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SAFAR MEIN SHAHAR: CITY AS CHARACTER
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EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE AND THE HUMAN FACTOR
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A LAST CALL FOR THE PLANET
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FORGOTTEN DANCING QUEEN OF HINDI CINEMA
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MOTHER MYTH MAN CALLED SHAKESPEARE
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HALF CAULIFLOWER, PIECE OF CAKE
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DEBATING NATIONALIZATION OF MEDICAL COLLEGES
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DELHI’S GRAND CINEMATIC AMBITION
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THE ETERNAL CRISES OF FILM SCHOOLS
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INDIAN FARMERS BLINDSIDED BY CINEMA
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Monitoring Climate Change software uses local weather data to predict trends
Scientists have developed a new software that gives anyone the opportunity to know their community, state or country’s weather activity for the day and months ahead. Re...
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Maharashtra medical camp enters Guinness book
Thane (Maharashtra), Dec 21: A mega-health camp, in which over 150,000 people simultaneously underwent a medical check-up at a cricket stadium, has entered the Guinness Record...
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New centre to help African countries use mining revenues for sustainable development
With the joint efforts of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and partners, a new centre has been set up to advise and support mineral-rich African countries in us...
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Jump in diabetes rate raises alarm
Manitoba needs to do a better job of educating the public on how to prevent diabetes if it is to reverse an alarming trend. That’s the view of Winnipeg Liberal MLA Dr. ...
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A new dawn: India to be certified polio-free this year
Later this month, India will clock three polio-free years, a milestone that will be officially certified in 2014 by the World Health Organisation (WHO). The last case of poli...
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Climate alert as study shows planet heating ‘faster than ever’
SCIENTISTS say the world’s climate is warming faster than had been feared because previous predictions were too “optimistic” and overestimated the cooling im...
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Communities affected by wind energy development being kept in the dark
Eddie O’Connor of Mainstream Renewable Power, writing (Irish Times, December 19th) about economic stagnation, suggests that “building a new green economy” ba...
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Methane Hydrates and Global Warming
Off the coast of Svalbard methane gas flares originating from gas hydrate deposits at depth of several hundred metres have been observed regularly. A new study conducted by an...
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Food security, water and climate change
So much—good and not-so-good—happened last year on a local, regional, national and international level when it comes to sustainability issues. An attempt to be com...
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The Year the World Bank Fused Sustainable Development with Its Goals for the Future
The World Bank Group set two ambitious goals in 2013, and in the process made clear that one concept will underlie its actions toward both: sustainability.“Ending extrem...
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