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UN Launches 500 Days Of Action To Build A Better World
With Malala Yousafzai by his side, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon yesterday marked 500 days of action until the deadline to reach the Millennium Development Goals, known wor...
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The World Health Organization Says Yes To An Experimental Ebola Drug
A panel of experts convened by the World Health Organization has unanimously endorsed the idea of offering unproven vaccines or treatments to help combat the unprecedented Ebo...
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Climate change to cut South Asia's growth 9 percent by 2100 - ADB
Climate change will cut South Asia's growth almost 9 percent by the end of the century unless world governments try harder to counter global warming, the Asian Development Ban...
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IDBI Bank to construct toilets at 300 schools
Following the announcement of ‘Swachh Bharat Mission’ by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, IDBI Bank today announced plans to build toilets in schools in the rural are...
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Tobacco use by adults below 25 may soon become illegal
Government mulls changes in law to prevent surrogate ads by tobacco companies Adults aged below 25 years, who are in the habit of smoking or using other tobacco products, take...
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8 states report 71% of total infant deaths
Have you ever wondered why child death (IMR) and mother death (MMR) are going down so slowly in India? Part of the answer can be found in a recent survey report put out by the...
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India's rural sector deeply at risk from climate change
India, one of the largest agrarian economies in the world, is deeply at risk from climate change, and could see economic losses of up to 8.7% of its gross domestic product (GD...
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Four charts that suggest the problem isn't just the lack of girls' toilets
States that have a low number of government schools with girls’ toilets also tend not to have toilets for boys or household latrines, suggesting that this may be an over...
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Solar push for Railways
Indian Railways can reduce its carbon dioxide emissions by 239 tonnes per year per train by fixing solar panels atop coaches The railways’ decision to experiment with so...
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WHO approves experimental Ebola drugs, Canada decides to donate 1,000 doses
Amid the controversy over clinical trials of possible cure to Ebola, the World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday authorised the use of experimental drugs to fight Ebola. Th...
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