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Mitsui & Co Invests in Biomass Supply Chain Manager Punjab Renewable Energy Systems
The growth of PRESPL will contribute significantly to reducing air pollution and carbon emissions in India by effectively using agricultural residues as a fuel-stock for the bio-energy
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- Energy, Impact Assessment
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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- renewable energy
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Analysis: How Civil Society Organizations Can Help Tackle Pandemics
Capacity building of community-based organizations can enable better access to education and vaccination programmes.
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- Coronavirus, Health Care
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- Asia Pacific
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- vaccines
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Analysis: Why India Should Make Access to Healthcare a Fundamental Right
The exceptionalism of the Covid-19 crisis cannot be used to hide the shortcoming of the historically neglected public healthcare system in India.
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- Health Care
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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- gender lens, human rights
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‘Lost Generation’ Fears as COVID Locks Out India’s Poor Students
Even before the pandemic, more than six million Indian girls and boys were already not going to school, according to UNICEF.
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- Coronavirus, Education
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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Workers Return to Bangladesh’s Garment Factories Despite Record COVID Deaths
Hundreds of thousands flock to cities as government allows manufacturers to reopen while a nationwide lockdown lingers.
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- Coronavirus, Health Care
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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- employment
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What India Needs for a Just Energy Transition
Ensuring that the opportunities of India’s transition are shared fairly throughout society — and workers and communities are not left to face the challenges alone — is not an easy task.
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- Energy
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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- renewable energy, solar
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Analysis: India Needs More Social Enterprises, but These Five Challenges Are Holding Us Back
Though they are growing gradually, social enterprises are at the crossroads due to the several challenges that they are grappling with.
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- Investing, Social Enterprise
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- Asia Pacific
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- impact investing
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India Edtech Giant Buys US-Based Kids Reading Platform Epic for $500 Million
India’s edtech giant BYJU’S has acquired a US-based digital reading platform expanding its existing global user-base.
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- Education, Technology
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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- digital inclusion, edtech
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