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Sustainable Development

Opening Minds about Open Defecation

Open defecation, although, is on a decline worldwide, it is still widely practiced by 950 million open defecators in the world, 569 million of which are in India.

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Gender

Why Women Don’t Run For Office


A new survey sponsored by POLITICO WOMEN, American University and Loyola Marymount University, finds that the last election in the United States of America, has mobil...

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Gender

India's Deepening Gender Imbalance

The sex ratio at birth for most Indian states is below normal India’s problem of gender imbalance may be deepening, with virtually all corners of the country now affe...

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Human Rights

India Has 31% Of The World's Poor Kids

About 31% of the world’s “multidimensionally poor” children live in India, according to a new report by the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiativ...

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Health

Why Instagram Is The Worst Social Media For Mental Health

Instagram is the worst social media network for mental health and wellbeing, according to a recent survey of almost 1,500 teens and young adults. While the photo-based plat...

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Health

Maternal Healthcare Expenses Push 46.6% Mothers In India Into Poverty: study

Maternal healthcare expenses push 46.6% mothers in India into poverty – with the illiterate being especially susceptible – according to this December 2016 study...

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Health

Paediatricians Demand Preventive Policy For SAM Children

New Delhi: In a letter addressed to Health Minister J P Nadda, a group of 16 medical practitioners, most of whom are paediatricians, has urged the government to take policy...

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Sustainable Development

How Public Health Workers Are Preventing Violence Against Women & Girls In Rural Bihar

“Whose help can I ask? If I talk to another woman in the village, she can’t help. She faces the same thing at her home. I haven’t told anyone that he abus...

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Gender

In A Fast Growing Smartphone Market The Only Nokia Phone Stays Relevant - As A Vibrator

If in the mood, even a jerky autorickshaw can lead one to the big O. And while water-jets and table corners are good enough, old vibrating Nokia phones can give smashing or...

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Human Rights

In India, Only 1 In 10 Children Aged 6 to 23 Months Gets Adequate Diet

Only one in 10 Indian children aged 6-23 months gets “adequate diet”, according to an IndiaSpend analysis of data from National Family Health Survey 2015-16 (NF...

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