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Letting India's Women Own Land

This month, 600 women gathered under a huge blue-and-yellow-striped tent in Baripada, a small city in Odisha, a state in India’s east. They were among India’s m...

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Festivals

Documentary Film Festival To Charm Enthusiasts This Weekend - The Times Of India On Mobile

Ahead of the long weekend this week, travellers planning a trip to the scenic hills of Kumaon might add one more item to their itinerary. The fourth edition of DOK Leipzig ...

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Gender

Bhutan Tackles Violence Against Women For "Refusing Sex, Burning The Dinner"

Sonam Zangmo endured abuse at the hands of her husband for two years before finally walking out on him after the birth of her daughter.
"He used to lay his hands on me...

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Human Rights

62,500 Child Marriages In Tamil Nadu, Chennai Leads

Chennai tops the list of districts in TN with most married girls under 15 years of age, according to recent data released by Census 2011. With 5,480 girls under the age of ...

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Sustainable Development

Water Is More Than A Job For Them

Celebrations for World Water Day 2016 in Nagaon, Assam personify passion by honouring grassroots water-workers for their thankless efforts. "A job isn’t just a job. I...

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itv Network Celebrates World Water Day By Launching Water Sustainability Project With Aquakraft

World Water Day is marked on 22 March every year. It’s a day to celebrate existence and significance of water in our daily life. It’s a day to make a difference...

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Health

Medicine For Drug - Resistant TB Launched

On the eve of World Tuberculosis Day, Health Minister J.P. Nadda launched Bedaquiline — new drug for Drug Resistant TB — as part of the national programme. The ...

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Sustainable Development

Dam The Drought

A village in Jharkhand has been hiding a secret for more than 30 years. The state government has declared all its 24 districts drought-affected. But Sato in Gumla district ...

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Documentary / Shorts

Kangaroo Mother Care: saving newborn lives

Neonatal mortality remains unacceptably high in Tanzania. Additionally, low birth weight babies are particularly susceptible to infections and need extra care to keep warm ...

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Human Rights

Agri Can Help Contain Biotic Pressure On Forests

Dilip Gode, executive director of Vidarbha Nature Conservation Society (VNCS), has been working in the field of community development for the last 25 years. Supporter of Fo...

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