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#13049566

2 December 2025

Daily wage laborers work as they paint a residential building in Siliguri, India, on December 2, 2025. The labor reform brings about a series of benefits for India's export sector, especially simplifying compliance for employers and enabling improved workforce management, according to a statement from PIB published a few days ago.

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#13041226

30 November 2025

Girls from the Newa community take part in the Bel Bibaha ceremony, in which they are symbolically married to a bael fruit (wood apple), at Banglamukhi Temple in Lalitpur, Nepal, on November 29, 2025. The ritual is performed for girls aged between 5 and 9 years, typically before they reach puberty. The ceremony, also called the Ihi ceremony, is rooted in Hindu and Tantric traditions and serves to protect girls from social stigma, especially widowhood. The fruit symbolizes the god Vishnu, ensuring the girl is symbolically married to a divine entity for life.

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#13041227

30 November 2025

Girls from the Newa community take part in the Bel Bibaha ceremony, in which they are symbolically married to a bael fruit (wood apple), at Banglamukhi Temple in Lalitpur, Nepal, on November 29, 2025. The ritual is performed for girls aged between 5 and 9 years, typically before they reach puberty. The ceremony, also called the Ihi ceremony, is rooted in Hindu and Tantric traditions and serves to protect girls from social stigma, especially widowhood. The fruit symbolizes the god Vishnu, ensuring the girl is symbolically married to a divine entity for life.

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#13041228

30 November 2025

Girls from the Newa community take part in the Bel Bibaha ceremony, in which they are symbolically married to a bael fruit (wood apple), at Banglamukhi Temple in Lalitpur, Nepal, on November 29, 2025. The ritual is performed for girls aged between 5 and 9 years, typically before they reach puberty. The ceremony, also called the Ihi ceremony, is rooted in Hindu and Tantric traditions and serves to protect girls from social stigma, especially widowhood. The fruit symbolizes the god Vishnu, ensuring the girl is symbolically married to a divine entity for life.

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#13041229

30 November 2025

Girls from the Newa community take part in the Bel Bibaha ceremony, in which they are symbolically married to a bael fruit (wood apple), at Banglamukhi Temple in Lalitpur, Nepal, on November 29, 2025. The ritual is performed for girls aged between 5 and 9 years, typically before they reach puberty. The ceremony, also called the Ihi ceremony, is rooted in Hindu and Tantric traditions and serves to protect girls from social stigma, especially widowhood. The fruit symbolizes the god Vishnu, ensuring the girl is symbolically married to a divine entity for life.

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#13041230

30 November 2025

Girls from the Newa community take part in the Bel Bibaha ceremony, in which they are symbolically married to a bael fruit (wood apple), at Banglamukhi Temple in Lalitpur, Nepal, on November 29, 2025. The ritual is performed for girls aged between 5 and 9 years, typically before they reach puberty. The ceremony, also called the Ihi ceremony, is rooted in Hindu and Tantric traditions and serves to protect girls from social stigma, especially widowhood. The fruit symbolizes the god Vishnu, ensuring the girl is symbolically married to a divine entity for life.

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#13041231

30 November 2025

Girls from the Newa community take part in the Bel Bibaha ceremony, in which they are symbolically married to a bael fruit (wood apple), at Banglamukhi Temple in Lalitpur, Nepal, on November 29, 2025. The ritual is performed for girls aged between 5 and 9 years, typically before they reach puberty. The ceremony, also called the Ihi ceremony, is rooted in Hindu and Tantric traditions and serves to protect girls from social stigma, especially widowhood. The fruit symbolizes the god Vishnu, ensuring the girl is symbolically married to a divine entity for life.

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#13026387

25 November 2025

Women work in a leather factory in Kolkata, India, on November 25, 2025. India's leather industry is a significant global player, ranking as a major exporter of leather goods, garments, and footwear. It is the second-largest producer and consumer of leather footwear globally, with major production centers concentrated in states like Tamil Nadu (especially Chennai, Ambur, and Vaniyambadi), West Bengal (Kolkata), and Uttar Pradesh (Kanpur and Agra). The industry benefits from abundant raw material, skilled labor, and a large export market, particularly in the USA and Europe.

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#13010240

21 November 2025

Portuguese Minister of Education, Fernando Alexandre, visits the Professional School of Vila Nova de Gaia (Escola Profissional de Gaia - EPG) for the inauguration of an Industrial Specialized Technological Centre (Centro Tecnologico Especializado Industrial - CTE), which is financed by the NextGenerationEU recovery instrument, on November 21, 2025.

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#13010241

21 November 2025

Portuguese Minister of Education, Fernando Alexandre, visits the Professional School of Vila Nova de Gaia (Escola Profissional de Gaia - EPG) for the inauguration of an Industrial Specialized Technological Centre (Centro Tecnologico Especializado Industrial - CTE), which is financed by the NextGenerationEU recovery instrument, on November 21, 2025.

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#13010242

21 November 2025

Portuguese Minister of Education, Fernando Alexandre, visits the Professional School of Vila Nova de Gaia (Escola Profissional de Gaia - EPG) for the inauguration of an Industrial Specialized Technological Centre (Centro Tecnologico Especializado Industrial - CTE), which is financed by the NextGenerationEU recovery instrument, on November 21, 2025.

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#13010243

21 November 2025

Portuguese Minister of Education, Fernando Alexandre, visits the Professional School of Vila Nova de Gaia (Escola Profissional de Gaia - EPG) for the inauguration of an Industrial Specialized Technological Centre (Centro Tecnologico Especializado Industrial - CTE), which is financed by the NextGenerationEU recovery instrument, on November 21, 2025.

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#13010244

21 November 2025

Portuguese Minister of Education, Fernando Alexandre, visits the Professional School of Vila Nova de Gaia (Escola Profissional de Gaia - EPG) for the inauguration of an Industrial Specialized Technological Centre (Centro Tecnologico Especializado Industrial - CTE), which is financed by the NextGenerationEU recovery instrument, on November 21, 2025.

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#13010245

21 November 2025

Portuguese Minister of Education, Fernando Alexandre, visits the Professional School of Vila Nova de Gaia (Escola Profissional de Gaia - EPG) for the inauguration of an Industrial Specialized Technological Centre (Centro Tecnologico Especializado Industrial - CTE), which is financed by the NextGenerationEU recovery instrument, on November 21, 2025.

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#13010246

21 November 2025

Portuguese Minister of Education, Fernando Alexandre, visits the Professional School of Vila Nova de Gaia (Escola Profissional de Gaia - EPG) for the inauguration of an Industrial Specialized Technological Centre (Centro Tecnologico Especializado Industrial - CTE), which is financed by the NextGenerationEU recovery instrument, on November 21, 2025.

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#13010247

21 November 2025

Portuguese Minister of Education, Fernando Alexandre, visits the Professional School of Vila Nova de Gaia (Escola Profissional de Gaia - EPG) for the inauguration of an Industrial Specialized Technological Centre (Centro Tecnologico Especializado Industrial - CTE), which is financed by the NextGenerationEU recovery instrument, on November 21, 2025.

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