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    The lack of a scientific or a democratic approach to improving the state of nutrition with an attempt like rice fortification can lead to...
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    A Tale of Two Genocide Cases: International Justice in Ukraine And Myanmar

    The way Russia and Myanmar have responded to the cases reveals much about the strengths and limits of international justice mechanisms in addressing global...
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    New Medicines May Help End AIDS – But High Prices and Monopolies Could Keep the Poor Locked Out

    On the current trajectory, most people who need them will not be able to get them any time soon, because high prices and monopolies...
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    Reclaiming Our Future

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    Mancession To Shecession: Why Did Pandemic Recession Hit Women Harder

    The pandemic recession broke a pattern observed in similar crises – the impact on women was disproportionately higher than that on men, earning it...
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    No Climate Transition Without Securing Land Rights

    The ongoing session of the Conference of Parties (COP15) to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) dwells upon the theme, ‘Land, Life....
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    People’s Participation Can Prevent Forest Fires of Uttarakhand

    Creation of more van panchayats and more autonomy to these bodies would strengthen the involvement of local communities in preventing forest fires. By Prem Bahukhandi Forest...
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