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Gender parity in workforce can boost India’s GDP by 27%: IMF chief Christine Lagarde

India’s GDP can expand by a whopping 27 per cent if the number of female workers increases to the same level as that of men, International Monetary Fund’s chief...

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Health

The Benefits of Mobile Health, on Hold

The world now has 5 billion mobile phones – one for every person over 15. Africa has a billion people and 750 million phones, and mobile is growing so fast there that...

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Japan Is Building A Giant Robotic Lettuce Factory

Indoor lettuce-growing is in vogue. And it’s being taken over by robots.In 2016, Japanese vegetable production company Spread plans (pdf) to begin building a lettuce ...

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Sustainable Development

The UN’s Sustainability Plan Is ‘Doomed,’ According to Linguistic Analysis.

The UN will launch its 2030 Sustainable Development agenda at the end of this month in New York City, where it will be formally adopted by over 150 world leaders after year...

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Gender

Male Kindergarten Teachers Defy Gender Assumptions

I neutered God in my family’s dinner prayer. It’s the same prayer I recited growing up as a Lutheran, but now that I’m raising two girls, I switched out t...

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Sustainable Development

Plastic Will Be Inside Nearly Every Seabird On Earth By 2050

Oceans are the world’s forgotten landfill, and seabirds are turning into flying garbage cans. By 2050, 99 percent of all seabird species will be contaminated by the p...

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Sustainable Development

Sustainable Development Goal 8: Promote Inclusive Economic Growth.

This story first appeared on the blog of Corporate Citizenship, a global business consultancy specializing in sustainability and corporate responsibility. Its series of art...

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Environment

Here's How Artificial Leaves Could Produce Zero-Emissions Fuel

A new study from Monash University in Melbourne, Australia is a reminder that even if the political will to ditch fossil fuels is in short supply, the technology to produce...

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Airtel And Uber Announce First-Of-Its-Kind Strategic Partnership

Bharti Airtel Limited and Uber have recently announced a first-of-its-kind strategic partnership in India. As part of this partnership, Uber riders across India can now pay...

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Sustainable Development

Can Youth Entrepreneurship Drive Sustainable Growth?

A boat trip from Port Elizabeth to Kingstown, in the Caribbean country of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, is a one-hour trip that locals take several times a day. It was ...

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