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e-Toolkit for Elimination of Asbestos Related Diseases in Developing Countries edited by Diana Arachi and Prof Ken Takahashi
Funded by: Australian Academy of Sciences, @UNEP, Karen Howard Fund
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@ibasecretariat #asbestos@WHOSEARO@WHO
009/ While the World watches the World burn, India is busy watching Cricket. Further testimony that minding your own business places you in the Vice-Superpower league of geopolitics.
006/ The update is there is no update and that is the update. Once we receive further updates we will inform you about the updates so you feel updated. Until then there is no further update. This update was last updated on 6 March 2026.
003/ It needed researchers from Switzerland and France, to explain 2,000 year old Tamil Brahmi script and trade found in Egypt - with research presented back to a Chennai audience in Chennai in 2026.
At the heart of every great Southeast Asian economic development story, you will find the undeniable influence of the Tamil Chettiars. Revisiting an era of opulence, order and culture at The Chettinad Heritage Festival.
6,500 migrant workers have died in Qatar since World Cup was awarded to the Gulf state.
The 6,500 migrant workers were from India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.
Does the world care? Imagine if the dead were Ukrainian. https://t.co/GmtLIRQRqx
@rukminikumar Books by late Subbhia Muthiah are great. Also read Orissa Balu on more recent discoveries of the great Chozhan expansion and impact in Asia.
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has a vision for greater physical, institutional, and people-to-people linkages among its ten member countries. Learn more from @ReconAsia’s Competing Visions series: https://t.co/QAeQIYOFmJ
Faceless victims get forgotten and faceless offenders go unpunished. That's how justice is truly blinded. These thoughts w/ @Arachiint are dedicated to courageous photo-journos who gave their lives getting the right shot so that we feel, understand, act
https://t.co/HGwZlWf4U9
A nationality is a basic human right, but statelessness is increasing -15 million are stateless now eg #Rohingya. Something not much talked about but could happen to more. Easy way to rub out a person is to take away citizenship @MiraSiegelberg@ProSyn https://t.co/pOO2gzJDvV
In the era of BRI news headlines, it is worth visiting the soft power role of non-Chinese players in Africa. Read more about Somalia-Turkey health(y) relations.
#Somalia#Turkey#softpower#healthsystems
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