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Nepal's First Breast Milk Bank Helps Newborn Babies Survive
Nepal's first-ever Human Milk Bank, 'Amrit Kosh,' is a step towards providing baby-friendly health care to low birthweight, premature, and other at-risk newborns. It helps infants with access to breastmilk at the most critical times.
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World Bank Lifts Lending Freeze Over Uganda Anti-LGBTQ Law
The World Bank is lifting a freeze on lending to Uganda it put in place in response to a 2023 law criminalising homosexuality, after taking steps to counter discrimination, it said Wednesday.
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India Red-Flags $800 Million Asian Development Bank Aid Package To Pakistan
India has expressed deep concerns over the potential misuse of the $800 million ADB aid package to Pakistan as the country is increasing its defence expenditure, despite the poor fiscal position.
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India To Talk To World Bank, Global Watchdog Over Pak's 'Terror Funds' Supply: Sources
India, fresh from the military success of Operation Sindoor, is set to raise the pitch of efforts to highlight globally Pakistan's continued funding of cross-border terror activities, government sources told NDTV Profit Friday afternoon.
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NASA Data Empowers Global Response to Rising Sea Levels, Here's What You Need to Know
NASA’s sea level data platform now provides coastal regions with projections through 2150, aiming to guide resilient infrastructure planning. Collaborating with global partners like the World Bank and United Nations, NASA offers data that helps governments and organisations address the impacts of climate change on communities worldwide. Coastal c...
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Evacuation Order Impacts Humanitarian Work In Gaza Amid Truce Talks By US
The United Nations on Monday said humanitarian work in the Gaza Strip has taken a serious blow after Israel ordered a new evacuation in the centre of the besieged territory.
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No Soap, No Water: Girls In War-Torn Gaza Forced To Cut Their Hair
When girls complain to Gaza paediatrician Lobna al-Azaiza that they have no comb, she tells them to cut off their hair.
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World Bank Backs India's Green Hydrogen Drive, Aims For Global Leadership
The World Bank has approved an additional $1.5 billion loan to support India's Green Hydrogen Mission, marking the second tranche of aid for this initiative and bringing the total assistance to $3 billion.
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Criminal Gangs, Profiteers Thrive In Gaza As Cash Shortage Worsens Misery
A shortage of banknotes is gripping Gaza, fuelling criminal gangs and profiteering, after Israel has blocked imports of cash and most banks in the enclave have been damaged or destroyed during the war, according to residents, aid workers and
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"Willing To Die For A Can of Beans": Starving Gazans Scramble For Aid
A military plane banked over the war-ravaged ruins of Gaza City dropping dozens of black parachutes carrying food aid.
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UN Seeks $1.2 Billion In Aid To Help War-Torn Gaza, West Bank Residents
The UN on Friday launched an emergency aid appeal seeking $1.2 billion to help some 2.7 million people in Gaza and the West Bank.
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Israel Steps Up Bombing After Gaza Receives Aid, Attacks West Bank Mosque
The Israeli military announced it was stepping up its bombardment of Hamas-controlled Gaza Saturday just hours after the first aid trucks arrived from Egypt bringing desperately needed relief to civilians in the war-torn enclave.
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As Gaza Awaits Aid, Joe Biden's Scathing Attack On Hamas, Putin: 10 Facts
In a televised address from the White House's Oval Office, US President Joe Biden launched a scathing attack on the Palestinian group Hamas and Russian President Vladimir Putin, saying both want to "completely annihilate" neighbouring democracies.
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Egypt's Sisi Rejects Gaza Refugee Influx, Blames Israel For Aid Block
Egypt's president said Wednesday he would not allow any mass influx of refugees from Gaza, saying it would set a precedent for "the displacement of Palestinians from the West Bank into Jordan".
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By 2027, India Will Be 3rd Largest Economy In World: RBI Deputy Governor
India will be a USD 5 trillion economy and the third largest in the world by market exchange rates by 2027, aided by the demographic advantage and pace of financial sector development, Reserve Bank Deputy Governor Michael D Patra has said.
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Nepal's First Breast Milk Bank Helps Newborn Babies Survive
Nepal's first-ever Human Milk Bank, 'Amrit Kosh,' is a step towards providing baby-friendly health care to low birthweight, premature, and other at-risk newborns. It helps infants with access to breastmilk at the most critical times.
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World Bank Lifts Lending Freeze Over Uganda Anti-LGBTQ Law
The World Bank is lifting a freeze on lending to Uganda it put in place in response to a 2023 law criminalising homosexuality, after taking steps to counter discrimination, it said Wednesday.
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India Red-Flags $800 Million Asian Development Bank Aid Package To Pakistan
India has expressed deep concerns over the potential misuse of the $800 million ADB aid package to Pakistan as the country is increasing its defence expenditure, despite the poor fiscal position.
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India To Talk To World Bank, Global Watchdog Over Pak's 'Terror Funds' Supply: Sources
India, fresh from the military success of Operation Sindoor, is set to raise the pitch of efforts to highlight globally Pakistan's continued funding of cross-border terror activities, government sources told NDTV Profit Friday afternoon.
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NASA Data Empowers Global Response to Rising Sea Levels, Here's What You Need to Know
NASA’s sea level data platform now provides coastal regions with projections through 2150, aiming to guide resilient infrastructure planning. Collaborating with global partners like the World Bank and United Nations, NASA offers data that helps governments and organisations address the impacts of climate change on communities worldwide. Coastal c...
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Evacuation Order Impacts Humanitarian Work In Gaza Amid Truce Talks By US
The United Nations on Monday said humanitarian work in the Gaza Strip has taken a serious blow after Israel ordered a new evacuation in the centre of the besieged territory.
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No Soap, No Water: Girls In War-Torn Gaza Forced To Cut Their Hair
When girls complain to Gaza paediatrician Lobna al-Azaiza that they have no comb, she tells them to cut off their hair.
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World Bank Backs India's Green Hydrogen Drive, Aims For Global Leadership
The World Bank has approved an additional $1.5 billion loan to support India's Green Hydrogen Mission, marking the second tranche of aid for this initiative and bringing the total assistance to $3 billion.
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Criminal Gangs, Profiteers Thrive In Gaza As Cash Shortage Worsens Misery
A shortage of banknotes is gripping Gaza, fuelling criminal gangs and profiteering, after Israel has blocked imports of cash and most banks in the enclave have been damaged or destroyed during the war, according to residents, aid workers and
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"Willing To Die For A Can of Beans": Starving Gazans Scramble For Aid
A military plane banked over the war-ravaged ruins of Gaza City dropping dozens of black parachutes carrying food aid.
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UN Seeks $1.2 Billion In Aid To Help War-Torn Gaza, West Bank Residents
The UN on Friday launched an emergency aid appeal seeking $1.2 billion to help some 2.7 million people in Gaza and the West Bank.
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Israel Steps Up Bombing After Gaza Receives Aid, Attacks West Bank Mosque
The Israeli military announced it was stepping up its bombardment of Hamas-controlled Gaza Saturday just hours after the first aid trucks arrived from Egypt bringing desperately needed relief to civilians in the war-torn enclave.
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As Gaza Awaits Aid, Joe Biden's Scathing Attack On Hamas, Putin: 10 Facts
In a televised address from the White House's Oval Office, US President Joe Biden launched a scathing attack on the Palestinian group Hamas and Russian President Vladimir Putin, saying both want to "completely annihilate" neighbouring democracies.
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Egypt's Sisi Rejects Gaza Refugee Influx, Blames Israel For Aid Block
Egypt's president said Wednesday he would not allow any mass influx of refugees from Gaza, saying it would set a precedent for "the displacement of Palestinians from the West Bank into Jordan".
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By 2027, India Will Be 3rd Largest Economy In World: RBI Deputy Governor
India will be a USD 5 trillion economy and the third largest in the world by market exchange rates by 2027, aided by the demographic advantage and pace of financial sector development, Reserve Bank Deputy Governor Michael D Patra has said.
