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Indian Muslim women strive to break poverty cycle

The 18-year-old Muslim helps support her diabetic mother, father and five siblings by working as a maid—while also taking free vocational classes at the National Institu...

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Sunrisers plays charity match for cancer patients

Sunrisers Hyderabad team members, including all-rounder Dale Steyn and others, today played a charity cricket match at Apollo Cancer Hospital located in Jubilee Hills here for...

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Maternal depression symptom rates increase four years after birth of child

Maternal depression is more common four years after the birth of a woman’s first child than at any time during the child’s first year, new research shows. A Murdoc...

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Experts to study climate change effects on people in deltas

Researchers from five countries, including India, Egypt and Ghana, will study the effects of climate change on inhabitants of the Ganga-Brahmaputra deltas in Bangladesh and In...

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WHO estimate on air pollution shows Indian cities are death traps

Analysis of database indicates that all 124 Indian cities assessed exceed the WHO guideline for particulate matter levels; Delhi, Patna exceed safe level prescribed by WHO by ...

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India rising to Sustainable Energy challenge

Three very different sustainable energy projects from India are among the finalists in this year’s Ashden Awards, writes Chhavi Sharma – all of them inspiring and ...

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For Teenage Smokers, Removing the Allure of the Pack

Remember teenage smoking? It’s been edged out by teenage obesity as the health concern of the moment. States are cutting programs to prevent the former while establishin...

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Exercise ‘Snacks’ to Control Blood Sugar

Multiple, brief, snack-sized portions of exercise may control blood sugar better than a single, continuous workout, according to new research that adds to a growing body of ev...

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Climate change and sustainable water management in Central Asia

Field observations in Central Asia indicate that the climate has been warming and the consequences of this trend have already been observed. Disasters related to climate chang...

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The state of world fisheries and aquaculture 2014

The fisheries and aquaculture sector – a vital source of livelihoods, nutritious food and economic opportunities – has a key role to play in meeting one of the wor...

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SUCHITRA SEN: THE STAR WHO CHOSE SILENCE

On her 12th death anniversary, Monojit Lahiri recalls the mystique, magnetism and unmatc...

January 22 2026

REVIEW: HAPPY PATEL - KHATARNAK JASOOS IS BIG ON INTENT, LIGHT ON LAUGHS

The actor-director’s spy spoof aims for absurdist satire but collapses under stere...

January 21 2026

POWERFUL PEOPLE: 55 YEARS ON, MERE APNE’S RELEVANCE

Khalid Mohamed in conversation with the indefatigable poet, lyricist, story-script-write...

January 20 2026