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    Housing, land and property rights

    Unfulfilled Promises: Nepal’s Freed Kamaiyas Still Await Land Rights Amid Election Cycles

    As elections near, experts urge comprehensive land reform to recognise informal tenures and ensure equitable distribution. The 2008 Constituent Assembly subcommittee identified livelihood alternatives as key, yet many ex-Kamaiyas remain in marginal work.
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    Child Labour

    One in Three Rescued Bonded Workers Earns Less Than ₹200 Per Day

    The NCCEBL survey found that over 80 per cent of rescued workers did not have a First Information Report (FIR) registered, a prerequisite to hold exploiters legally accountable. Moreover, 63 per cent did not receive interim financial assistance.
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    Child Labour

    Modern Slavery in India: Bonded Labour Persists Despite Decades-Old Abolition; Meagre Rehabilitation Efforts

    Though illegal for nearly five decades, bonded labour in India remains a stark and shameful reality for countless men, women, and children.
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    Child mortality

    RFK Jr. Urges Measles Vaccination in Stark Reversal as US Cases Hit 35-Year High

    With the school year approaching and cases still rising, health officials stress that raising vaccination rates remains the most effective way to stop further spread.
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    Animals and wildlife

    Bangladesh’s Vanishing Tigers: 189 Left in the Race Against Extinction

    Worldwide, stronger protection has helped push tiger numbers up from a low of roughly 3,200 in 2010 to around 5,800 today.
    El Nino

    NABARD Survey Flags Rural Slowdown as Income Growth Hits Two-Year Low

    The July 2026 RECSS does not point to an immediate crisis, but it clearly signals that the rural recovery of the previous year has lost steam.

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    Child mortality

    RFK Jr. Urges Measles Vaccination in Stark Reversal as US Cases Hit 35-Year High

    With the school year approaching and cases still rising, health officials stress that raising vaccination rates remains the most effective way to stop further spread.
    Animals and wildlife

    Bangladesh’s Vanishing Tigers: 189 Left in the Race Against Extinction

    Worldwide, stronger protection has helped push tiger numbers up from a low of roughly 3,200 in 2010 to around 5,800 today.
    Animals and wildlife

    Bangladesh’s Vanishing Tigers: 189 Left in the Race Against Extinction

    Worldwide, stronger protection has helped push tiger numbers up from a low of roughly 3,200 in 2010 to around 5,800 today.
    Child mortality

    RFK Jr. Urges Measles Vaccination in Stark Reversal as US Cases Hit 35-Year High

    With the school year approaching and cases still rising, health officials stress that raising vaccination rates remains the most effective way to stop further spread.
    Children

    Tides of Change: Maldives Faces Its Demographic Reckoning

    Preparing health and social-protection systems for a larger elderly population is no longer a distant concern.

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