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Rich Mom, Poor Mom: Growing Gap In Global Access To Maternal Health Care

Less than six miles separate the crowded public hospital in an industrial district where Emilie Kabala gave birth from the gleaming private clinic in the tree-lined suburb ...

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Sustainable Development

The Powerloom Lobby Is Out To Destroy India’s Handloom Advantage: Ashoke Chatterjee

The former Crafts Council of India head on why the Handloom Reservation Act of 1985 should be made sacrosanct. Speculation that the government plans to amend the handloom A...

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United Technologies Announces ‘Citizens For The City’ Project And Neighbourhood Improvement Partnership Challenge

  • Up to INR One Crore to be offered as grants to citizen groups to deliver localized neighbourhood improvement pilot

    BENGALURU, May 7, 201...

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President Urges Film Industry To Look Beyond Markets & Nurture Human Values

President Pranab Mukherjee has urged the film industry to look beyond markets and work together to help “nurture universal human values, which draw on our rich civili...

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Hollywood

It's Time For Hollywood Ageism To Die, And Change Needs To Come From The Top

Marta Kauffman was at lunch with the head of Skydance Productions when she found out that Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin were interested in working in television. She thought t...

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Environment

Climate Change Could kill 1 in 6 Earth Species

Currently, about 2.8 per cent of the species on Earth are at risk of extinction due to climate change that has already occurred. One in six species on Earth could be threat...

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Environment

Global Warming Slowdown Offers Only Fleeting Relief

Scientists show that long-term temperature rise is the inevitable consequence of increasing greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuels. The so-called hiatus in global warmi...

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Sustainable Development

Japan Sees Clean Energy Edging Out Nuclear Power In 2030

Japan anticipates that by 2030 clean energy such as solar and hydro will generate slightly more of the nation’s electricity than nuclear power plants. Clean energy so...

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Sustainable Development

Denmark, Singapore Ties Forged On Sustainable Ideals

After 50 years of close diplomatic ties, Denmark and Singapore are stepping up their collaboration across a range of industries – from shipping to urban transport and...

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Sustainable Development

McDonald's Promises To Serve Up Deforestation-Free Food

Global fast food giant McDonald’s on Tuesday announced a commitment to a deforestation-free supply chain, a move that observers said could drive industry-wide change ...

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