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Kerala Vows To Provide Free WiFi To All State Citizens After Declaring It A Basic Human Right

The Indian state of Kerala has declared that internet is a basic human right and that all citizens should have access to WiFi. Finance Minister Thomas Issac made the announ...

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Confluence of Friends

Many people, especially women, maintain friendships over a period of time, and form a support system that sees them through life’s many ups and downs.

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Health

Impact Of Budget 2017 On Healthcare Sector: High On Ambition, Low On Vision

Much has been written and spoken about India’s healthcare system, its creaking facilities, its shortage of doctors, its lack of insurance coverage and the rising burd...

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Gender

Who’s The Boss? India’s Women Farmers Take Charge Battling Traditional Gender Roles

For Hira Kanjarya, a 17 hour day is the norm as she gets up before dawn to cook for her five children, do the washing, milk her two buffalos, and also run the family’...

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Human Rights

A New Corporate Benchmark For Human Rights

There needs to be specific grids that periodically track government and sector-specific companies on business and human rights parameters I would like to propose an item fo...

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Health

Health-Care Data Is Ailing

Data pertaining to health care in India, evidence shows, is significantly compromised in terms of its quality, its periodicity and coverage. In addition, “there is a ...

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Health

FT writers discuss maternal and child health on Twitter

Concerns about funding came on top of the list in an FT Twitter chat about Maternal and Child Health. The conversation took place during World Prematurity Day on November 1...

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Environment

How Green Banks Could Save the World

With environmental groups worried that a Donald Trump presidency could slow the implementation of renewable energy in the US, some clean energy advocates are turning to gre...

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Festivals

Should Goa or Delhi run the International Film Festival of India? The plot thickens

The 47th edition of the International Film Festival of India has commenced in Goa, and has been preceded by the by-now familiar jostling over jurisdiction between the two m...

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Environment

Climate Finance Dispute Prompts Bangladesh To Return £13m of UK AID

Millions of pounds of climate change aid to Bangladesh has been returned unspent to the British government following a long-running dispute over its delivery. Academics and...

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