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Health

A Call for Taxes on Unhealthy Food high in Salt and Sugar

 “Junk food should be taxed”, says England's top doctor, calling on unhealthy food high in sugar and salt. Professor Dame Sall...

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Environment

New Plant Species discovered in 2018 and the Need to Protect Them

Day to day, it might be tempting to take plants for granted. Plants are the very precious part of our earth. The Plant Collectors...

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Festivals

Onsite testing of Drugs can help reduce drug-related deaths in Music Festivals

Hospital admissions down 95 percent after onsite drug testing at a festival in Cambridgeshire. According to a first of its kind academic study,...

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Health

UN Chief calls for ‘transformative changes’ to our Food Systems

On Monday, the 10th of December - the UN Agriculture chief called upon “transformative changes” to our food systems, addressing that millions a...

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Human Rights

UN Security Council meets to discuss Impact of War on People with Disabilities

The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities came into force in May 2008, and has so far been signed by 130 countries. It enshr...

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Festivals

Lanterns flood the sky during Thailand’s Floating Lantern Festival

The Light Festival or the Lantern Festival in Thailand is celebrated on the evening of the full moon of the 12th month every y...

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Human Rights

Will Life ever return to Normal for these Families displaced by War in Yemen?

Yemen is the world’s single largest humanitarian crisis. Hunger is constant. The besieged port city of Hodeida in Yemen has bec...

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Sustainable Development

Gates recognises Innovative Solutions for Common Problems of Farmers

The American business magnate, investor, author, philanthropist, humanitarian, and principal founder of Microsoft Corporati...

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Environment

Increasing Temperatures Trigger a Response in the Plant’s RNA

A new study used rice seedlings to show that the stress of higher temperatures can trigger a response in the RNA of a plant to control the chan...

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Environment

An Insurance Policy to Save Trees from Extinction

The world is losing plants at an unprecedented rate. Trees may have to be grown in test tubes in the future as one in five ...

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