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Sustainable Development

Clinton Headlines Women's Economic Forum

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Thursday that more women globally need to move from the “informal economy” in which their contributions are not r...

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Thought Factory

Waves of Change

My recent visits to the beach have been rather fulfilling, owing to my new found passion, Surfing. My perception of it was altered by my very first experience of a wipeout....

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Sustainable Development

$2.5tn shortfall for sustainable development in developing countries

A step change is needed in the amount of private finance available for sustainable development. The bad news is the financial sector is still headed in the wrong direction....

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Hollywood

10 Best Quotes From The World's Richest Man!

William Henry Gates III (Bill Gates) turns 59 today (born on October 28, 1955). The name says it all! Former chief executive and chairman of Microsoft, Gates was ranked num...

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Sustainable Development

Jairam Ramesh to Head Panel on Global Research Platform

Former Union minister Jairam Ramesh has been named to chair a global research platform panel on sustainable development instituted by an alliance of organisations such as U...

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Sustainable Development

Modi needs to do a Swacch Regulation programme in the energy sector

The Union Cabinet’s decision to auction cancelled coal blocks was announced by finance minister Arun Jaitley on Monday with only a passing reference that the governme...

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Environment

Let?s talk about the weather

Diplomacy in the 21st century promises to take on a very different character and content from what has been practised in the past. Issues like energy security and climate c...

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Sustainable Development

Melinda Gates on philanthropy: 'I want to make sure we do the right thing for women and girls'

Melinda Gates spoke at the 2014 Fortune Most Powerful Women Summit about family planning, Ebola, and public-private philanthropy. In order to improve the lives of women and...

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Sustainable Development

Child sex trade worth 343 billion dollars, says Kailash Satyarthi

Trafficking of young girls from countries like Nepal and Bangladesh into India for forcibly pushing them into prostitution shows no sign of abatement even as three million ...

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Environment

REUTERS SUMMIT-G20 host Australia stumbling block to global climate change action

Business and political leaders around the world, most notably in the powerhouses of the United States and China, are pressing for action to avert the potentially huge finan...

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