"5.2% increase"

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4 January 2026

Rabuyah, 52, a resident of Pengidam Village, Bandar Pusaka Sub-district, stands in front of a BNPB (National Disaster Management Agency) emergency tent erected in the yard of her destroyed home in Aceh Tamiang District. Her residence is leveled by catastrophic flash floods triggered by Tropical Cyclone Senyar. To date, the cyclone claims at least 1,167 lives across Indonesia and more than 1,400 victims across three countries in the Asia-Pacific, resulting in an estimated US$19.8 billion in damages. The escalating casualty count in Aceh Tamiang serves as a grim indicator of a broader pattern of ecological disasters increasingly threatening the fragile Leuser Ecosystem.

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#13149153

2 January 2026

A man smokes a cigarette along a street in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, on January 2, 2026. India imposes an excise duty on cigarettes in a range of 2,050-8,500 rupees ($22.8-$94.5) per thousand sticks based on the length of the products, effective February 1, the finance ministry says in an order late on Wednesday. The move could increase prices of cigarettes for an estimated 100 million smokers in the world's most populous country.

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#13149155

2 January 2026

A man smokes a cigarette along a street in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, on January 2, 2026. India imposes an excise duty on cigarettes in a range of 2,050-8,500 rupees ($22.8-$94.5) per thousand sticks based on the length of the products, effective February 1, the finance ministry says in an order late on Wednesday. The move could increase prices of cigarettes for an estimated 100 million smokers in the world's most populous country.

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#13149152

2 January 2026

A man holds a cigarette packet with graphic pictorial warnings in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, on January 02, 2026. India imposes an excise duty on cigarettes in a range of 2,050-8,500 rupees ($22.8-$94.5) per thousand sticks based on the length of the products, effective February 1, the finance ministry says in an order late on Wednesday. The move could increase prices of cigarettes for an estimated 100 million smokers in the world's most populous country.

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#13149154

2 January 2026

Cigarette packets with graphic pictorial warnings sit on the counter of a cigarette seller in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, on January 2, 2026. India imposes an excise duty on cigarettes ranging from 2,050 to 8,500 rupees ($22.8-$94.5) per thousand sticks based on the length of the products, effective February 1, the finance ministry states in an order late on Wednesday. The move potentially increases prices of cigarettes for an estimated 100 million smokers in the world's most populous country.

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2 January 2026

A man holds a cigarette packet with graphic pictorial warnings in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, on January 02, 2026. India imposes an excise duty on cigarettes in a range of 2,050-8,500 rupees ($22.8-$94.5) per thousand sticks based on the length of the products, effective February 1, the finance ministry says in an order late on Wednesday. The move could increase prices of cigarettes for an estimated 100 million smokers in the world's most populous country.

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2 January 2026

A man holds a cigarette packet with graphic pictorial warnings in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, on January 02, 2026. India imposes an excise duty on cigarettes in a range of 2,050-8,500 rupees ($22.8-$94.5) per thousand sticks based on the length of the products, effective February 1, the finance ministry says in an order late on Wednesday. The move could increase prices of cigarettes for an estimated 100 million smokers in the world's most populous country.

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#13149158

2 January 2026

A man holds a cigarette packet with graphic pictorial warnings in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, on January 02, 2026. India imposes an excise duty on cigarettes in a range of 2,050-8,500 rupees ($22.8-$94.5) per thousand sticks based on the length of the products, effective February 1, the finance ministry says in an order late on Wednesday. The move could increase prices of cigarettes for an estimated 100 million smokers in the world's most populous country.

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2 January 2026

A man holds a cigarette packet with graphic pictorial warnings in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, on January 02, 2026. India imposes an excise duty on cigarettes in a range of 2,050-8,500 rupees ($22.8-$94.5) per thousand sticks based on the length of the products, effective February 1, the finance ministry says in an order late on Wednesday. The move could increase prices of cigarettes for an estimated 100 million smokers in the world's most populous country.

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#13063298

6 December 2025

An outdoor market stall displays a wide variety of fresh fruit for sale, with a blackboard sign in German reading, ''Susse XXL Kirschen knallig Ab 1/2 kg 10EUR,'' which translates to ''Sweet XXL Cherries bright red From 1/2 kg 10EUR.'' The stall is located in Munich, Bavaria, Germany, on December 5, 2025.

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#12895927

22 October 2025

A group of unemployed graduates with disabilities protests, demanding urgent government measures to ensure employment opportunities for persons with disabilities in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on October 22, 2025. They urge five key reforms to ensure fair employment for persons with disabilities: special recruitment every two years, a 2% quota in higher and 5% in lower government jobs, revision of the scribe policy to allow own scribes, reserved posts for visually impaired candidates in disability education centers, and raising the government job age limit to 35 years (or 37 if the general limit increases).

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#12895930

22 October 2025

A group of unemployed graduates with disabilities protests, demanding urgent government measures to ensure employment opportunities for persons with disabilities in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on October 22, 2025. They urge five key reforms to ensure fair employment for persons with disabilities: special recruitment every two years, a 2% quota in higher and 5% in lower government jobs, revision of the scribe policy to allow own scribes, reserved posts for visually impaired candidates in disability education centers, and raising the government job age limit to 35 years (or 37 if the general limit increases).

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#12895933

22 October 2025

A group of unemployed graduates with disabilities protests, demanding urgent government measures to ensure employment opportunities for persons with disabilities in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on October 22, 2025. They urge five key reforms to ensure fair employment for persons with disabilities: special recruitment every two years, a 2% quota in higher and 5% in lower government jobs, revision of the scribe policy to allow own scribes, reserved posts for visually impaired candidates in disability education centers, and raising the government job age limit to 35 years (or 37 if the general limit increases).

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22 October 2025

A group of unemployed graduates with disabilities protests, demanding urgent government measures to ensure employment opportunities for persons with disabilities in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on October 22, 2025. They urge five key reforms to ensure fair employment for persons with disabilities: special recruitment every two years, a 2% quota in higher and 5% in lower government jobs, revision of the scribe policy to allow own scribes, reserved posts for visually impaired candidates in disability education centers, and raising the government job age limit to 35 years (or 37 if the general limit increases).

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#12895937

22 October 2025

A group of unemployed graduates with disabilities protests, demanding urgent government measures to ensure employment opportunities for persons with disabilities in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on October 22, 2025. They urge five key reforms to ensure fair employment for persons with disabilities: special recruitment every two years, a 2% quota in higher and 5% in lower government jobs, revision of the scribe policy to allow own scribes, reserved posts for visually impaired candidates in disability education centers, and raising the government job age limit to 35 years (or 37 if the general limit increases).

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22 October 2025

A group of unemployed graduates with disabilities protests, demanding urgent government measures to ensure employment opportunities for persons with disabilities in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on October 22, 2025. They urge five key reforms to ensure fair employment for persons with disabilities: special recruitment every two years, a 2% quota in higher and 5% in lower government jobs, revision of the scribe policy to allow own scribes, reserved posts for visually impaired candidates in disability education centers, and raising the government job age limit to 35 years (or 37 if the general limit increases).

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