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    Democracy

    Fixing Baloch Issue with State Atrocities?

    The Baloch protesters took a discouraging message from Islamabad’s brutishness against peaceful marchers By Ali Jan Maqsood Islamabad’s brutishness against peaceful Baloch marchers resembled the capital’s...
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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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    Bangladesh

    First Person: “Engage with us to find a durable solution”

    “We do not know how we can ever return to our homes. We are neither safe in the refugee camps nor in Arakan ....
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    Child Rights

    Will Apex Court Ruling Remove Stigma for Sex Workers in India?

    According to the Supreme Court ruling, sex workers cannot be discriminated against by police officials when they lodge a criminal complaint, especially if the...
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    Accountability

    Pakistan: Police Handling of Whistleblower’s Death Sparks Public Outrage

    Nazim Jokhio was killed for circulating on social media his posts on the illegal hunting of the endangered houbara bustard in his village by...
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    Afghanistan

    Afghan Refugees Stigmatized, Harassed in the Aftermath of Koocha Risaldar Attack

    While 1.4 million Afghan refugees arrived with proper documentation following the fall of Kabul, there are many more who just managed to escape their...
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    Civil society

    Is the Indian police reform-able?

    Police officers have often spoken of the need for independence from the political bosses and that police reforms are the only way to go...
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    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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    Clean tech

    Ultra-Thin Carbon Nanomembranes Deliver Fivefold Boost in Water Purification Efficiency

    The Convert2Green Open Innovation Test Bed remains open to enterprises seeking to evaluate and adapt the technology for their specific needs.
    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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    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.
    Clean tech

    Ultra-Thin Carbon Nanomembranes Deliver Fivefold Boost in Water Purification Efficiency

    The Convert2Green Open Innovation Test Bed remains open to enterprises seeking to evaluate and adapt the technology for their specific needs.
    Clean tech

    Toxic Rivers, Fractured Lands: How Myanmar’s Conflict Mining Poisons Borders and Futures

    Mining in Myanmar’s eastern borderlands has become a transboundary crisis. What was once framed as a potential engine for development now fuels armed conflict, weakens governance, and spreads toxic pollution through shared river systems into Thailand.
    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.
    Climate change

    Climate Off the Charts: UN Warns ‘Supersized’ El Niño Will Propel Record Global Heating and Disasters Into 2027

    The complete and peer-reviewed State of the Global Climate 2026 report will be officially presented in March 2027, incorporating verified input from dozens of national meteorological and hydrological agencies worldwide.

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