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    42 out of 56 Koshi Barrage Sluices Opened

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    The Tragedy of Pakistan: Feudalism Camouflaged as Democracy

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    Violence, Unsafe Water ‘World’s Biggest Risks’, Says Global Survey

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    Dams Have to Prepare Emergency Action Plans, Minister Tells Rajya Sabha

    The minister pointed out that the union government has constituted the national committee on dam safety to discharge functions to prevent dam failure related...
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    Bangladesh Plans to Launch Toll-free SMS Flood Warning

    Authorities in Bangladesh are devising an SMS service after devastating floods killed many people and destroyed harvests. They believe that people in far-to-reach rural...
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    First Person: I Go to Sleep and Wake Up to the Sound of Gunfire

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    India’s experience offers a transferable lesson: organic waste streams, when systematically collected and processed, can simultaneously advance sanitation, energy access, climate mitigation and rural-urban linkages.
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    Nepal’s Proposed Media Council Bill Raises Press Freedom Concerns Amid Tiered Penalties

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    India Turns Organic Waste into Clean Fuel, Power and Fertilizer under Swachh Bharat Mission

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