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Climate Change’s New Menace: Mountain Tsunamis

Last summer more than 6,000 died after glacial melt cascaded through valleys in northern India. Scientists expect such disasters to become more common. Climate change is partl...

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Paracetamol can slow brain development in kids

A new study has found that paracetamol can interfere with the brain development of children, and can even be dangerous for unborn kids. Researchers at Uppsala University exam...

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UN: Water holds key to sustainable development

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today stressed the vital role of water in sustainable development, highlighting in particular its importance with regard to food security, climat...

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UN: Water holds key to sustainable development

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today stressed the vital role of water in sustainable development, highlighting in particular its importance with regard to food security, climat...

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Fighting climate change could end up costing more than dealing with its effects

Regardless of how the world’s governments choose to attempt to contain global warming at 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels, it’s going to cost them. Ac...

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Cigarettes More Dangerous Than Ever: US Health Report

WASHINGTON: Smoking cigarettes can cause even more health problems than previously known, including liver and colon cancer, blindness, diabetes, and erectile dysfunction, said...

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Vodafone India Reinforces Commitment to Sustainability Releases ‘Footprints III’- Sustainability Report 2013

Mumbai: Vodafone India, one of India’s leading telecommunications service providers, today announced the release of Footprints-III”, the third edition of its annua...

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Climate change: The case of the missing heat

The biggest mystery in climate science today may have begun, unbeknownst to anybody at the time, with a subtle weakening of the tropical trade winds blowing across the Pacific...

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50% of Diabetics Do Not Adhere To Insulin Treatment Practices

More than 80 percent of people have psychological resistance to taking insulin injections which remains a critical component of treatment of diabetes, medical experts said. &l...

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Typhoon Sparks Philippine Child Trafficking Fears: Charity

MANILA (AFP) – A UK-based children’s charity has asked the Philippines to investigate the suspected recruitment of child workers for sex trafficking in a region de...

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SAFAR MEIN SHAHAR: CITY AS CHARACTER

Film critic Utpal Datta explores Mazhar Q. Kamran’s Safar Mein Shahar, examining h...

March 7 2026

EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE AND THE HUMAN FACTOR

Writer Ranjan Das Gupta reflects on emotional intelligence as a human, ethical and socia...

March 6 2026

A LAST CALL FOR THE PLANET

In this in-depth conversation with Vinta Nanda, Fr. Kureethadam Joshtrom reflects on eco...

March 5 2026