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New poverty line: Rs 32 for rural India, Rs 47 for urban India

The latest report by Rangarajan committee has added almost 100 million more people to the list of poor The expert committee set up by the Planning Commission last year under C...

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Government Gives Green Light To HIV Home Testing Kits

New national HIV strategy launched today in Melbourne CHECKING for HIV infection could soon become as easy as testing for pregnancy with the Federal Government announcing plan...

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Climate change ‘biggest Welsh issue’ says interim report

The biggest issues facing future generations in Wales are climate change, the natural environment, jobs and skills, according to a survey. The Wales We Want project asked grou...

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Pay heed to water use in climate change mitigation: Experts

Besides cutting greenhouse gas emissions, technology, policies or plans that aim to slow down climate change should also take environmental factors such as water usage into ac...

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Agriculture Dept plans to shut shop in Bangalore, rates city zero farm zone

Department proposes total exit from city as farmland under the plough plummets to 0-300 hectares in RSKs from up to 7,000 hectares earlier Bangalore city is poised to soon bec...

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One toilet every second: Modi government’s 100 day target

Union ministry issues orders to all states to meet target of constructing 5.2 million toilets by end of August The Ministry of Drinking water and Sanitation on Friday finalise...

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The Price of Prevention: Vaccine Costs Are Soaring

There is little that Dr. Lindsay Irvin has not done for the children’s vaccines in her office refrigerator: She remortgaged her home to afford their rising prices. She p...

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60% chance of drought: Private forecaster

There’s a 60% chance of drought across India this year, private weather company Skymet said on Friday in a revised forecast downgrading its monsoon prediction to 91% of ...

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Strong monsoon revival only next week

The monsoon may have shown its presence over some parts of the country after a long dry spell in June, but a strong revival is expected only in the second week of July. The In...

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Maheshwar dam: NGT directs state to sort out rehabilitation problems

In the last two years since completion of dam, many houses have either been immersed or washed away, and people have been left without either a roof over their heads or proper...

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PHULE'S THIRD EYE RECLAIMS RELEVANCE

The Third Eye, Opens Again: Phule's Forgotten Play Speaks Powerfully to Our Times. The d...

July 23 2026

LEADERSHIP WAS NEVER MEANT TO BE GENDERED

Sushmita Chowdhary examines the enduring barriers women face in leadership, connecting I...

July 23 2026

FILM CRITICS SHAPE INDIAN CINEMA

Film Critics And Indian Cinema…Perfectly-Unmatched!? India, the world’s lar...

July 22 2026