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How life is improving in India's poorest region

Many villages had no school, no health centre, no ration shop, no approach road, no post office, no telephone, no electricity, and perhaps even no convenient source of drinkin...

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Haikus Are A Creative Alternative To Reading This 2,000-Page Report

Oceanographer and artist Dr. Gregory Johnson is translating critical facts about climate change into a language that's interesting and visually appealing to everyone: haikus. ...

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China building fourth Antarctic base to enhance research into climate change, other topics

Growing scientific power China has begun constructing its fourth Antarctic research base to enhance studies into climate change and other fields, state media reported Thursday...

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Amazon condom factory: A sustainable way to profit from Brazil's forests

Deep in the Amazon rainforest, in Brazil‘s far western region, tappers walk the forest trails, harvesting liquid latex from the trunks of the bountiful native ...

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Caribbean Travellers Warned About Mosquito-Borne Illness

Travellers to the island of St. Martin are being warned that, for the first time, a mosquito-borne illness called chikungunya has been detected there. Read more here

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More than a million signed up for health insurance, says Obama

More than a million people have now managed to sign up for health insurance on the state and federal websites — more than 500,000 on the federal HealthCare.gov website s...

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Bangalore needs Rs 80,000 crore over 5 years to sustain itself: State urban development secretary

Bangalore city needs at least Rs 80,000 crore over the next five years to be sustainable. It needs this much for infrastructure, road development, drainage and several develop...

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2013 in review: Obama talks climate change ? but pushes fracking

Global warming stopped being political poison, but the fracking and coal export boom continued, says Suzanne Goldenberg. Read more

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Organic whole milk provides best heart-health benefits, study says

Scientists who looked at hundreds of samples found that organic whole milk offered more of the fatty acids good for the heart than conventional milk. Click here

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Way to identify ‘drug resistant’ malaria-causing parasites discovered

An international team of researchers has discovered a way to identify, at a molecular level, malaria-causing Plasmodium falciparum parasites that are resistant to artemisinin,...

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PROGRESSIVE WRITERS ASSOCIATION 90 YEARS

Progressive Writers Association 90 Years Mumbai by Prof. Dr. Avinash Kolhe examines the ...

April 20 2026

BHOOTH BANGLA REVIEW: MISSED COMIC HORROR

Arnab Banerjee examines Bhooth Bangla, dissecting its failed blend of horror and comedy,...

April 19 2026

ESCAPING INTO REALITY: KETAKI SHETH

Ketaki Sheth, a renowned image-maker, with four decades of dedication to a wide spectrum...

April 18 2026