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    UN Proposes Global Tax Convention to Support Sustainable Development Goals

    The new tax convention is particularly significant for developing countries. An inclusive tax system is vital for these nations to strengthen their domestic resource...
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    Accountability

    Elections Cast a Shadow of Uncertainty over Sri Lanka’s Economic Recovery

    With weak household spending and less than two months of foreign reserve import cover to deal with a volatile global economy, Sri Lanka’s recovery...
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    Accountability

    All That Glitter Is Not Gold – UN Trade Body Calls for Halting Cryptocurrency Rise in Developing Countries

    A series of policy briefs brought out by UNCTAD call curbing cryptocurrencies in developing nations as these come with financial challenges, from challenging countries’...
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    Accountability

    Japan’s Kishida Retreats from New Capitalism

    When it came to the foundational principle — that healthy growth and a more equal distribution of income needed each other — Kishida surrendered...
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    ESCAP’s ‘Build Forward Fairer’ Report, Urges New Social Contract for Asia and Pacific

    ESCAP's new survey says that economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic and other global shocks must be anchored in an inclusive “new social contract”,...
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    Pro-rich policies buoy billionaires’ rise in India

    In contrast to the callous treatment meted out to internal migrant workers, the government spared no costs in arranging special flights to fetch students...
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    India’s Monsoon Air Fails WHO Test as 85% Cities Exceed Safe PM2.5 Levels

    The failure of the monsoon to bring safe air to the majority of cities in July 2026 is a reminder that clean air remains a distant goal for most urban Indians.
    Agriculture

    Pakistan: Government Weighs Agricultural Income Tax to Satisfy IMF Demands

    With the September deadline now publicly acknowledged, both federal and provincial governments face a narrowing window to demonstrate credibility.

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    Agriculture

    El Niño Grows Stronger as India’s Monsoon Faces Fresh Trouble

    The coming weeks will decide how large the final shortfall becomes and how much pressure it puts on farms, water supplies and prices.
    Air

    India’s Monsoon Air Fails WHO Test as 85% Cities Exceed Safe PM2.5 Levels

    The failure of the monsoon to bring safe air to the majority of cities in July 2026 is a reminder that clean air remains a distant goal for most urban Indians.
    Agriculture

    Pakistan: Government Weighs Agricultural Income Tax to Satisfy IMF Demands

    With the September deadline now publicly acknowledged, both federal and provincial governments face a narrowing window to demonstrate credibility.
    Air

    India’s Monsoon Air Fails WHO Test as 85% Cities Exceed Safe PM2.5 Levels

    The failure of the monsoon to bring safe air to the majority of cities in July 2026 is a reminder that clean air remains a distant goal for most urban Indians.
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    Sri Lanka Emerges as the Rare Consensus Favourite Among South Asian Neighbours in New Pew Survey

    South Asian public opinion remains heavily shaped by history, security concerns and recent political events.

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