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2015 GATES ANNUAL LETTER BILL AND MELINDA GATES

Forty years ago, Bill and his childhood ...

Animation Shows Alarming Trend in the Arctic Ocean

No, it's not an ultrasound of someone's internal organs. Its sea ice in the Arctic Ocean melting because of climate change. ?Scientists have been using satellites to monito...

NO BLING, PLEASE

A television channel scan threw up an emerging change of dress code for women. The women characters ? mothers, mothers-in-law, bahus, etc. -- are wearing trendy outfits. Lo...

Shareholders challenge BP to confront climate change risk

Over 150 investors, including Environment Agency and Church of England, demand that BP test whether their business model is compatible with international pledge to limit gl...

The 169 target sustainable development goals likely here to stay, says U.N.

The long list of proposed goals that will replace the Millennium Development Goals are not going to be trimmed down. Doing so would put the progress made toward reaching co...

We have crossed the line on climate change, says study

Earth?s climate is forever changing and evolution and extinction of species is an inevitable part of the process. But a new study shows that human activities have accelerat...

Pharrell Williams - Al Gore Heading To World Economic Forum

Pharrell Williams is to attend the World Economic Forum (Wef) in Davos, Switzerland this week (beg19Jan15) to take part in a discussion about climate change. The Happy hit ...

Aamir Khan to join global initiative

India is a signatory to the programme and Aamir is the representative from India several personalities across the globe have signed the initiative to make a better tomorrow...

Manage Himalayan ecosystems to reduce effects of climate change: Prakash Javadekar

Managing Himalayan forest ecosystems on a trans-boundary scale is a must to reduce the effects of climate change, Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar has said. In ...