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Belgaum shows the way in reviving public wells

Drinking water supply in Belgaum city has got a fresh lease of life with the city corporation and the residents joining hands to rejuvenate open wells that were treated like d...

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Why the World Bank is Taking on Climate Change

The World Bank is stepping up efforts to address greenhouse emissions and to help build resilience in vulnerable communities amid a changing climate. Click here to know more.

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Global HIV Vaccine closer to reality

WASHINGTON: Scientists have found that bioinformatically optimised HIV vaccine antigens may help design a global HIV vaccine. A scientific team led by Beth Israel Deaconess M...

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Intangible cultural heritage: A force for sustainable development

No society can flourish without culture – and no development can be sustainable without it. Culture holds answers to many of the challenges societies face today. Awarene...

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Investors sound the alarm on climate change

Why a coalition worth $3 trillion is calling on the oil, gas, coal, and energy industries to reassess the risks of a warming planet: If human-caused climate change is accepte...

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Violence versus Women is an everyday occurrence in cities. Learn what the UN is doing 2 make cities safer

Sexual harassment and other forms of sexual violence in public spaces are an everyday occurrence for women and girls around the world—in urban and rural areas, in develo...

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India’s gender gap record among the world’s worst

MUMBAI: A plummeting child sex ratio is largely to blame for India’s poor performance in the 2013 Global Gender Gap Index released by the World Economic Forum. India ran...

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Mizoram: Women Voters Outnumber Men, But No Women’s Representation

Mizoram began to have a separate legislature of its own since 1972 when it was elevated from a district council under the state of Assam to the status of union territory, but ...

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Women2Drive' campaign gathers speed in their quest to lift the driving ban for women in Saudi Arabia

(New York) – Saudi authorities should end the country’s driving ban for women as the “Women2Drive” campaign gathers momentum, Human Rights Watch said t...

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7.3 magnitude earthquake off Japan prompts Fukushima plant evacuation

An earthquake of 7.3 magnitude has hit 231 miles (371 kilometers) east of Japan’s Honshu Island with tremors felt in Tokyo. The quake prompted an evacuation at the devas...

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STUDENT CITY SEASON 2 PART 3: BIKI’S BOHEMIAN RISE

Dr Piyush Roy chronicles Episode 3 of Season 2 of Student City, where Biki’s fearl...

September 3 2026

BEYOND THE HORIZON UNITES INDIA

The Beyond the Horizon national motorcycle campaign reaches Mumbai and Navi Mumbai, brin...

September 2 2026

SIZE DOESN’T MATTER: SHARIB HASHMI

In this candid interview, Khalid Mohamed speaks with Sharib Hashmi about resilience, The...

September 1 2026