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Refugee Children Are Five Times More Likely To Be Out Of School Than Others

A new policy paper, ‘No more excuses’, jointly released by the UNESCO Global Education Monitoring (GEM) Report and UN High Commission on Refugees (UNHCR) ahead ...

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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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Bollywood

Snapped: Kajol’s Meet With PM Narendra Modi

Actress Kajol met Prime Minister Narendra Modi here on Wednesday regarding Help A Child Reach 5 campaign, which spreads the importance of good hand washing habits around th...

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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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Alternative Entertainment

The Best UK Pop And Rock Festivals For 2016

Britain’s shrinking southern island boasts some truly golden oldies this year, with headliners the Who and Queen (fronted by Adam “Camp Elvis” Lambert), p...

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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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Health

WHO Says Life Expectancy Has Increased By Five Years Since 2000, But Health Inequalities Persist.

Dramatic gains in life expectancy have been made globally since 2000, but major inequalities persist within and among countries, according to this year's 'World Health Stat...

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