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Why An IIT Graduate Left His Cushy Job Abroad To Set Up Digital Classrooms In Rural Bihar

When Pramod Kumar, who belongs to a small village in Bihar, decided to prepare for engineering exams, he was struck by the lack of educational resources like textbooks in r...

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Health

Low Birth Weight And Premature Delivery Major Causes Of Newborn Deaths In India

The death of every other newborn in India can be traced to either low birth weight (LBW) or premature delivery. The death of every other newborn in India can be traced to e...

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Human Rights

Special Rapporteur To UN: Bring Labour Rights And Human Rights Together

The state is the only force large enough to defend workers’ rights from big business, so why is it so often batting for the wrong team? Maina Kiai: I think the state ...

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Sustainable Development

Scientists Are Using the Enzyme That Makes Fireflies Glow to Track Brain Cells

Fireflies and other bioluminescence-producing species (e.g. bacteria, jellyfish, worms, sharks) create light through a chemical reaction in their body catalyzed by an enzym...

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Human Rights

Facebook Should Protect Human Rights 73 Civil Groups Say

Facebook needs to be more forthcoming about the kinds of content it takes down. That's according to 73 organizations, including the American Civil Liberties Union, Black Li...

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Sustainable Development

Why Robots Need To Feel Pain

Pain is a fundamental fact of life for many organisms on our planet; a crucial mechanism for identifying what kinds of actions pose serious threats to our physical and ment...

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Alternative Entertainment

Riding The Wave: Brinda Miller Shares Plans For #KalaGhodaArtsFestival 2017

Every year art enthusiasts gear up for a festival like no other – the Kala Ghoda Arts Festival in Mumbai. Earlier this year, the event held 600 programmes across 12 d...

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Health

Poverty, Not Race, Increases A Woman's Risk Of Unintended Pregnancy

Certain demographics are more likely to have unintended pregnancies than others, but while some reports point to racial differences among women who have unplanned pregnanci...

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Human Rights

Fighting Sex Abuse, Kids Sketch Life Left Behind

"When I was young, I used to be a rag picker. I also begged on the streets near the old Delhi railway station. There were many children there who used to do drugs. Staying ...

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Gender

Three Women Leaders Are Leading The Sanitation Revolution In Kanpur. Find Out How

Kanpur, the largest city in Uttar Pradesh, is the hub of industry and a thriving urban centre. The civic amenities here, however, have not been able to keep up with the sca...

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