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Sustainable Development

National rubber policy must protect growers, urges planters’ association

The proposed national policy on rubber should reflect the real concerns of all stakeholders in the sector and protect the livelihoods of rubber growers in the country, urge...

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Sustainable Development

How rural India spends

Contrary to general perception, rural people in India are spending more on commodities that are considered major urban expenditure, such as food, energy, cereals, pulses, v...

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Sustainable Development

Cost of growth: Global natural resources depleting by 45% a year

Analysis of data by World Bank from 136 countries shows poor countries are losing natural resources fast without gaining much by way of human resource capital or gross weal...

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Hollywood

Duchess Of Cornwall Meets With Angelina Jolie To Discuss Helping Rape Victims

The Duchess of Cornwall and Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie – both champions of the plight of rape victims – met last week for informal discussions about their...

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Hollywood

Viola Davis Helps Raise $4.5 Million To Fight Childhood Hunger In America

The Safeway Foundation and the Entertainment Industry Foundation (EIF) have announced they have raised more than $4.5 million in support of Hunger Is, a joint charitable in...

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Bollywood

Chitrangada Singh shines at Gemfields Charity auction in Dior gown

The first six months of 2014 have been a time of both career and personal changes for actress Chitrangada Singh but her recent appearance at the Gemfields Charity auction a...

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Health

After Baby, an Unraveling

A Case Study in Maternal Mental Illness A few months after Cindy Wachenheim gave birth to the child she had long dreamed of, she became convinced that she had caused her so...

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Health

Mosquito-borne virus shows polio-like symptoms

Two months after the country earned its polio-free tag, a mosquito has emerged as a fresh concern. Mosquito-borne West Nile virus has been found to be causing acute flaccid...

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Sustainable Development

Master plan soon to make Puducherry a ‘solar city’

The Puducherry landscape might soon be dotted with solar-powered households, government buildings and public lighting under a plan to make this grid-lined former French enc...

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Environment

Water pollution killing Goa’s marine population

The next time you want to dig into a spiced, crunchy fried mussel or fancy some coconut-laced clam gravy while lounging in a Goa beach shack, you might have to look harder ...

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