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Truly Sustainable Development Calls for Systemic Responses

Emerging Voices features contributions from scholars and practitioners highlighting new research, thinking, and approaches to development challenges. This article is by Ali...

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India reduces hunger, moves up 8 ranks in global index

In a pat on the back for the erstwhile UPA Government’s flagship programmes, the Global Hunger Index 2014 (GHI) has noted a significant improvement in the levels of h...

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Hidden Hunger: A Silent Epidemic

The Global Hunger Index report recommends returning to traditional diets comprising locally available, biodiverse food to overcome growing under-nutrition The global hunger...

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Shramev Jayate,' Says PM Narendra Modi As He Launches Key Labour Reforms

Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveiled long-awaited labour reforms this morning, emphasising in his address that “ease of business is essential to the success of &lsqu...

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Economists fear changes to NREGA but fund squeeze is already curtailing its operations

State governments are beginning to feel the pinch of the Ministry of Rural Development's cap on spending on the employment guarantee scheme. In its bid to streamline the Ma...

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Four priority areas of India-US clean energy collaboration

Following Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s successful visit to the US, both sides have identified four key areas to enhance energy collaboration and sustainable develop...

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Sexist' video game suggests being a 'girl' is a profession

A new web-based game has come under fire on Twitter for suggesting that ‘girl’ is a profession, in line with being a scientist, police officer and construction ...

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Private sector urged to invest in sustainable development at World Investment Forum

“There is a strong business case for investing in sustainability. Private sector approaches can help us to innovate,” UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said in a...

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We must have a sense of emergency when dealing with child labour, says Nobel winner Kailash Satyarthi

Indian child rights' campaigner Kailash Satyarthi, who shared the 2014 Nobel peace prize with Pakistani activist Malala Yousafzai, has said that no business can ignore the ...

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Kailash Satyarthi: student engineer who saved 80,000 children from slavery

Indian children?? rights activist hails Nobel peace prize as an honour to young people ??hose voice has never been heard??Kailash Satyarthi says his heroes are the children...

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