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Environment

Direct Action unlikely to meet emissions target, says Climate Change Authority

Advisory body also finds renewable energy target should remain at existing level but deadline could be pushed back to allow for investment uncertainty The government?s clim...

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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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Environment

Lima: Climate Change Optimism Returns to Earth

The Lima Climate Change Conference (COP20), held under the auspices of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), concluded in the early hours of S...

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Environment

India Betters China in Climate-change Efforts

China and US are the biggest polluters in the world, with India ranking third, according to the 2015 Climate Change Performance Index (CCPI) report. The CCPI, put out by Ge...

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Sustainable Development

Women?s empowerment key to ending violence

DOREEN NAWA, Lusaka UNDER the banner “Peace begins at home: End violence, empower women” Gender Links is calling for a radical shift in approaches to ending vio...

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Bollywood

Dia Mirza extends support to NGO ‘Rural Is Cool’

“The very distinct goals of Swades Foundation and the effort being made to achieve these goals is admirable and inspiring. I’m grateful for the opportunity to b...

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Sustainable Development

Sanitation and Sewage Disposal In India

An estimated US$ 10 billion will be spent on the Mission over the next five years. Targets identified include cleaning the environment, construction of pubic and school lat...

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Environment

US and India to announce joint climate change action during Obama visit

America and India will unveil joint efforts to fight climate change when Barack Obama visits New Delhi next month, as the US tries to keep up the momentum of international ...

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Health

Maternal deaths on the rise in Almora district

The number of maternal deaths in Almora district is on the rise as despite special provisions in the National Health Mission to protect mothers and children post-delivery, ...

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Sustainable Development

Crisis centre for women in distress in West Bengal

It was beyond midnight when an official of West Bengal Commission for Women got a call from a Salt Lake resident, asking him to rescue an elderly woman who was pushed out o...

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