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Over 61 Per Cent Scheduled Tribes population In Maharashtra Lives Below Poverty Line

The condition of Scheduled Tribes staying in the hinterland of Maharashtra appears to be one of the worst in the country with almost 61.6 per cent of them living below pove...

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Gender

Begum Sahiba Of Lucknow: At The Age Of 100, Hamida Habibullah Lives On As An Iconic Figure

Petite, graceful, confident, determined, tireless, exuding an old world charm… there are many words that can be used to describe the charming Begum Hamida Habibullah...

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Health

Health Cost Of Air Pollution In India Assessed At 3 Per Cent Of Its GDP

The cost of serious health consequences from Particulate Matter pollution is estimated to be around 3 per cent of India's GDP, according to a Health Ministry statement in L...

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Health

App for lawmakers to check maternal, child health indicators

MPs and MLAs can now keep a close watch on maternal and child health indicators of their constituencies with the help of a mobile application called “Swasthya Samiksh...

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Human Rights

The Constitution of India: A Citizens’ Charter

The very fact that the Constitution of the Indian Republic is the product not of a political revolution but of the research and deliberations of body of eminent representat...

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Environment

Disturbing Images Show The Extent Of Delhi's Extreme Pollution Emergency

Delhi, the capital city of India and home to 25 million residents, is in the midst of an “extreme pollution event.” In other words the city has been overrun wit...

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Thought Factory

Tired Hands, Weary Feet

‘Slavery is legally banned. But millions of India’s children live and work in slave labour conditions — bonded labour,...

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Gender

This Gandhian Organisation Has Rehabilitated More Than 2,000 Vulnerable Women Over 25 Years

Vasavya Mahila Mandali (VMM) is an NGO based in Vijaywada, Andhra Pradesh. It was founded by former Member of Parliament, Chennupati Vidya, in 1969. While working at Gandhi...

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Human Rights

Activists Oppose Child ‘Help’ In Family Enterprises

Argue that proposed amendments to Act will only enable legalising child labour Amidst efforts by the Union Labour Ministry to bring in certain amendments to the Child Labou...

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Environment

Norway Will Stop Using Products From Deforestation

Oil-rich Norway is taking a big step in saving tropical rainforests that are crucial to absorbing the world's carbon emissions. The Scandinavian country has become the firs...

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