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    Bangladesh

    India-Bangladesh Trade to Switch Away from the US Dollar

    The decision was made in the run-up to the recent visit of Bangladeshi Prime Minister, Sheikh Hasina to New Delhi. The gesture is sure...
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    Accountability

    Care, Reforms Need to Take Center Stage for Smooth Implementation of Adoption Laws in India

    Given its permanency, adoption requires transparency and must be conducted ethically and must be in the best interest of a child. It is essential...
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    Environment

    NITI Aayog, BMZ start Dialogue on Development Cooperation

    German Federal Minister Schulze announced an additional funding of EUR 3.5 million in support of a green and sustainable development partnership, specifically for strengthening...
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    Early childhood development

    Inter-Ministerial Meeting to Reconfigure Pedagogical Structure for New Curriculum Framework

    It was decided that all ministries would send written inputs for the National Steering Committee and NCERT. The ministries were also requested to whole-heartedly...
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    Health Policy

    WHO Calls on India to Enhance Surveillance for Monkeypox

    The Director General of Health Services convened a high level meeting today as a fourth case of Monkeypox in the country was detected. WHO...
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    Finance and Economy

    Falling Labour Share Highlights High Income Inequality in India

    A large majority of the population suffers from low income, aggregate demand remains depressed, leading to a glut or over-production leading to a decline...
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    Finance and Economy

    India Mulls Aid in Sri Lanka’s Hour Of Need

    Back-of-the-envelope calculations suggest that Sri Lanka will require between US$20–25 billion over the next three years to provide essential imports of food, medicine and...
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    Empowerment

    Women’s Justice in India ‘Enhanced By Female Police’

    The increase in domestic incident reports in India was found to be linked to help desks run by female police officers. Help desks found...
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    Afghanistan’s Hunger Crisis Deepens as Aid Cuts Leave Millions Without Food

    The combination of funding cuts, mass returns, climate shocks, high food prices has left millions of Afghans facing preventable hunger and illness.
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    Bangladesh

    Bangladesh: Measles Outbreak Leaves Nine in 10 Families in Debt

    The human cost is measured not only in deaths and hospital beds but in emptied savings accounts and mounting informal debts.
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    Pakistan: Report Exposes Forced Conversions Targeting Girls Averaging Just 12 Years Old

    For minority Christian families in Punjab’s industrial towns and rural districts, the fear is immediate and daily.

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    Afghanistan

    Afghanistan’s Hunger Crisis Deepens as Aid Cuts Leave Millions Without Food

    The combination of funding cuts, mass returns, climate shocks, high food prices has left millions of Afghans facing preventable hunger and illness.
    Bangladesh

    Bangladesh: Measles Outbreak Leaves Nine in 10 Families in Debt

    The human cost is measured not only in deaths and hospital beds but in emptied savings accounts and mounting informal debts.
    Accountability

    Only 10,000 of 60,000 NGOs Active in Nepal, Panel Told

    Nepal has an exceptionally large number of registered NGOs and INGOs on paper, but a far smaller number that remain active and implementing work.
    Bangladesh

    Bangladesh: Measles Outbreak Leaves Nine in 10 Families in Debt

    The human cost is measured not only in deaths and hospital beds but in emptied savings accounts and mounting informal debts.
    Bangladesh

    Facebook Lures: How Traffickers Trap Bangladeshis Online

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