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These 30 Countries Contribute The Most Good To The World

The Good Country Index ranks 125 nations based on how much they do for others globally in seven areas: science and technology, culture, international peace and security, wo...

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Hollywood

Where Are the Women? A Look at Male-Dominated Fields

I had the pleasure of attending the S.H.E. Summit at the 92nd Street Y in New York on June 5th-6th. And normally, I wouldn’t be writing about something that happened ...

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Hollywood

Jeff Bridges Fronts Will Rogers Institute Theatrical Fundraising Campaign

The Will Rogers Institute (WRI) is proud to announce Jeff Bridges, star of upcoming science fiction film, The Giver, as its 2014 Summer Theatrical Fundraising Spokesperson....

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Health

India to provide four free vaccines, including rotavirus

India will provide four new vaccines free of cost as part of a programme to reduce child mortality, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said. They include one for rotavirus, w...

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Environment

Rain hits Mumbai, BMC rolls out 15% water cut

On a day when Mumbai got its first good rain of the season, the municipal corporation announced water cuts across the city. For at least a fortnight, beginning Thursday, th...

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Sustainable Development

A reporter’s notebook

Crime against women in Uttar Pradesh might have hit the headlines, but following two Khabar Lahariya journalists on a day’s work shows that little has changed over de...

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Sustainable Development

Brazil’s sustainability tipping point – three lessons for success from the west

When it comes to sustainability, Brazilians should look around and learn from the apathy and advocacy in other markets In terms of mainstreaming sustainability, Brazil look...

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Health

Goal of Preventing Maternal, Child Deaths Near: Harsh Vardhan

Asserting that the goal of ending preventable child and maternal deaths by 2035 is well within reach, India has outlined six key actions, including gender equality, to acce...

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Sustainable Development

Where the Girls Went, Where the Boys Came From

In the huge furor that followed the Badaun gang rapes and murders a month ago, cops were suspended and upper caste Yadav suspects arrested, some of whom confessed to the cr...

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Sustainable Development

Over one lakh suicides in India every year, report says

Over 1, 00,000 people commit suicides in India every year on an average. The number of suicides in the past decade has recorded an increase of 21.6 per cent, said a governm...

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