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Indians promised well-paid jobs in Russia were sent to fight in Ukraine, highlighting online scams that target the unemployed.

In some villages, unaffordable tuition fees are driving secondary school students to leave in favour of the mines.

As climate change impacts hit farming, women driven into gruelling sugarcane work have the procedure to work harder, report says.

Tuvalu is among nations digitising heritage in the face of climate impacts, but there are concerns around cost, access and control.

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By Tanka Dhakal

By Sushmita , Ajeet Mahale

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