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India's 'untouchable' scavengers

Rights group Human Rights Watch has called on the Indian government to end “manual scavenging” – the practice of cleaning human waste by low-caste communi...

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Health

Polio eradication by vaccination: good news and bad

A clinical trial gives hope that the right vaccination scheme could eradicate polio worldwide by 2018. Another study, though, warns that mutated viruses could jeopardize th...

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Environment

Food and drinks companies respond to consumer pressure on climate change

Kellogg?s and General Mills will join Mars, Unilever and Nestl? in signing BICEP?s Climate Declaration, proving consumers can influence global supply chains Campaigns don?t...

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Environment

Climate change to cut South Asia's growth 9 percent by 2100 - ADB

Climate change will cut South Asia's growth almost 9 percent by the end of the century unless world governments try harder to counter global warming, the Asian Development ...

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Sustainable Development

IDBI Bank to construct toilets at 300 schools

Following the announcement of ‘Swachh Bharat Mission’ by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, IDBI Bank today announced plans to build toilets in schools in the rural ...

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Sustainable Development

Tobacco use by adults below 25 may soon become illegal

Government mulls changes in law to prevent surrogate ads by tobacco companies Adults aged below 25 years, who are in the habit of smoking or using other tobacco products, t...

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Sustainable Development

Four charts that suggest the problem isn't just the lack of girls' toilets

States that have a low number of government schools with girls’ toilets also tend not to have toilets for boys or household latrines, suggesting that this may be an o...

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Sustainable Development

Nepal to legalise homosexuality and same-sex marriages, says law minister

This assurance comes amid fears that the government would confirm a 2011 proposal to recriminalize same-sex relationships. Nepal’s law ministry will soon present a bi...

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Hollywood

Emma Thompson Visits The Arctic With Greenpeace

During a trip to the Arctic aboard a Greenpeace ship, Actor Emma Thompson has spoken out about what she describes as a ‘culture of guilt’ around what’s ne...

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Sustainable Development

Delhi University opens up its doors to transgender community

Delhi: Transgender community offered post-graduate courses in Delhi University Delhi University on Tuesday officially opened its doors to the transgender community by offer...

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