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Human Rights

Study Highlights Dismal Condition Of Women Farmers

A study conducted in rural Tamil Nadu points out the appalling condition of women farmers, especially after the death of their husbands. Conducted in January by the Tamilna...

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Human Rights

India Urged To Build Housing Law On Human Rights

India needs a housing law that is rooted in human rights as bulging cities and rising inequality make housing unaffordable for ever more people, according to a United Natio...

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Sustainable Development

Scientists Can Now Store Digital Data In DNA With 100 Percent Accuracy

All the digital data we're creating—44 trillion gigabytes by 2020—has to go somewhere. The "where" of the near future, many researchers believe, will be on DNA ...

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Health

Introducing Gynopedia: The Wikipedia For All Your Sexual Health Needs

It’s Sod’s Law. You have no gynaecological complaints for months – then the second you step off the plane en route to your exotic hotel or far-flung hoste...

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Alternative Entertainment

A Chhattisgarh Farmer Took It Upon Himself To Educate Visually-Challenged Children

Barun Kumar Pradhan may be a farmer, but for the people in his village in Raigarh, Chhattisgarh, he is no ordinary man. Through a free residential school, Pradhan has been ...

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Environment

Shell's 1991 Warning: Climate Changing ‘At Faster Rate Than At Any Time Since End Of Ice Age’

Climate change “at a rate faster than at any time since the end of the ice age – change too fast perhaps for life to adapt, without severe dislocation”. T...

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Alternative Entertainment

This Couple’s Stunning Documentaries Are Taking Space Dreams to Rural Kids in India

A complex, fascinating, and ever-evolving subject, astronomy encompasses mathematics and physical science, culture and history, myth and imagination, and more. It has been ...

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Sustainable Development

Scientists Used A Little Bee Puppet To Teach Real Bees How To Play Bee ‘Soccer’

Scientists have been able to teach bees to do all kinds of things, like tug on a rope or count to four. But so far these skills have largely fallen into the realm of what s...

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70 Govt. Schools Will Give Young Girls ‘Menstruation Lessons’ In Delhi

NGO Sacchi Saheli has been doing some great work giving lessons on menstrual hygiene and creating awareness across various slums in Delhi. Now, as per reports, they will be...

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Sustainable Development

Inside NASA’s Space Farming Labs

For the first time since the end of NASA's Apollo missions to the moon, there is serious talk of sending humans beyond low earth orbit. NASA has been courting ideas for jou...

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