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Waste being used to tackle erosion poses a health risk – an anthropologist explains the dilemma

Waste, A field of waste fills in the gully that has formed between houses on either side in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

I was standing with a waste management supervisor – let’s call him David – at the back of a major fruit and vegetable market in Dar es Salaam, the biggest city in Tanzania. David and I watched as his team raked the market’s waste from a holding bay into the back of a big, yellow tipper truck. “We’re not taking this to Pugu,” David said. “We’re taking this to an illegal site”. Pugu is Dar es Salaam’s only official landfill site. All of the rotten produce, peel, leaves, water bottles, soft plastic and cardboard being loaded into the truck should

Sonia Gandhi responding well to treatment, remains under observation: Delhi hospital

New Delhi, Mar 26 (PTI): Senior Congress leader Sonia Gandhi is responding well to treatment for a systemic infection and continues to remain under medical supervision at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, the hospital authorities said on Thursday. Chairman Dr Ajay Swaroop said that Gandhi, who was admitted on the night of March 24, is being treated with antibiotics for systemic infection and is responding well to the therapy. She is under the care of a team of senior doctors, who are closely monitoring her condition, he said. Sources said Gandhi is likely to remain under observation at the hospital for

Stock Markets pause for Ram Navami today

New Delhi [India], March 26 (ANI): Domestic equity markets will remain closed on Thursday on the occassion of Ram Navami, marking a scheduled pause in trading activity following a period of strong gains. According to the stock market holiday calendar shared by the National Stock Exchange (NSE), today’s closure is one of several upcoming breaks in the mid-year schedule, with the next holiday slated for Mahavir Jayanti on March 31. Following today’s break, the markets will again close on Good Friday, April 3, and Babasaheb Ambedkar Jayanti on April 14. Other notable holidays for the 2026 calendar year include Maharashtra

Bus sinks in Bangladesh river, killing at least 18 people

DHAKA, Bangladesh, March 26, 2026 (AP) — A bus carrying about 50 people plunged into a major river in central Bangladesh as it was driving onto a ferry, leaving at least 18 people dead, authorities said Thursday. The bus plunged into the River Padma Wednesday afternoon in Rajbari district, about 84 kilometers (52 miles) from the capital, Dhaka, said fire official Dewan Sohel Rana. The bus was traveling to the capital from the southwestern district of Kushtia as people return to work after the Islamic festival of Eid al-Fitr. Rana said many of the passengers swam to safety after the

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