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Navigate the landscape of cyber fraud in Asia with Asian Cyber Resilience. This fortnightly newsletter provides in-depth analysis of emerging threats and offers practical solutions. Subscribe for cross-border updates on digital frauds. @kritikagoel27
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Tens of thousands have been impacted by severe flooding in Myanmar's Bago Region for the second consecutive year. The Sittaung River has risen due to heavy rains contaminating water sources. Read our member @MizzimaNews's full story.
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Severe flooding in Myanmar’s Bago Region has left tens of thousands of people in urgent need of clean drinking water and humanitarian aid, as floodwaters continue to rise and contaminate water...
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62 political parties in Nepal failed to pay a total of 3.4 million rupees in house rent tax, social security tax, and other advance taxes between 2022-23, a @Nepalimjn has found. The tax evaders include major parties that were in government at the time.
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62 political parties in Nepal failed to pay a combined Rs 3.4 million in taxes, reveals a NIMJN investigation.
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At the UN's July Commemoration in Dhaka, mourning families joined leaders to call for justice for the 1,400 people who were killed in last year’s unrest. Read the full story from our member @ProthomaloEN. @ProthomAlo .
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Bangladesh's 2024 protests and mass uprising, former PM Sheikh Hasina's departure, and an investigative report on human rights violations from the United Nations—interim Bangladeshi leader Professor...
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Asian Cyber Resilience, a fortnightly newsletter by @kritikagoel27, aims to make sense of the evolving threat of cyber frauds and offer preventive strategies. Delivered to your inbox starting August 7, 2025. Subscribe here: @data_LEADS.
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A fortnightly newsletter focusing on the growing architecture of digital threats—from financial frauds to deepfakes —and the systems needed to build resilience against them. Curated by Kritika Goel,...
Navigate the landscape of cyber fraud in Asia with Asian Cyber Resilience. This fortnightly newsletter provides in-depth analysis of emerging threats and offers practical solutions. Subscribe for cross-border updates on digital frauds. @kritikagoel27
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The shahtoosh trade continues in spite of a worldwide ban. Reporters from India, Pakistan, Nepal & UAE conduct a cross-border investigation to track its movement. Link: @earthjournalism.
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A cross-border project in Asia unravels how a coveted but banned luxury product sourced from the protected Tibetan Antelope isn’t just thriving in the black market, but finding newer avenues to find...
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Asian Cyber Resilience is a fortnightly newsletter by Kritika Goel that aims to make sense of the evolving architecture of cyber frauds in Asia. Subscribe here: @kritikagoel27.
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A fortnightly newsletter focusing on the growing architecture of digital threats—from financial frauds to deepfakes —and the systems needed to build resilience against them. Curated by Kritika Goel,...
Navigate the landscape of cyber fraud in Asia with Asian Cyber Resilience. This fortnightly newsletter provides in-depth analysis of emerging threats and offers practical solutions. Subscribe for cross-border updates on digital frauds. @kritikagoel27
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The shahtoosh was once a fabric that led to mass killings of the endangered Tibetan Antelope. So when a ban was imposed on the sale and acquisition of the fabric, shadowy networks found ways to bypass borders and laws to export it. @earthjournalism
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A cross-border project in Asia unravels how a coveted but banned luxury product sourced from the protected Tibetan Antelope isn’t just thriving in the black market, but finding newer avenues to find...
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Meanwhile, Macaranga Media was on the lookout for a grant to run a media workshop and mentorship on wildlife trade and crime, including covering trials.
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When Asian Dispatch submitted our application, we were still young, but we had ambitious plans. Not only did we want to share stories about biodiversity loss, but we also wanted to do so collaboratively.
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When Asian Dispatch submitted our application, we were still young, but we had ambitious plans. Not only did we want to share stories about biodiversity loss, but we also wanted to do so collaboratively.
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Coming up: An international exposé on the illicit shahtoosh trade. By bringing together journalists from India, Pakistan, Nepal, and the United Arab Emirates, Asian Dispatch uncovers new information and challenges the effectiveness of existing laws and regulations.
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In Feb 2025, the US orchestrated a public spectacle of deporting 333 Indians while in shackles. The incident drew attention to "illegal" immigrants, but conversations on the psychological toll irregular immigration takes is missing. @parisaikia02 reports.
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In early 2025, the US declared war on “illegal aliens” and staged humiliating extraditions of hundreds of Indians. Today, as news of deaths by suicide and mental distress grip Indian states with high...
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Watch the documentary Motherland by our member Earthwise which captures the plight of the people of Tharparkar, Pakistan. This is a story of the longing for home, the struggle for justice and the hope for their motherland.
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Coal mining in the Tharparkar region of Pakistan is stripping people of their homes, their farmlands, and their way of life.
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As global temperatures rise, South Asia’s tea pluckers, particularly the women from marginalised communities, are working longer shifts with little pay to meet the world's growing tea demands. Read the full story by @carbon_stink and @ARRukshana.
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The world drinks an estimated five billion cups of tea every day. But in South Asia’s top tea-producing countries, climate change is making conditions worse for the marginalised workers tasked with...
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RT @DeepakAdk: Dalit families hit by floods and landslides in Bajhang have been systematically excluded from govt aid, forcing many to migr….
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Dalit families affected by floods and landslides in 2021 have been systematically excluded from government reconstruction assistance, forcing many to migrate to India under financial pressure. This...
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Nearly four years after a 2021 disaster displaced families across Bajhang, Nepal, Dalit families have been ignored by the state, left off government beneficiary lists or granted partial aid. —writes @bajhangimitra for a story supported by @cijournalism:.
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Dalit families affected by floods and landslides in 2021 have been systematically excluded from government reconstruction assistance, forcing many to migrate to India under financial pressure. This...
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RT @Karan_Singhs: Honored to speak with Anoushka Dalmia at @AsianDispatch_ about how the recent India-Pakistan confrontations impact indepe….
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As propaganda and misinformation thrived during escalations between the two nuclear-armed countries, independent journalists faced great risks and unequal access to get the truth out.
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RT @pallavipundir: While we await the fog of war to lift in India and Pakistan, @AsianDispatch_ spoke to journos on both sides about how th….
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As propaganda and misinformation thrived during escalations between the two nuclear-armed countries, independent journalists faced great risks and unequal access to get the truth out.
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