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The Richest One Per Cent Pollutes More than the Poorest 50 Per Cent

The world population is already using the equivalent of 1.6 earths to maintain the current way of life. Ecosystems can longer keep up with...

Inter Press Service - 3 June 2022

Accountability

SHRESHTA To Fund 3,000 ‘Meritorious’ Dalit Students

SHRESTHA, meaning noble or great in Sanskrit, is being marketed as a ticket to a better life for meritorious Dalit students, a vote bank...

OWSA Staff - 3 June 2022

Agri-business

Fourth Edition of Fresh India Show Kicks Off On Friday

Aiming to boost Indian Fresh Produce Business, the two-day long fourth ‘Fresh India Show 2022’ will begin in New Delhi on Friday. Over the past...

OWSA Staff - 2 June 2022

Accountability

Railway Police Rescue 150 Women And Girls During a Special Operation

Railways have undertaken awareness campaigns to educate rail users regarding safety of women and essential travel-related behaviour and practices. As part of its pan-India ‘Operation...

OWSA Staff - 2 June 2022

Accountability

Collateral Damage? At Least Two Kids Killed Daily in Ukraine

At least two children have been killed every day with many more injured in nearly 100 days since the Russian invasion of Ukraine, says UNICEF. It...

OWSA Contributor - 2 June 2022

Afghanistan

Protests in Peshawar as Afghan Musicians Are Sent To Prison for Overstaying

The Taliban's intolerance for music has found an able partner in the Peshawar police that has rounded up where four musicians on charges of...

OWSA Contributor - 2 June 2022

Bangladesh

South Asia ‘Sorely Needs Transboundary River Accord’

Countries around the Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna basin are losing over US$14.2 billion yearly because of a lack cooperation. One major hurdle is China’s apathy to multilateral...

SciDevNet - 2 June 2022

Agriculture

First Person: Sweet Taste of Modern Beekeeping

Beekeepers in the southern Haitian commune of Bonbon are creating a buzz around honey in an area recovering from an earthquake in 2021. Ilarion...

OWSA Contributor - 1 June 2022

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