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    Clean tech

    Nepal Earns Nearly $39 Million from Power Exports to India Despite Deadly Floods

    The latest monthly figures, achieved against a backdrop of disaster recovery, reinforce confidence in the export model.
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    Agriculture

    Mekong Delta Farmers Turn to Saltwater as Rising Seas and Upstream Dams Reshape Vietnam’s Rice Bowl

    The shift also aligns with Vietnam’s broader ambition to expand high-quality, low-emission rice production.
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    Climate change

    Sri Lanka Lays Foundation for Critical Groundwater Hub in Jaffna to Combat Salinity Crisis

    A Rs 189 million facility aims to monitor and protect the fragile aquifers that sustain nearly 600,000 people on Sri Lanka’s northern peninsula amid...
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    Climate change

    Sri Lanka Spends Just 8% of Cyclone Ditwah Rebuild Funds While Posting Rare Budget Surplus

    The rare budget surplus is a notable achievement after years of crisis. Yet the slow conversion of reconstruction allocations into actual rebuilding underscores that fiscal numbers alone do not tell the full story of recovery.
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    Climate change

    Nepal Finance Minister Seeks Indian Support for Bhotekoshi Flood Reconstruction

    As the Post-Disaster Needs Assessment nears completion, attention will shift from assessment to concrete financing and implementation.
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    Bio-diversity

    Kerala Gifts 1,200 Saplings to Boost Maldives’ Five Million Tree Drive

    Climate change remains an existential concern for the Maldives. Rising sea levels, coastal erosion and the need for greater green cover make large-scale tree planting both a practical and a symbolic necessity.
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    Bio-diversity

    Sri Lanka and UNDP Seal $4.5 Million Pact to Protect Eastern and Southern Coastal Biodiversity

    The pact aims to promote sustainable economic benefits through the protection of critical biodiversity and ecosystem services.
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    Accountability

    When the Mountains Speak

    Kashmir’s mountains have always spoken through their rivers, forests, glaciers and lakes. Perhaps this summer they are speaking more loudly than before. 
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    Civil society

    Study Finds No Teaching Quality Gap Between Reservation and General Category Faculty in Indian Engineering Colleges

    Many countries operate affirmative-action, diversity or preferential-hiring programmes in universities and the public sector.
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    El Nino

    India’s Retail Inflation Surges to Two-Year High of 6.09% as Food Costs Breach Central Bank Comfort Zone

    While a single monthly reading above 6 per cent does not constitute a formal policy failure, the persistent upward trajectory since early 2026 leaves monetary authorities with little room to manoeuvre.
    Food Security

    Global Experts Unveil First International Food Pyramid Prioritising Plant Foods and Quality Carbohydrates

    The authors stress that individual knowledge alone is insufficient. Food environments – marketing, pricing, availability and access – must support healthier choices.

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    Civil society

    Study Finds No Teaching Quality Gap Between Reservation and General Category Faculty in Indian Engineering Colleges

    Many countries operate affirmative-action, diversity or preferential-hiring programmes in universities and the public sector.
    El Nino

    India’s Retail Inflation Surges to Two-Year High of 6.09% as Food Costs Breach Central Bank Comfort Zone

    While a single monthly reading above 6 per cent does not constitute a formal policy failure, the persistent upward trajectory since early 2026 leaves monetary authorities with little room to manoeuvre.
    El Nino

    India’s Retail Inflation Surges to Two-Year High of 6.09% as Food Costs Breach Central Bank Comfort Zone

    While a single monthly reading above 6 per cent does not constitute a formal policy failure, the persistent upward trajectory since early 2026 leaves monetary authorities with little room to manoeuvre.
    Civil society

    Study Finds No Teaching Quality Gap Between Reservation and General Category Faculty in Indian Engineering Colleges

    Many countries operate affirmative-action, diversity or preferential-hiring programmes in universities and the public sector.
    Air

    Delhi Turns to Cloud Seeding in High-Stakes Gamble Against Choking Winter Smog

    Aviation crews remain stationed near their hangars, radar screens remain trained on western horizons, and some 30 million residents across the capital region wait to see whether engineered clouds can offer a rare gasp of clean air.

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