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Himachal Pradesh imports Australian sheep to improve quality of wool

The breeding programme will improve the quality of the wool and wool suitable for apparel production will be at par with the world’s best premium quality fabrics that are…

  • Published: May 23, 202210:41 am
  • Author The Statesman
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Women lawmakers call for removing statute of limitations on rape cases

This comes as a woman brought to public an incident of alleged rape after eight years by a beauty pageant organiser.

  • Published: May 23, 202210:39 am
  • Author The Kathmandu Post
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Home at last for Marawi folk but compensation still up in the air

More than 2,000 of those who still live in transitory shelters are also pining for the compensation they will get from the Marawi Compensation Law.

  • Published: May 23, 20229:45 am
  • Author Divina M. Suson
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PTI’s long march to Islamabad on May 25: Imran Khan

The former prime minister said the main demands for the march to the capital were the immediate dissolution of the National Assembly and a date for the next general election.

  • Published: May 23, 20229:21 am
  • Author Dawn
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Can Karachi’s sex workers get out on their own terms?

The vast majority of Karachi’s sex workers do not enter or exit the trade on their own terms. That does not stop them from dreaming of freedom and a 'respectable' life.

  • Published: May 23, 20229:17 am
  • Author Fawad Hasan
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Telesurgery may soon be practical option in Japan

The innovative medical procedure is particularly promising for rural residents because it will allow advanced surgeries to be performed even in areas with few surgeons.

  • Published: May 23, 20227:11 am
  • Author Yuri Teshima
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Mega projects’ loan payments to make 2027, 2028 tough years: Bangladesh Economic Association

The BEA had proposed a Tk 17.38 lakh crore budget for FY2021-22, which was also almost three times the government allocation of Tk 6.03 lakh crore for the year.

  • Published: May 23, 20227:00 am
  • Author The Daily Star
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A rural region in Japan aims for ‘creative depopulation’

Kamiyama - a town of just 4,448 people living across an area of 173.3 sq km, or a population density of 25.7 people per sq km - has been said to be "at risk of disappearing".

  • Published: May 23, 20226:19 am
  • Author May
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Preserving the Mekong Delta’s floating markets

A cultural researcher said that floating markets represented the cultural features, tourism specialties, and the pride of the land and people of the Mekong Delta.

  • Published: May 23, 20225:59 am
  • Author Viet Nam News
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Indonesia’s fractured student movement losing power to effect change

Many once united groups have opted to stage separate rallies, even if they are fighting for the same thing.

  • Published: May 23, 20225:32 am
  • Author May

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