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    Investment Forum for Advancing Climate Resilient Agrifood Systems in India Launched

    A joint initiative of NITI Aayog, Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare and FAO, the initiative aims to develop an investment and partnership strategy...
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    Climate Change Is Taking a Major Toll on Agriculture. Here’s How to Support Farmers

    Smallholder farmers produce one-third of the world's food, and agriculture makes up every second livelihood in Bangladesh. But the country's agricultural sector has been...
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    This Year’s Subhash Chandra Bose Aapda Prabandhan Puraskar-2024 for 60 Parachute Field Hospital

    A PIB press release said that the country has significantly improved the disaster management practices, preparedness, mitigation and response mechanisms resulting in significant reduction...
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    Empowerment

    First Meeting of the Social Audit Advisory Body (SAAB)

    There was emphasis on the pivotal role of social audits in bringing transparency and driving corrective actions based on valuable feedback from citizens. The first...
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    Features

    Adrift at Sea for 28 Days, Struggles Continue for Sri Lankan Migrants

    Sri Lankan migrants who paid their life savings to people traffickers for perilous and unsuccessful sea crossings in an attempt to find a better...
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    Clean tech

    Coal Based Power Generation in India Grows 10.13% During April-December 2023

    India is stepping towards self-reliance in coal sector. Coal Import for Blending decreased by 40.66% during April-December, 2023 as Compared to Corresponding Period of...
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    Accountability

    Elections Cast a Shadow of Uncertainty over Sri Lanka’s Economic Recovery

    With weak household spending and less than two months of foreign reserve import cover to deal with a volatile global economy, Sri Lanka’s recovery...
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    E-governance

    UnionS&T Minister Calls Upon State Science Ministers to Adopt Centre’s Technology Practices in Governance

    Dr Jitendra Singh recalled that PM Modi had convened a Brainstorming Session in the year 2015 with ISRO and Line Ministries, that proved to...
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    Sri Lanka Seeks India’s Backing in War on Indian Ocean Drug Trafficking

    The appeal came during a high-level meeting with visiting Indian Defence Minister, Rajnath Singh on 9 September 2026, the first such visit by an Indian defence minister in 38 years.
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    Panama Canal Slashes Daily Ship Transits as El Niño Drought Tightens Grip

    For global trade, the message is clear: the shortest route between the Atlantic and Pacific is no longer a reliable constant.
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    Sri Lanka Braces for Record El Niño Threat to Food, Power and Forex Stability

    El Niño itself cannot be prevented. The scale of its impact on Sri Lanka, however, will be determined by the quality and speed of the national response.

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    For global trade, the message is clear: the shortest route between the Atlantic and Pacific is no longer a reliable constant.
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