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    Simple Nasal Wash ‘Reduces COVID-19 Severity’

    A simple nasal wash with mild saline water flushes viruses out of the sinuses and can help prevent hospitalisation and deaths from COVID-19, according...
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    Journalists, Under Threat, Need Safe Refuge Through Special Emergency Visas

    UNGA week also served to gather legal experts, diplomats, and activists to discuss the plight of journalists forced to flee their homes and the...
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    Bangladesh

    A Recession Worse than 2007 Crisis Around the Corner, Says UNCTAD

    UNCTAD’s latest report warns that the policy-induced global recession could be worse than the financial crisis that haunted governments and people across the globe...
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    Disaster Management

    UN Revises Pak Flood Appeal to US$ 816 Million to Avert ‘Second Wave of Death and Destruction’

    The United Nations has upscaled its humanitarian appeal for the flood affected people of Pakistan to US$ 816 million from previous US$ 160 million assistance,...
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    Bangladesh

    Bangladesh: Power Grid Breakdown Plunges Several Bangladeshi Cities into Darkness

    The power supply was restored across Bangladesh only after a seven hours of blackout following the national power grid failure on Tuesday. A grid failure...
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    Disaster Management

    Pak PM Sharif Delays Launch of Flood Relief Dashboard

    The launch of the dashboard has been deferred to next Thursday when the prime minister is scheduled to meet with representatives of friendly countries...
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    Education

    Indian Government Launches Second Phase of Scheme to Mentor Young Authors

    YUVA 2.0 is being launched in view of the significant impact of the first edition of YUVA that saw huge participation from young and...
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    Agriculture

    Message From New Delhi: Sufficient Foodgrains Stocks Available

    The ministry said that sufficient stocks of food grains are available to meet the requirement of National Food Security Act, besides other welfare schemes...
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    Defying Destiny: A 14-Year-Old’s Stand Against Child Marriage in Rural Nepal

    As Nepal strives to meet global Sustainable Development Goals, stories like hers illuminate both the entrenched problems and the pathways to change.
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    El Niño Threatens Double-Digit Food Inflation in Sri Lanka by Late 2026

    As Sri Lanka’s economy stabilises under the new government, a looming El Niño threatens to reignite food inflation and...
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    Pakistan: 40 Killed as Quetta-Peshawar Bus Plunges into Ravine in Zhob

    As Pakistan grapples with this heartbreak, the incident serves as a stark call to action.

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    Accountability

    Nepal’s Provinces Cry Foul Over Federal Snub: Interim Government’s Budget Freeze Sparks Tensions Ahead of Polls

    Provincial leaders in Nepal have accused the interim government of Prime Minister Sushila Karki of sidelining them with a “unilateral” budget freeze, crippling preparations for crucial March elections.
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    Health Policy

    Sri Lanka’s Sugar Reduction Drive Fuels Artificial Sweetener Boom, Raising Health Concerns

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    Life Sentence for Baloch Activists Sparks Widespread Condemnation as ‘Political Vendetta’

    The conviction relates to violence during the Baloch Raji Muchi (Baloch National Gathering) organised by the BYC in Gwadar in July 2024.
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