfully Implemented

    The Arms Trade Treaty was designed to prevent the recurrence of horrors of preceding wars. When faithfully implemented, it plays an indispensable part in...
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    Bangladesh

    Bangladesh: Flood Forecasting Centre Anticipates Improvement in Flood Conditions

    Despite these forecasts, the Brahmaputra, Jamuna, and Ganges rivers are experiencing decreasing water levels, while the Padma River remains steady. All these rivers are...
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    Disaster Management

    The Troubling Truth of Mpox

    It is interesting to note that the World Health Organization had organized an effort in combating the 2022-2023 Mpox outbreak for a different clade,...
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    Corruption

    Sri Lanka’s State-Owned Enterprises a Drain on Economy: Think Tank

    The IMF’s Governance Diagnostic Assessment identifies state-owned enterprises as high-risk for corruption, with weak management, inadequate oversight, manipulated procurement processes, political interference, and a...
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    Accountability

    Bangladesh: BNP Demands India Extradite Sheikh Hasina

    Fakhrul accused Sheikh Hasina of exacerbating Bangladesh’s economic woes and called on India to “hand her over to the government of Bangladesh as per...
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    Disaster Management

    GLOF Devastates Nepal Village

    The assessment also projects a three-fold increase in GLOF risk by the end of the century, with peak risk expected by 2050. The Hindu...
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    India Sets 15-Day Deadline for Rural Job Scheme Complaints Under New VB-G RAM G Rules

    The Ministry of Rural Development has stated that the rules seek to institutionalise a citizen-centric, accessible and time-bound framework, thereby reinforcing the rights and entitlements of rural households under the scheme. 
    IPR and patent regime

    US Startup Claims Breakthrough in Turning Mercury into Gold Using Nuclear Fusion

    Whether the process ever supplies meaningful quantities of gold will depend on breakthroughs still to come in fusion engineering and materials science.
    Civil society

    South Asia Democracy Conference Opens in Colombo Amid Regional Democratic Challenges

    As the three-day programme continues, participants will explore practical questions of democratic renewal.

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    India Sets 15-Day Deadline for Rural Job Scheme Complaints Under New VB-G RAM G Rules

    The Ministry of Rural Development has stated that the rules seek to institutionalise a citizen-centric, accessible and time-bound framework, thereby reinforcing the rights and entitlements of rural households under the scheme. 
    IPR and patent regime

    US Startup Claims Breakthrough in Turning Mercury into Gold Using Nuclear Fusion

    Whether the process ever supplies meaningful quantities of gold will depend on breakthroughs still to come in fusion engineering and materials science.
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    Nepal Government Prepared to Grant Mustang Uranium Processing Rights to US and Australia Under Pax Silica Deal

    As Nepal navigates its complex geopolitical position – sandwiched between giant neighbours and increasingly courted by global powers – the Mustang uranium proposal highlights the tension between development ambitions and the preservation of sovereignty.
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    Air

    World Bank to Invest $300 Million in Bangladesh’s Clean Air Project

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    Sri Lanka Under FATF Scrutiny as NGO Oversight Measures Draw Global Attention

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    Afghanistan’s Opium Cultivation Surges 325% in 2026 Despite Taliban Ban, UN Reports

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    Sri Lanka Weighs Nuclear Option for Reliable Low-Carbon Power

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