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India at risk, can't undermine sustainable development: UN climate change report authors

A crucial United Nations report on climate change released on Sunday telling governments to cut greenhouse gas emissions to zero by 2100 is "both an opportunity and a chall...

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Waves of Change

My recent visits to the beach have been rather fulfilling, owing to my new found passion, Surfing. My perception of it was altered by my very first experience of a wipeout....

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Health

Immunising children is a growth strategy

This has been a truly extraordinary year for India. Not just because 2014 saw more than half a billion people cast their vote in the world’s largest democratic electi...

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More Indians will discover the fun in philanthropy: Melinda Gates

Asked recently what he admired most about his wife, Bill Gates replied that it was her “people dynamics”. Melinda Gates, who mingles comfortably with women heal...

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Environment

PM?s panel on climate change to be revived

The government is all set to reconstitute and revive the Prime Minister?s Council on Climate Change, an advisory body that has not met in the last three years, as India pre...

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Health

Rice and Reason

A recent and disturbing study conducted by Harvard University has established that consuming just one cup of white rice (polished rice) everyday can put you at risk to diab...

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Environment

India wants focus on adapting to climate change at upcoming UN Climate Conference

Ahead of United Nations Climate Conference, India on Monday made a strong pitch for focusing on adaptation and common but differentiated responsibilities (CBDR) as part of ...

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Environment

India wants focus on adaptation, CBDR to tackle climate change

Ahead of UN Climate Conference, India on Monday made a strong pitch for focusing on adaptation and common but differentiated responsibilities (CBDR) as part of the new glob...

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Health

Modi @ Reliance hospital opening: ‘Plastic surgeon may have fixed elephant’s head on Ganesha’

Describing neonatal and maternal mortality rates as a matter of grave concern, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said his government wanted to effectively use its &l...

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Health

Injectable polio vaccine more effective than oral one: Experts

The Injectable Polio Vaccine (IPV) is more effective than the oral one, experts said here on Tuesday. They emphasised that though the IPV was expensive, it carries the inac...

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