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Sustainable Development

Kerala Panchayat sets an example by ensuring safety for women

While crimes against women are being reported in all corners of the country, one panchayat in Kerala’s Alappuzha district has made it its mission to ensure that the s...

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Environment

India need not worry about a drought yet

The weather bureau predicted on Friday that it will begin raining early next month. The criterion for the assessment of droughts is clear. For the millions of Indians waiti...

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Sustainable Development

World Bank reports that India is facing a serious power crisis

A government bailout in 2001 was the size of Nepal’s GDP. The money it cost the exchequer to write off power sector losses in 2011 would have paid for 15,000 hospital...

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Health

A Renewed Call for Child and Maternal Health

At the Saving Every Woman, Every Child summit held in Toronto, Canada last month, Dr. Jim Yong Kim, president of the World Bank Group asserted, “We stand today on a c...

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Sustainable Development

Why women in India are farming with diverse plants – and without pesticides

In India, many women are planting more than 20 different crops on their farms with nutrition – and not money – in mind. This type of farming stems back to previ...

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Hollywood

Prince Harry Visits Brain Injury Patients In Brazil

Earlier this week, Prince Harry learnt about the pioneering efforts of a Brazilian hospital which treats patients with brain injuries and other neurological problems on the...

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Health

Deploying midwives in poor nations could avert millions of maternal and newborn deaths

Researchers have said that a small increase in number of skilled birth attendants in the world’s poorest nations could save the lives of a substantial number of women...

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Sustainable Development

In Lucknow, one toilet for every 58,844 people!

Lucknow, with a population of nearly three million and the capital of India’s most populous state of Uttar Pradesh, doesn’t have any public toilets for women an...

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Hollywood

Russia Is World's No. 1 Employer of Women Managers, Report Says

Russia has a higher proportion of women in senior management positions than any other country in the world, according to professional services firm Grant Thornton. Eastern ...

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Sustainable Development

India world No 2 in global fish production

The Government is planning to develop a policy for aquaculture growth in the country, Union minister for Agriculture Radha Mohan Singh said here today. Addressing after ina...

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