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One Of The Biggest Myths About Beating Climate Change Has Just Been Busted

For the second straight year, the global economy has grown without a corresponding rise in emissions tied to climate change, reversing an almost two-century-old trend and givi...

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Picture This . . . Film Festival Offers Fresh, International Look At Those With Disabilities

Yes, it is an international disability film festival — the first one in Canada — but the films presented are not grim. Or depressing. Or preachy.“We’ve...

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Women Shouldn't Be Burdened By Expectations: Aditi Rao Hydari

Actress AditiRaoHydari feels women should follow their heart and not conform to the expectations of the society. The 29-year-old “Wazir” star has shot for an onlin...

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Angelina Jolie Marks Five Years Of Conflict In Syria

Angelina Jolie marked five years of conflict in Syria at a press conference outside an informal refugee settlement in Fayda, in Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley, today. “I w...

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Thadomal Shahani Centre For Management In Collaboration With UNAOC Launched The First-Ever Unity In Diversity Peace Garden In Mumbai

The Shahani Group and Global Dialogue Foundation Australia, in collaboration with UN Alliance of Civilizations and NGO DPI, launched Unity in Diversity-World Civil Society, In...

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Learn About Challenges For Women With Disabilities

Last week, actress and feminist powerhouse Emma Watson made waves in the media after announcingthat she would be taking a year off of acting for “personal development&rd...

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Immunisation: A Powerful Piece Of The Equality Puzzle

In 2016, girls and women are still more likely to miss out when it comes to the advances of global development: going to school, getting well paid for their work or representi...

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Time Poverty And The World's Childcare Crisis

My colleague Thalia Kidder is a feminist economist who’s been working for years to try and get the ‘care economy’ onto the development agenda. It’s bee...

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Sustainable Fisheries – An Emerging New Normal?

Last month I had the pleasure of attending a ‘trilogue’ organized by the European Commission for policymakers, scientists and the private sector on the subject of ...

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Nanotechnology To Play Key Role In Health & Environment Issues’

Nanotechnology is poised to play a key role in the spheres of health, food production, food preservation and all environment and security-related issues, a noted scientist on ...

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PRESERVING JAMSHEDPUR'S LIVING LEGACY

The Parsis of Jamshedpur: Prof. Dr. Avinash Kolhe explores the rich legacy of Jamshedpur...

June 22 2026

THERE IS ALWAYS ROOM AT THE TABLE

As debates around immigration, citizenship and belonging intensify worldwide, Vinta Nand...

June 21 2026

AI, CREATIVITY AND PURPOSE UNITE

From AI-powered filmmaking education and innovative talent recruitment to empathy-driven...

June 20 2026