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    E-governance

    Universal Connectivity Gets a $9 Billion Private Sector Boost

    ITU has called for $100 billion in overall investments by 2026 to provide the expertise and resources required to extend universal, meaningful connectivity and...
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    Bangladesh

    Bangladesh Plans to Launch Toll-free SMS Flood Warning

    Authorities in Bangladesh are devising an SMS service after devastating floods killed many people and destroyed harvests. They believe that people in far-to-reach rural...
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    Asia Pacific

    Bridging the Digital Divide

    The digital divide between and within countries has not only persisted but is arguably widening. Nearly 40 per cent of the population in the Asia...
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    Agri-technology

    Digital Training in Pakistani Villages Yields Bumper Participation

    Pakistan agriculture landscape has gone digital. The use of online tools during the COVID-19 pandemic accelerated in every domain — from finances to health,...
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    Health

    Nanotech Tool May Help Detect Diseases Using A Smartphone

    A nanotech imaging device, tiny enough to fit on a smartphone camera lens, has the potential to make the diagnosis of certain diseases accessible...
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    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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    Afghanistan

    Afghanistan Sees Surge in Child Diarrhea Cases Amid Heat and Water Crisis

    Timely community action and strengthened health services will determine how many more young lives are placed at risk before cooler weather arrives, health workers say.
    Accountability

    Nepal: Officials Charged in Bal Mandir Fund Embezzlement Scandal

    Stakeholders, including child rights advocates, urge the government to strengthen monitoring mechanisms for organisations like Bal Mandir.

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    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.
    Afghanistan

    Afghanistan Sees Surge in Child Diarrhea Cases Amid Heat and Water Crisis

    Timely community action and strengthened health services will determine how many more young lives are placed at risk before cooler weather arrives, health workers say.
    Afghanistan

    Untreated Disabilities: Afghanistan’s Hidden Health Catastrophe

    Without scaled-up, inclusive responses covering all provinces Afghanistan risks consigning generations to preventable suffering.
    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.
    Aid

    Russia Offers Rupee Route to Unlock Bangladesh Payments and Trade

    The ERD preparatory work now under way will determine how forcefully Bangladesh presses its own priorities when the two sides sit down later this year.

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