Education

Report by Ranjana Niraula, Kathmandu: The British Council, in partnership with Edinburgh Napier University, is inviting applications to the South Asia Festivals & Culture Academy (SAFCA) in response to the growth of independent and…
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Oxford Professor Andrew Thompson this week joined survivors, activists, business leaders and international diplomats as commissioners of a government-backed global initiative confronting modern slavery, led by the former UK Prime Minister…
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NEW YORK – Hundreds of thousands of children and their families have started fleeing northern Gaza today ahead of imminent larger-scale attacks. It follows days of bombardments of Gaza after the brutal attacks of 7 October. Nearly a week…
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KABUL – Over 90 per cent of those reported killed in Afghanistan’s recent earthquakes are women and children. In Zinda Jan district alone, over 11,500 people saw their homes completely flattened. With two 6.3-magnitude quakes shaking the…
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COPENHAGEN – UNICEF today announced an agreement to secure supply of the world’s second malaria vaccine, R21/Matrix-M. The deal is a major milestone towards meeting the high demand for doses of new vaccines against malaria – a disease which…
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BRUSSELS  – Today, the European Commission, the European Investment Bank and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced a new financing partnership to address critical global health opportunities: eradicating polio and ensuring that…
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YEREVAN  – Refugee children arriving in Armenia are showing signs of severe psychological distress, according to reports from UNICEF-supported social workers providing specialised care to children and families who have fled their homes in…
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PORT-SUDAN –An estimated 19 million children in Sudan are out of school as the brutal conflict approaches the six-month mark next week. Out of this total – or 1 in every 3 children in the country - some 6.5 million lost access to school…
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Today, school building of Shree Mahendra Rastriya Secondary School, Baluwater, Kathmandu, built with Government of India’s financial assistance of NRs.19.20 Million under ‘Nepal-India Development Cooperation was formally handed over and…
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Elusive Dancing Frogs Of Western Ghats One Of The Most Threatened Amphibian Genus, States Global Report     The world is facing a critical Amphibian crisis with 41% of species on the brink of extinction! The alarming statistics…
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