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Gender

Right For Men, Left For Women: Gendered Buttons Still A Thing.

Buttons have existed as a way of fastening clothes since thousands of years BC, but over the last few millennia no one’s been able to explain the provenance of a rath...

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Sustainable Development

How The Govt Plans To Dispose 484 Tonnes Of Bio-Medical Waste Everyday

Only 15% of all biomedical waste is hazardous, but the treatment of all waste is important, not just for the public but also healthcare workers. It’s also an environm...

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Trending

40 Per Cent Delhi Women Faced Sexual Harassment In Past Year: Study

About 40 per cent of women surveyed in Delhi said they have been sexually harassed in a public place such as a bus or park in the past year, with most of the crimes occurri...

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Health

Communicable Diseases Rise 32 Perccent In 5 Years, Spending Up 7 Percent

Spending on programmes to control India’s three main communicable diseases — malaria, tuberculosis and leprosy A — increased seven percent over five years...

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Human Rights

India's Tribes And Lower Castes Demand Legal Right To Shelter, Land

For as long as she can remember, Panchi Sahariya and those in her tribal community in central India have been threatened, harassed, beaten and even arrested for living on l...

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Environment

Conservationists Make Contact With Rare Sumantran Rhino

The Sumatran rhino, the smallest of living rhinoceroses, is critically endangered. One of three Asian rhino types, it’s known for its two horns and dark, bristly hair...

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Festivals

Annual Environmental Film Festival Returns To Ithaca College

The 19th annual Finger Lakes Environmental Film Festival will feature films produced from around the world on topics like women’s health clinics, hydraulic fracturing...

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Gender

Gal Gadot's Wonder Woman Is The Badass Superhero We Deserve

The suits and architects of the DC movie universe may be wringing their hands over the critical beatdown Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice is getting, but there’s a...

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Health

How Long Before We See Virtual Reality Headsets In Mental Health Wards

Virtual reality, we're constantly told, will revolutionize how we go about our daily lives, ski-goggle headsets permanently strapped onto our faces. Soon, immersive 360-deg...

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Sustainable Development

Bihar Police Given Smart Phones: Will Use Social Media To Communicate

A state that has been stereotyped as one of the most corrupt in India, is taking a leap towards digitization of communication. Bihar Police is not only moving towards smart...

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