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    EU-India to Promote Start-Up Collaboration on Recycling of E-Vehicles Batteries

    Twelve innovators will be selected and get a pitching opportunity during the Matchmaking Event, scheduled for June 2024. Six finalists will be selected following...
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    Empowerment

    NTPC to Launch New Edition of Girl Empowerment Mission

    The Girl Empowerment Mission focuses on the empowerment of girls through various interventions and aims to identify and nurture their leadership qualities, so that...
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    Asia Pacific

    IPEF to organise Clean Economy Investor Forum

    The IPEF Clean Economy Investor Forum is one of the initiatives under the IPEF. It brings together the region’s top investors, philanthropies, financial institutions,...
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    Bio-diversity

    Eight in 10 Indians Support Cutting Plastic Production: Greenpeace Survey

    The survey highlighting public demand for global action ahead of Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee meeting was conducted across 19 countries. It indicates overwhelming public backing...
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    CSR and sustainability

    Houses made of waste changing lives in South America

    Houses made from recycled plastics are being built across the continent as technology becomes available to private companies and governments. But, implementation is still...
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    Clean tech

    Path to Low-Carbon Construction is Clear as Mud

    Mud walls have a high thermal mass which means they slowly absorb heat from solar radiation and store it, releasing it at night in...
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    Clean tech

    Coal Sector Shows Highest Growth of 11.6 % among Eight Core Industries in February 2024

    The coal industry has consistently outperformed demonstrating sustained double-digit growth over the past eight months and substantially higher growth than the overall growth of...
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    Climate change

    How Women in Ahmedabad Slums Are Beating Back Climate’s Deadly Heatwave

    Women in Ahmedabad slums work from home at tailoring, embroidery, kite-making, snack-making, or running grocery shops, micro-retailing vegetables and flowers, with little respite from...
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    NAFED and NCCF Set to Procure Every Grain of Pulses Directly from Farmers Within Two Years: Amit Shah

    With direct procurement, digital transparency, and welfare measures, India’s cooperative movement is poised for significant growth, promising higher incomes for millions and greater food security for the nation.
    Climate change

    Super El Niño Threatens Pakistan: Climate, Economic, and Human Security Risks Escalate

    Climate change is amplifying these risks, as warmer baseline ocean and atmospheric temperatures can intensify extremes.
    Afghanistan

    Amnesty Calls for Halt to Afghan Deportations Amid Escalating Human Rights Crisis

    Amnesty International has issued a stark appeal to governments worldwide: stop the unlawful expulsion of Afghan refugees and asylum seekers.

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    NAFED and NCCF Set to Procure Every Grain of Pulses Directly from Farmers Within Two Years: Amit Shah

    With direct procurement, digital transparency, and welfare measures, India’s cooperative movement is poised for significant growth, promising higher incomes for millions and greater food security for the nation.
    Climate change

    Super El Niño Threatens Pakistan: Climate, Economic, and Human Security Risks Escalate

    Climate change is amplifying these risks, as warmer baseline ocean and atmospheric temperatures can intensify extremes.
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    Taliban Carries Out Public Execution of Four Men in Afghanistan, Drawing Global Condemnation

    In line with Taliban practice, the punishment was carried out by family members of the murder victims, who shot the accused men in front of gathered crowds. Civil servants, military personnel, and ordinary citizens were invited to the events via official announcements widely circulated on Thursday.
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    Features

    A Thing (or Two) of Beauty…… in Asia’s Forests

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    Bangladesh

    Bangladesh Launches IMF Negotiations for $4 Billion Fresh Loan Amid Economic Reset

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    Heatwave-Driven Power Surge Tests India’s Energy Resilience as El Niño Looms for FY27

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