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Singapore ministry explores using tech to keep closer watch on abused children after they return home

A tender put up on July 6 by Singapore's Ministry of Social and Family Development (MSF) is seeking technological solutions to detect physiological and environmental indicators…

  • Published: July 17, 202611:17 am
  • Author Theresa Tan
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Pakistan becomes founding member of China-led AI world organisation

As a founding member of the World Artificial Intelligence Cooperation Organisation (WAICO), Pakistan reaffirmed its commitment to advancing international cooperation in the area…

  • Published: July 17, 202611:12 am
  • Author Dawn
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How Bangladesh’s Chattogram can end its recurring waterlogging crisis

Professor Dr Muhammad Rashidul Hasan speaks to The Daily Star about the planning failures behind Chattogram's recurring floods, the costs of losing wetlands and hills, and why the…

  • Published: July 17, 202611:10 am
  • Author Khairul Hassan Jahin
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Pakistan Medical Association issues red alert over 651,000 infants bypassed by routine immunisation system

With 651,000 infants completely bypassed by routine immunisation systems, the representative body of the medical fraternity warns that the country is sitting on an epidemiological…

  • Published: July 17, 202610:55 am
  • Author Dawn
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Malaysia health minister sounds alarm as Type 2 diabetes strike under 30s

The Health Minister said 1,932 patients under the age of 30 were registered in the National Diabetes Registry (NDR) in 2025, up from 1,926 patients in 2024.

  • Published: July 17, 202610:50 am
  • Author Ragananthini Vethasalam and Benjamin Lee
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Nepal’s Central Zoo to reopen on Friday as environmental samples test negative for bird flu

The zoo has been closed since June 19 following an outbreak of the deadly virus among vultures, owls, swans and other rare birds, as well as a jungle cat and civets housed at the…

  • Published: July 17, 202610:45 am
  • Author Arjun Poudel
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Climate-vulnerable countries, such as Pakistan, face longer wait for loss and damage funds

With nearly $500m in its account, the Fund launched its first call for proposals at COP30 in Brazil.

  • Published: July 17, 202610:42 am
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China shifts pollution fight to smaller water bodies

The plan targets water bodies 'on people's doorsteps', such as secondary and lower-level tributaries, ponds, ditches, and canals that are closely adjacent to residential areas and…

  • Published: July 17, 202610:35 am
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Babai river erosion in Nepal puts villages at risk

Locals warn of possible inundation as halted flood-control works leave communities exposed during the monsoon.

  • Published: July 17, 202610:30 am
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Cops raid scam centres, nab 18 Chinese nationals in Malaysia’s Ipoh

Perak police chief Comm Datuk Mohd Alwi Zainal Abidin said the arrests were made at the Ipoh Hill Permai Apartment and a house on Laluan Tasek Timur 5 in Taman Tasek Indra on…

  • Published: July 17, 202610:30 am
  • Author Ivan Loh

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