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    Agriculture

    Government Targets Upgrade of 300 KVKs by March 2027, Incubation Centres in All by 2028

    The targets set at the September 2026 review meeting mark a concrete timeline for transforming these centres from traditional demonstration units into dynamic hubs of technology, skill and enterprise.
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    Clean tech

    Nepal: President Paudel Demands Climate Justice

    Paudel closed his address by recalling Nepal’s history of confronting earthquakes, floods, landslides and pandemics with courage and determination.
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    Afghanistan

    UN Expert Warns Afghan Children Face Irreversible Harm from Overlapping Crises and Taliban Restrictions

    Restrictions on education and freedoms, combined with chronic poverty and lack of future opportunities, have fuelled high levels of distress.
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    Finance and Economy

    World Bank Backs Sri Lanka Tourism Push with $200 Million Loan and National Strategy

    The coming months will see intensive stakeholder engagement, infrastructure planning and institutional strengthening.
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    Accountability

    When the Mountains Speak

    Kashmir’s mountains have always spoken through their rivers, forests, glaciers and lakes. Perhaps this summer they are speaking more loudly than before. 
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    Accountability

    Sri Lanka: Families of the Disappeared Still Seek Answers After Decades of Waiting

    For the thousands still waiting, progress measured in interviews completed or payments disbursed feels painfully slow.
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    Agri-business

    Every Plant-Based Meat Alternative Tested Contained Fungal Toxins, UK Study Finds

    For now, the message is measured: the toxins are there, the amounts are currently low, but long-term patterns of consumption deserve closer attention.
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    Accountability

    Nepal’s Deadly Glacier Floods: A Climate Wake-Up Call as Death Toll Tops 1,000

    In a heating world, communities on the climate frontline cannot be left waiting years for the resources they need to survive.
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    UN Report: Afghanistan Security Incidents Rise 11% as Risks Accumulate Under Taliban Rule

    Guterres has called on Taliban authorities to lift restrictions on women and girls, protect media freedom and due process, prevent further violations of the general amnesty, and end corporal punishment.
    Climate change

    Nepal Finance Minister Seeks Indian Support for Bhotekoshi Flood Reconstruction

    As the Post-Disaster Needs Assessment nears completion, attention will shift from assessment to concrete financing and implementation.
    Energy

    Trump Signs Sweeping Russia-Iran Sanctions Law, Empowering Up to 100% Tariffs on Indian Goods

    As the 30-day clock begins, markets, policymakers and refiners will watch closely for the first determinations by the US Trade Representative and any signals from the White House on implementation.

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    Accountability

    UN Report: Afghanistan Security Incidents Rise 11% as Risks Accumulate Under Taliban Rule

    Guterres has called on Taliban authorities to lift restrictions on women and girls, protect media freedom and due process, prevent further violations of the general amnesty, and end corporal punishment.
    Climate change

    Nepal Finance Minister Seeks Indian Support for Bhotekoshi Flood Reconstruction

    As the Post-Disaster Needs Assessment nears completion, attention will shift from assessment to concrete financing and implementation.
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