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    Transforming a ghost village with hill-centric livelihood and tourism opportunities

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    How the COVID-19 pandemic impacted Asia’s indigenous women

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    Omicron dominates, says health ministry

    Data indicates that India is now seeing a plateau in the number of COVID-19 cases. But there is concern that over three-fourths of the...
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    COVID-19

    Pfizer, BioNTech initiate study to evaluate Omicron vaccine in adults

    First participants enrolled in clinical trial received Omicron-based vaccine candidate as a two-dose primary series and as a booster dose. Drugs and pharma giants Pfizer...
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    COVID-19

    Micro-estimates of wealth data ‘can help tackle poverty’

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