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india: India to push back against 'agenda-driven' global ranking firms: Sanjeev Sanyal
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india: India to push back against ‘agenda-driven’ global ranking firms: Sanjeev Sanyal

India plans to push back against “agenda-driven”, “neo-colonial” country rankings produced by global agencies on topics like governance and press freedom, a key advisor to…

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Turkey: Turkey earthquake damage set to exceed $100 billion: UN agency
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Turkey: Turkey earthquake damage set to exceed $100 billion: UN agency

GENEVA: Damage caused by a devastating earthquake in Turkey will exceed $100 billion, a U.N. Development Programme official told a press briefing on Tuesday. “It’s…

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Sub-Saharan Africa is 'new epicentre' of extremism, says UN
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Sub-Saharan Africa is ‘new epicentre’ of extremism, says UN

NAIROBI (KENYA): The new global epicentre of violent Islamic extremism is sub-Saharan Africa where people are increasingly joining it because of economic factors and less…

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