Priorities

WHO Calls For Urgent Action To Curb Hepatitis

The World Health Organisations (WHO) is to use the 2015 World Hepatitis Day, slated for July 28 to highlight the urgent need for countries to enhance action aimed at preventin...

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Tiny Marine Organisms At The Base Of The Food Chain Are Eating The Plastic We Toss In The Oceans

Tiny marine organisms sitting at the very bottom of our food chain are ingesting the plastics that humans are tossing by the ton into the world's oceans, say researchers in a ...

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Device Pulls Drinkable Water From The Air As You Cycle.

Most bicycles have a place to hold a water bottle. This isn’t most bicycles. Fontus—a device created by Austrian designer Kristof Retezár—takes the st...

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Empower Women For A Stable Society: Abdul Kalam

“Empowerment of women will ensure a stable society” said Indian President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, during an interaction with students of Avinashilingam University in t...

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A P J Abdul Kalam: Antibiotic Resistance Alarming Threat To Global Public Health

Speaking on the eve of ‘Doctors Day’, Kalam discussed about how the world was moving towards “post-antibiotic era”, in which common infections and mino...

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Focus On Farmers, Climate Change: APJ Abdul Kalam Tells Scientists

Urging scientists to undertake research keeping in mind the interest of society, especially farmers, and climate change, former President APJ Abdul Kalam today called for grea...

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Abdul Kalam's Take On Sustainable Development

“Sustainable development only can come through creative leadership,” said Kalam, adding that creative leaders can be of any age — 25 years or 70 years.  ...

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Small Loans Mean Big Opportunities For Women In The Philippines.

Like most women around the world, the women of Talisay, a small city on the central Philippine island of Negros, juggle many duties throughout the day. They manage the househo...

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Mothers Helping Mothers To Live With H.I.V.

When Teresa Njeri got pregnant in 2001 in Kiambu, a suburb of Nairobi, it was the end of the world.   She was joyous about the pregnancy — but an AIDS test showed s...

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The Real Pygmies Experience': Evicted Batwa People Now Just Act Out A Previous Life For Tourists.

Perched on a ladder made of branches leaning against a large tree, the pygmy hunter slowly raises his bow towards the the thick canopy of the equatorial forest. His muscles ar...

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ADAMYA REVIEW BY SAIBAL CHATTERJEE

Writer-director Ranjan Ghosh’s Adamya (The Unbroken) is nothing short of a marvel,...

March 12 2026

STORIES TRAVEL FROM PAGE TO SCREEN

The Waterfront Indie Film Festival (WIFF) Mumbai launches its literature vertical with a...

March 11 2026

JOY SENGUPTA: ACTOR WITHOUT COMPROMISE

In a rare, deeply reflective conversation with Khalid Mohamed, actor Joy Sengupta traces...

March 10 2026