UNICEF: Risk for global child malnutrition crisis now severe
The organisation said that severe wasting – where children were too thin for their height – is the most immediate, visible and life-threatening form of malnutrition.
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Delhi witnesses heavy rainfall, power cut, traffic jam
Airline companies like Air India and Indigo reported on social media that the departure of their flights may be affected due to the bad weather in Delhi.
Vietnam’s Deputy PM offers WEF solution to avert global food crisis
He also called on countries and international organisations to collaborate with Vietnam to come up with measures to respond to climate change.
Long road ahead: Life as nonbinary in Indonesia
Merely inviting a gay couple to appear on one of the most popular YouTube podcast channels in Indonesia brought up rehashed “discourses” and hate speech on social media.
Bangladesh taka weakens further
As the shortage of the greenback has already created an instability in the forex market, the central bank has been trying to bring back discipline by depreciating the local…
Indonesia’s mixed-marriage families welcome planned changes to citizenship regulation
Indonesia does not recognize dual citizenship, except for in the case of children of one Indonesian and one non-Indonesian parent, who may hold their dual citizenship until the…
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.
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.
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.
Moral policing a zombie virus
The writer asks if pent-up frustrations resulting from social, economic, and power struggles have led people to act irrationally, in a frenzy of rage.