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    Afghanistan

    Red Cross: Global support critical for Afghanistan as COVID-19, measles run rampant

    Health facilities have shut down for lack essential medical supplies and funds to pay for utilities and salaries. Aid groups have sounded an upcoming health...
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    Civil society

    People are hungry, says hunger watch survey

    Many households had to go to sleep without eating. 41 per cent of general caste households surveyed reported that they had to sleep without...
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    Civil society

    India’s free pass on civil rights

    The attempt to censor criticism on Twitter illustrated the government’s most notable anti-democratic practice of pressuring social media companies to police criticism of the...
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    Early childhood development

    Over half of parents and pregnant women exposed to aggressive formula milk marketing: WHO, UNICEF

    A new report details exploitative practices employed by the US$55 billion formula industry, compromising child nutrition, violating international commitments. More than half of parents and...
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    Features

    On a mission to alleviate chronic pain

    MIT scientist Fan Wang’s studies of how the brain controls pain may one day lead to new treatments that could help millions, giving people...
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    COVID-19

    Effects of colonialism ‘still being felt to this day’ 

    The consequences of colonialism are “still being felt to this day”, United Nation's secretary general's chef de cabinet Courtenay Rattray said at a meeting...
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    COVID-19

    Rich countries still need to step up on global COVID vaccine access

    The immediate need is for increased dedicated production and export from advanced economies and developing countries, like India, with the necessary capacity, to developing...
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    COVID-19

    Health ministry dismisses research reports of undercounting COVID-19 deaths

    The health ministry has refuted media reports claiming that India’s COVID-19 mortality is higher than official counts. It called the reports ill-informed and speculative...
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    Sri Lanka Under FATF Scrutiny as NGO Oversight Measures Draw Global Attention

    The balance struck in Colombo will be watched as a test case for risk-based implementation of FATF Recommendation 8 across the region.
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