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    Building Resilience and Preventative Responses to Withstand Global Crises

    Resilience to shocks is no longer just about bouncing back — it’s also about building preparedness for even bigger disruptions. The climate crisis, COVID-19,...
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    Accountability

    Nepal: Ensuring that Local Polls are Truly Free and Fair

    Ensuring the code of conduct is followed, that candidacies are inclusive, and the expense ceiling is adhered to are as important as ensuring that...
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    Accountability

    Years of Policy Failure and COVID Throw Sri Lanka Into Deep Crisis

    Sri Lanka is collapsing and its economy is at a tipping point. The country is witnessing one of the worst economic and political crises...
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    Empowerment

    What One Radio Show And One Strong Woman Can Do

    Ramkali Mahato, a young woman leader from Nepal’s Terrai plains, uses her position of leadership to speak out against domestic violence in a community...
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    Freedom of speech and expression

    Chronicle of a Tragedy Unfolded

    While officially, the burqa ban is justified on grounds of need for uniformity and wearing of hijab is not seen as necessary to religious...
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    Accountability

    A Move to Undermine the Anachronistic Veto Powers in the Security Council Gains Traction

    A proposal to reform the UN Security Council has dragged on for more than two decades, with four strong contenders for permanent seats, namely...
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    Clean tech

    Stonewalling Occupational Health Concerns of Agate Stone Workers

    Workers of Gujarat’s agate industry continue to inhale silica dust – and dying painful deaths. But there has been little action from the government...
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    Accountability

    US–China Rivalry Complicates Development Aid in Nepal

    On 1 March 2022, Nepal’s coalition government, led by the Nepali Congress party, finally ratified the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC)’s Nepal compact, a US$500 million infrastructure and...
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    El Niño Grows Stronger as India’s Monsoon Faces Fresh Trouble

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    India’s Monsoon Air Fails WHO Test as 85% Cities Exceed Safe PM2.5 Levels

    The failure of the monsoon to bring safe air to the majority of cities in July 2026 is a reminder that clean air remains a distant goal for most urban Indians.
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    Pakistan: Government Weighs Agricultural Income Tax to Satisfy IMF Demands

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    El Niño Grows Stronger as India’s Monsoon Faces Fresh Trouble

    The coming weeks will decide how large the final shortfall becomes and how much pressure it puts on farms, water supplies and prices.
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    India’s Monsoon Air Fails WHO Test as 85% Cities Exceed Safe PM2.5 Levels

    The failure of the monsoon to bring safe air to the majority of cities in July 2026 is a reminder that clean air remains a distant goal for most urban Indians.
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