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In The Family Tree, Women Become Land Owners In India

65 year-old Basi behen* lives in a small village in the Narmada district of west Indian state of Gujarat. Married at 15, for close to five decades, she tilled a small plot ...

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Human Rights

Bengal Has Most Cases Of Missing Children

West Bengal has the largest number of missing children in the country, the majority of them girls, the most recent data released by the Centre show. The Union Ministry of H...

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Human Rights

Jharkhand’s Children Deprived Of Mid-Day Meal Despite Supreme Court Order, Say Activists

Despite the Supreme Court order that children should get nutritious food in the drought-affected areas, Jharkhand’s schoolchildren are missing on their share of mid-d...

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Festivals

EU Film Festival To Start In Delhi On May 27

The European Union Film Festival (EUFF) will be back with a feast of 24 award winning European films. The 21st edition of the fest will kick off here on May 27 with a scree...

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Human Rights

Half Of India's Homeless Children Are Labourers

Half of all children living on the street or from homeless families work for a living–at construction sites, hotels–and do not study, reveal data from surveys c...

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Environment

Bayer's Takeover Of Monsanto Would Create The World's Largest Agricultural Supplier

Anti-GMO activists are horrified at the prospect of German pharmaceutical giant Bayer purchasing American agrochemical company Monsanto, a proposed consolidation the activi...

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Environment

Halfway To Boiling: Indian Heat Wave Sets Record Highs

Another deadly heat wave has wracked northwest India this month, driving temperatures in one city halfway to boiling.
The city of Phalodi, about 640 kilometers (400 mi...

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Gender

New Program Removes Name, Age And Gender From Job Applications

This could no longer be an issue in one Australian state, as the Victorian government announced on Friday a trial program that will assess if identifying details should be ...

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Trending

Kobalt Launches 'First Of Its Kind' App For Music Creators.

Kobalt continues to position itself as a leader in transparency as it today made its music publishing portal available to be accessed by an app designed for iOS devices. Du...

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Human Rights

Protecting The Most Vulnerable: Supporting People With Mental Disorders During Disasters

When 5,000 leaders converge this month on Istanbul, Turkey, at the first World Humanitarian Summit, their goal will be “to stand up for our common humanity and take a...

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