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Mumbai Initiative Exchanges Plastic Waste for Meals as Local Campaign Targets Hunger and Urban Pollution

“My goal is to eradicate both plastic waste and hunger — two persistent problems in our city’s slums.” In the

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Inferno in Sabah razes 1,000 homes, displaces thousands in coastal village

Kuala Lumpur — A pre-dawn fire tore through a coastal settlement in Sabah on Borneo, destroying about 1,000 homes and

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Fuel Shortages and Price Surge Trigger Reverse Migration from Delhi as Low-Income Workers Struggle to Access Food

“If we stay here even a few more days, our children might die of hunger.” At a crowded platform in

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Child Labour Persists Across Informal Sectors Despite Legal Prohibitions, Field Reports Indicate

Observers said child labour “is not disappearing, but shifting into less visible and more precarious forms of work.” Child labour

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