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<loc>https://www.downtoearth.org.in/agriculture/women-farmers-remain-the-missing-link-in-indias-digital-agriculture-push</loc>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ A woman harvesting wheat in Jodhpur.]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://www.downtoearth.org.in/governance/more-than-half-of-odishas-pvtg-population-missed-out-on-welfare-schemes-cag-finds</loc>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Artemis science officers, from left, Kelsey Young, Trevor Graff, and Angela Garcia stand at the new SCIENCE console in the Mission Control Center at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. (NASA/Josh Valcarcel)]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Artemis II Pilot Victor Glover, Commander Reid Wiseman, and Mission Specialist Jeremy Hansen configure their camera equipment shortly before beginning their lunar flyby observations.]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://www.downtoearth.org.in/africa/seizure-of-2000-ants-at-nairobi-airport-highlights-the-hidden-scale-of-insect-trafficking</loc>
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<loc>https://www.downtoearth.org.in/health/a-mass-human-capital-loss</loc>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ According to reports, the Netherlands has the tallest average height population, with both men and women growing significantly taller over the past 200 years.]]></image:caption>
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