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India to track toilet use with tablets

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is launching a nationwide online programme to check whether people are using toilets as part of his cleanliness drive. From next month, officia...

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Hollywood

Stars unite to raise $8.8 million for festive charity

A host of celebrities including George Clooney, Mcbusted and Warwick Davis teamed up to help raise $8.8 million (£5.5 million) for festive charity telethon Text Santa...

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Thought Factory

Why is the World aiming for Sustainability?

To decide the narrative for this article has been quite a task. There are so many approaches to address the issue at hand, I could have been the cynic and looked back on al...

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Thought Factory

Looking Back With Concern- Health 2014

A Snapshot of Global Health- 2014

  • Between 2000 and 2012, measles deaths worldwide have been cut by almost 80% ??from 56...

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Sustainable Development

Beyond Profit: A Talk With Muhammad Yunus

Today, in a ceremony at the United States Capitol, Congressional leaders will present the founder of the Grameen Bank, Muhammad Yunus, with the Congressional Gold Medal in ...

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Environment

Climate Change Could Spread Dengue to the Andes

A new study warns parts of South America currently at a low risk of dengue could see many more cases of the disease in the coming years. Dengue fever could soon spread to S...

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Sustainable Development

India Slashes Health Budget, Already Among World's Lowest:

The government has ordered a cut of nearly 20 percent in its 2014/15 healthcare budget due to fiscal strains, putting at risk key disease control initiatives in a country w...

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Health

A New Direction for Global Health

It is easy to be discouraged about the state of international cooperation today, but global health remains an area in which the world has come together to do significant go...

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Festivals

‘Shudh Desi Endings’ – Mood Indigo online animation competition, call for entries

Humor-based Youtube channel Shudh Desi Endings and IIT Bombay’s Mood Indigo collaborate for online animatio...

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Sustainable Development

80% of smokeless tobacco users in India, Bangladesh: report

The first-ever report on the global use and public health impact of smokeless tobacco has found that more than 300 million people in at least 70 countries use the carcinoge...

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