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India Among Five Countries That Will See High Under-5 Deaths: UN

India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Congo and Angola will account for more than half of global under-five deaths by 2030, according to a UN report which said 69 million children below f...

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Campaigning To Make India’s Roads Safer

Nine years ago, Piyush Tewari was managing operations in India for a Los Angeles-based private equity firm when tragedy struck his family. While returning home from school in ...

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Light Pollution Is Throwing Off The Seasons

In a study published Tuesday in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B, researchers describe how night-time light pollution is causing early budburst—emergence o...

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UN Committee May Again Consider Listing Great Barrier Reef As 'In Danger'

As a condition of UNESCO not listing the Great Barrier Reef as “in danger” in 2015, the World Heritage Committee said Australia needed to report back to the commit...

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The President Announces America’s First National Monument Dedicated To LGBT Rights.

Today, President Barack Obama announced he’s designating the Stonewall National Monument in New York City as the newest addition to America’s National Park System....

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BLOG: 7 Rights Every Pregnant Woman In India Should Know About

The Indian government and health system have been derided for not being able to reduce the number of maternal deaths, despite the growth in economy.Interestingly, in a short s...

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UN Human Rights Council: Using Sport And The Olympic Ideal To Promote Human Rights For All, Including Persons With Disabilities

For more than a decade, Human Rights Watch has documented human rights abuses linked to mega-sporting events, or MSEs, such as the Olympics, football’s World Cup, Formul...

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Facebook Hack Shows It’s Time To Upgrade Our Method Of Verifying Identity

On Monday, a Facebook user lost control of his personal account, as well as several business pages, for almost a full day, after a hacker was able to convince Facebook to chan...

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Volkswagen To Pay $14.7bn Settlement And Buy Back Cars From Consumers

Volkswagen has agreed to pay $14.7bn to settle claims generated by its emissions rigging scandal and to buy back cars from consumers at pre-scandal prices, the Department of J...

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Capital: The Tool Women Need for Water

Lack of access to clean water and sanitation facilities affects women and girls most. Jennifer Schorsch, president of Water.org, explains how it is women who step up to solve ...

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MARDAANI 3 RETURNS WITH GRIT AND LIMITS

In his review, critic Arnab Banerjee examines how Mardaani 3 revives Shivani Shivaji Roy...

February 2 2026

BOB DYLAN’S IMMIGRANT LAMENT STILL HAUNTS US

In this searing cultural meditation, Khalid Mohamed revisits Bob Dylan’s protest s...

February 1 2026

KALA GHODA ARTS FESTIVAL 2026: AHEAD OF CURVE

Mumbai’s iconic Kala Ghoda Arts Festival returns for its 26th edition, transformin...

January 31 2026