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    India’s Own Home-grown ONDC Looks to Break Amazon-Flipkart Duopoly in E-Commerce

    The upcoming desi e-commerce platform, ONDC, aims to bring on board 10 million merchants and 30 million sellers in 100 cities by August. By Prachi...
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    UN Continues Financial Ties with a Vilified Russia Isolated by the International Community

    Goods and services from Russia are primarily air transportation, mostly helicopters, including maintenance and servicing; information and communication technologies (ICT); and food catering, largely...
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    Sri Lanka, China Discussing Debt Treatment, Says Minister

    Chinese loans to Sri Lanka account for about 10 per cent of the country’s total debts and China could even provide fresh loans for...
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    Healthcare Inequities Exposed by COVID-19 Pandemic

    While India has made great strides in reducing inequalities in healthcare, large access gaps by socioeconomic status remain. For instance, a study of outpatients...
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    Girls’ Performance In Maths ‘Starting To Add Up To Boys’, Says UNESCO

    This year’s Global Education Monitoring Report brought out by UNESCO has documented an interesting, refreshingly new trend – of school-going girls covering the gender...
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    Political Storm Clouds Gather Over Pakistan

    Imran Khan was voted out of office after only three and a half years on 10 April 2022 by a vote of no confidence in parliament....
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    Pakistan’s BISP Caravan On The Move Once Again; Targets One Crore Families

    Pakistan’s Minister for Poverty Alleviation and Social Safety, Shazia Marri, has announced that the Benazir Income Support Program (BISP) will cover one crore families....
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    Population and Development Commission: ‘Perfect Storm’ of Crises Take Shape

    Opening its fifty-fifth session under the theme ‘Population and sustainable development, in particular sustained and inclusive economic growth,’ marks success for a body that...
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