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Women Face Widespread Job Restrictions In India: World Bank

Women in India are not allowed to work in mining or in jobs that require lifting weights above a certain threshold or working with glass, according to a latest World Bank r...

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Thought Factory

SUSTAINABILITY V/S EYEBALLS

It’s incredibly shocking when in the midst of a serious discussion among family and friends about what one can do to make our world a better place to live in for all,...

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Thought Factory

Years Of Living Dangerously: Merchants Of Doubt hiding An Inconvenient Truth

The Climate Change debate has been active for close to thirty years now. James E Hansen was the first scientist to expose to dangers of climate change when he decided to of...

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Thought Factory

Apathy, Waste And The Rhetoric Of Concern

Rafi Nagar, Deonar, Mumbai
April 2012

The auto-rickshaw stopped at the corner of the narrow road. A large mound of garbag...

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Environment

Giant Prehistoric Viruses Could Be Awakened By Oil Drilling In Siberian Permafrost.

Several giant viruses have been discovered in the past decade, and although they have all turned out to be harmless, the findings have sparked fears that one day, humans co...

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TV

True Review TV - Intrigues And Valour At Prime Time

I, a history buff, have been drawn to two current shows on weekdays at Prime Time -- Chakravartin Ashoka Samrat on Colors and Bharat Ka Veer Putra Maharana Pratap on Sony. ...

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Health

India Renewing Commitment To End Child And Maternal Deaths

Aaapathyaam raksha garbhineem (may the pregnant woman and her child be saved from all dangers) is at the core of our Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent H...

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Health

Baby Lung Virus Vaccine Trials 'Offer Hope'

The first human trials of a new vaccine to prevent a leading cause of serious illness in babies have been a success, say researchers. Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) affe...

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Sustainable Development

Drones Are Grounding Wildfire Fighting Aircraft In California.

Mid to late July in southern California is the very heart of wildfire season. And with many years of drought ensuring the state’s forests are parched and as ready to ...

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Thought Factory

Top 5 New Media/Web Platforms For Change

I recently read an article by Sean Parker, the founder president of Facebook and the man behind the revolutionary Napster,that took the music world by storm, speaking about...

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