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Nearly four years after a 2021 disaster displaced families across Bajhang, Nepal, Dalit families have been ignored by the state, left off government beneficiary lists or granted partial aid at best.

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Dalit Families in Nepal Await Disaster Aid That Never Came
Dalit families affected by floods and landslides in 2021 have been systematically excluded from government reconstruction assistance, forcing many to migrate to India under financial pressure. This re...
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June 2, 2025 at 6:03 AM
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As propaganda and misinformation thrived during escalations between India and Pakistan in early May, independent journalists faced great risks and unequal access to get the truth out.

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No Protection for Journalists Reporting in the Line of Fire During India-Pakistan Conflict
As propaganda and misinformation thrived during escalations between the two nuclear-armed countries, independent journalists faced great risks and unequal access to get the truth out.
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May 25, 2025 at 8:47 AM
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Temperatures across India are rising, but number of heat deaths keep dropping.

India's secret? A narrow definition of what constitutes a heat death.

Read the full story on extreme heat deaths in India by @jeffjosephpaul.bsky.social, supported by @tcij.org:

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How India – and South Asia – fails to count and tackle heat deaths
As climate change-driven extreme heat threatens more and more of India’s massive population, ineffective advisories and undercounting of heat-related deaths leave millions vulnerable and unaware of th...
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May 19, 2025 at 11:35 AM
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ਪ੍ਰਵਾਸੀ ਪੰਜਾਬੀਆਂ ਦਾ ਬਿਰਤਾਂਤ: ਇੱਕ ਜਕੜਿਆ ਹਥਕੜੀਆਂ ਦੂਜਾ ਬਣਿਆ ਲੋਥ

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ਪ੍ਰਵਾਸੀ ਪੰਜਾਬੀਆਂ ਦਾ ਬਿਰਤਾਂਤ: ਇੱਕ ਜਕੜਿਆ ਹਥਕੜੀਆਂ ਦੂਜਾ ਬਣਿਆ ਲੋਥ
ਪਿੰਡਾਂ ਵਿੱਚ ਬੇਰੁਜ਼ਗਾਰੀ ਅਤੇ ਖੇਤੀਬਾੜੀ ਸੰਕਟ ਦਿਨੋਂ-ਦਿਨ ਡੂੰਘੇ ਤੋਂ ਡੂੰਘੇਰਾ ਹੁੰਦਾ ਜਾ ਰਿਹਾ ਹੈ। ਸੂਬੇ ਅੰਦਰ ਖੇਤੀ ਅੱਜ ਦੀ ਨੌਜਵਾਨੀਂ ਨੂੰ ਬੰਨ੍ਹ ਕੇ ਰੱਖਣ ਦਾ ਸਬਬ ਨਹੀਂ ਰਹੀ ਤੇ ਨਾ ਹੀ ਕਿਤੇ ਨੌਕਰੀਆਂ ਮਿਲ਼ਣ ਦੀ ਉਮੀਦ ਹੀ ਬਾਕੀ ਹੈ, ਸੋ...
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May 19, 2025 at 5:53 AM
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पंजाब के गावों में लगातार बेरोज़गारी बढ़ने और कृषि से संबंधित संकटों में बढ़ोत्तरी के कारण विदेशों में बेहतर जीवन की उम्मीद में विदेश पलायन करने वाले युवाओं की संख्या राज्य में अपने उच्चतम स्तर को छू रही है |

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पंजाब: दो अप्रवासियों की कहानी
पंजाब के गावों में लगातार बेरोज़गारी बढ़ने और कृषि से संबंधित संकटों में बढ़ोत्तरी के कारण विदेशों में बेहतर जीवन की उम्मीद में विदेश पलायन करने वाले युवाओं की संख्या राज्य में अपने उच्चतम स्तर को छू रही...
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May 19, 2025 at 5:52 AM
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Young people in Punjab are being misled by 'agents' peddling false hopes, robbed of their family's life savings, duped into taking high-interest loans, just for a chance at immigration. And not all of them survive the journey.

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In Punjab: A Tale of Two Immigrants
As joblessness and agrarian crisis stalk the Punjab countryside, ever-increasing numbers of youngsters in the Indian state yearn to escape to other nations.
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May 19, 2025 at 5:51 AM
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Survivors of the brutal 26-year long conflict and civil war in Sri Lanka who are mostly widows and mothers, are now dealing with their lands grabbed by authorities and climate change!

Rukshana Rizwie's piece in Asian Dispatch as part of our #OCRI digs deep. Read ⤵️
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From War to Weather: Tamil Women in Sri Lanka Confront a New Crisis
The island nation's north saw the last phase of a brutal civil war. As war widows and mothers of the disappeared reclaim their land from the conflict, they seek to turn another disaster into a story o...
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May 2, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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In Mullaitivu, Sri Lanka, climate change and military occupation has robbed many Tamil women of their primary livelihood—farming—and forced them to seek solutions for survival.

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From War to Weather: Tamil Women in Sri Lanka Confront a New Crisis
The island nation's north saw the last phase of a brutal civil war. As war widows and mothers of the disappeared reclaim their land from the conflict, they seek to turn another disaster into a story o...
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May 5, 2025 at 10:28 AM
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Girls from poor families and broken homes in Nepal are being raped and forced into prostitution with promises of work, trapped in an abusive cycle in massage centers, spas, parlors and restaurants.

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Sex Traffickers in Nepal are luring teenage girls through social media
Young girls in dire financial and family situations, roped in through false promises of good jobs and a better life, are being raped and forced into the sex trade in Nepal
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May 2, 2025 at 10:11 AM
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For many journalists in Asia, working for Western newsrooms is an enviable opportunity. But the reality for many local reporters reeks of discriminatory policies and extractive relationships.

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Parachute Journalism in Asia is alive and well
For many journalists in Asia, working for Western newsrooms is an enviable opportunity. But the reality for many local reporters reeks of discriminatory policies and extractive relationships.
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April 29, 2025 at 5:43 AM