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How games can inform, educate and raise awareness

Using fun elements such as challenges, goals and rewards, games are playing a significant role in learning, lifestyle management and disease awareness.

The battle to reduce road deaths

In the move to a more sustainable and safer future, tackling road accident injuries and fatalities will require a more concerted effort.

The ‘scamdemic’ affecting everyone

Cyber scams are rising globally, targeting the vulnerable, especially youth. Understanding tactics and regional efforts is key to a safer cyberspace.

Reframing how we talk about having kids or not

The language used around having children or not shapes societal views, highlighting the need for inclusive terms to respect all reproductive choices.

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India’s election highlights growing census problems

The world’s biggest democracy hasn’t had a census in over a decade. The next one could reshape the country’s electoral system — unless leaders delay further.

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Caste census: game changer or false hope?

The opposition wants to bring back caste as a check on the BJP’s reach, but the strategy may not live up to expectations.

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How riots formed Kolkata’s ghettos

Communal violence has led to clear territorial demarcation of space, access, and resources, marking the everyday experience of minority citizenship in Kolkata.

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Mobile Indonesians powering the economy

Population growth isn’t automatically good for Indonesia. Developing young people, and helping them to move are both key to economic development.

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Indonesia at risk of missing golden economic opportunity

A difficult road lies ahead for Indonesia. Faced with a rare opportunity to turbo-charge economic growth, it has major problems yet to solve.

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Fishing for the demographic dividend

To catch the potential demographic bonus, Indonesia should use its biggest asset: fishing nets.

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China’s older people risk curtailing the prosperity they created

China’s economic and family planning policies of the 1970s ushered in a ‘golden age’ of growth. But as China ages, keeping it golden will be a challenge.

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Three essentials to cashing in on population growth

The benefits of a growing demographic are not guaranteed. Governments need to ensure the right tools are in place as well.

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Riding the age wave

To make the most of the global wave of young people, young nations will have to learn from surfers and paddle hard.

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Why women are often overlooked in household surveys

Women’s voices are systematically discriminated against when it comes to the generation of knowledge that underpins national policies.

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How games can inform, educate and raise awareness

The battle to reduce road deaths

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India’s election highlights growing census problems

Caste census: game changer or false hope?

Mobile Indonesians powering the economy

Indonesia at risk of missing golden economic opportunity

Fishing for the demographic dividend

China’s older people risk curtailing the prosperity they created

Three essentials to cashing in on population growth

Riding the age wave

Why women are often overlooked in household surveys

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