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Mechanical Engineer Quits Job To Build Pond In A Village

After quitting his job as an engineer, Shashank Singh decided to take up a development project in rural Rajasthan. Today, he is living in a village, helping rejuvenate a po...

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Kishore Fights Poverty And Polio To Become A Leading Gym Instructor

A dynamic and highly energetic gym trainer, V. M. Kishore Kumar personifies the example of victory over nature’s predicament. Read the story of how this young man wor...

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Health

Sure Cure: How To Tackle India's Undernutrition Crisis In 10 Steps

India is the epicenter of a global stunting crisis. At least 39% of the country's children under five - about 47 million souls - suffered from stunting in 2015. That's more...

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Human Rights

Harnessing The Data Revolution And Improving Land Management Through Geospatial Technology

Advances in earth observation, computing power, and connectivity have tremendous potential to help governments, and us at the World Bank, support better land management, an...

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Sustainable Development

An Office On Four Wheels Brings Land Administration Services To Isolated Populations

I recently had the opportunity to see the mobile offices run by the State Service for the Registration of Real Estate (SSRRE) of the Republic of Azerbaijan. These mobile of...

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Human Rights

Supporting Land Rights Helps Us Build Stronger, More Prosperous Communities

Land is an incredibly valuable asset that represents many different things. Land is, first and foremost, a place to call home. For many, it also serves as a critical means ...

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Festivals

Nabard To Showcase Films On Rural India In Mumbai International Film Festival

The National Bank for Agricultural and Rural Development NABARD has been invited for the first time to participate in 14th Mumbai International Film Festival MIFF 2016. MIF...

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ISKCON Unveils Govardhan Eco Village At Wada To Mark Golden Jubilee

Mumbai, January 27, 2016: On the occasion of the Golden Jubilee anniversary, International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) presents two Eco-Vill...

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Gender

Entrepreneurship Helps Delay Child Marriage In India, Empower Young Women

Impoverished girls in India who are at high risk of child marriage are gaining independence and generating income with the help of a Seattle-based non-profit. Landesa Rural...

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Health

Rural Development Ministry, NACO Sign Pact To Aid HIV-Affected People

NEW DELHI: In a bid to reach out to people affected by HIV/AIDS and those vulnerable to it, the Rural Development Ministry today inked a pact with NACO for mainstreaming th...

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