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THE RURAL BOY WHO BECAME A LITERARY ICON

Sohaila Kapur explores Mahesh Elkunchwar’s remarkable journey from rural Maharashtra to becoming one of Indian theatre’s mo...

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Human Rights

Human Rights News Stories from 2018

From discrimination of LGBT to drugs – human rights issues and stories have never grown old. Every day, we hear issues related to human r...

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Environment

Amazing Things Happened When New Delhi Halved The Number Of Cars On The Road

On January 1, India's capital made an attempt to address its status as the world's most polluted big city, according to the World Health Organization, by implementing a tem...

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Environment

Here Are The Ways People Cope With China's Dirty Air

The most recent alert, issued this past Friday, was applied to four major cities in addition to Beijing, where the concentration of PM2.5 in some parts of the city peaked a...

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Environment

China's 'Airpocalypse' Prompts Official Pledge to Cut Pollution

China will lower emissions from major polluting power plants by 60 percent by 2020, Chinese officials announced on Wednesday. The commitment?comes amidst ongoing climate ch...

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Asia's Aids Epidemic Needs Urgent Action To Prevent Even More Deaths

At a time when HIV is in retreat globally, new infections are on the rise among some groups of adolescents in the Asia-Pacific region and globally.
This increase is la...

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Mobile Dating Apps Spur HIV Epidemic Among Asia’s Teenagers, Says UN

Smartphone technology has increased the opportunities for casual sex and led to a spike in HIV infections among teenagers in Asia, researchers find United Nations research ...

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Environment

China's Dirty Air Just Hit 'Doomsday' Levels

The smog grounded flights, closed highways, and prompted officials to tell residents to stay indoors. Visibility in the northeastern industrial city of 5 million was just a...

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Environment

If This Part Of Antarctica Collapses, Sea Levels Could Rise 10 Feet

The scientists specifically looked at a region of Antarctica called the Amundsen Sea sector, and projected what the consequences would be if the ice there broke apart and d...

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Environment

Just Because Antarctica Might Be Gaining Ice Doesn't Mean Climate Change Isn't Happening

The study, published in the Journal of Glaciology, analyzed satellite data from two time periods. It concludes that during both periods, the amount of snow gained on the co...

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