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3 Tips To Design Tax Policies For Healthier Diets

When using taxes to promote healthier diets, policymakers are faced with considerations such as what products to tax, what type of tax to implement and what substitutes or ...

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Gender

The Story Of Sobita Tamuli, The Woman Who Brought Entrepreneurship To Her Small Village In Assam

Back in 2002, SobitaTamuli was an 18-year-old married girl with little formal education, living in a small village in Assam. Today, she is a successful entrepreneur heading...

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Health

A Mother’s Nightmare That Is Bihar

One factor that is totally ignored in all deliberations on women’s empowerment is the role of high quality healthcare. Education, jobs and bank accounts remain the th...

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Sustainable Development

Scientists Are Testing Out Nanoparticles That Can Stop Cancer In Its Tracks

The future is here; We now live in a world where researchers can send tiny, manmade particles into the body to blast apart cells that help cancer spread. Well, at least in ...

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Bollywood

UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Aamir Khan Visits Bhutan To Support Organizations Campaign for Child Nutrition

The actor met UNICEF Bhutan Representative and learnt about how UNICEF is working to address stunting.Thimphu (Bhutan): Bollywood star Aamir Khan on Tuesday visited Bhutan ...

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Health

Teenage Pregnancies: Why Adivasi Babies Are Dying In Dadra And Nagar Haveli

In June, 18-year-old Parsula Takre attended the funeral of her first child who she did not have a chance to name. A few villagers gathered and buried her son. Takre gave bi...

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Human Rights

CRY Report Highlights Indian Gender Data Gaps To Be Filled

In order to tackle the underlying gender inequality that holds girls back, India has to re strategize and undertake focused investment. New Delhi: With a population of 225 ...

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Health

Only 1 Midwife To Track Maternal Health Of 30,000

BENGALURU: Four days ago, Surekha Deepak was forced to give birth on the road outside Aurad Taluk hospital in Bidar district. What happened  in the northern tip of the...

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Human Rights

Too Little, Too Late: Why Palliative Care Is Vastly Inadequate In India

Twenty eight-year-old Divya Devi placed her hands on her bloated belly, closed her eyes, and leaned her head back against a wall. A black hairband held her thinning hair to...

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Health

Condoms On Call: An SMS Can Save You From Having That Baby

If you are still shy of buying a condom or if you just remembered that you needed lube, here’s help at hand. Here are two initiatives helping people avoid being embar...

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