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Sustainable Development

Gender equality creates sustainable development

The recent UN report called World Survey on the Role of Women in Development 2014: Gender Equality and Sustainable Development, which focuses on women’s rights, capab...

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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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Bollywood

Amitabh Bachchan urges support for flood-hit Kashmir

On behalf of the Indian film fraternity, Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan Tuesday appealed to all citizens to contribute to the cause of rehabilitating the flood-ravaged...

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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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Sustainable Development

$2.5tn shortfall for sustainable development in developing countries

A step change is needed in the amount of private finance available for sustainable development. The bad news is the financial sector is still headed in the wrong direction....

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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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Sustainable Development

How College Kids Helped Divest $50 Billion From Fossil Fuels

More than 700 investors pledged to divest their holdings from fossil fuel companies, just a day after an estimated 400,000 demonstrators marched through the streets of New ...

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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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Environment

India Expands Solar Power Target, Will Add 15 GW Over Next Five Years

The new Indian government has delivered on its promise to enhance the solar power capacity addition targets under the ambitious National Solar Mission announcing revised gu...

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Hollywood

Heirs to Rockefeller oil fortune divest from fossil fuels over climate change

The heirs to the fabled Rockefeller oil fortune withdrew their funds from fossil fuel investments on Monday, lending a symbolic boost to a $50bn divestment campaign ahead o...

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