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India drafts policy to cut carbon emissions from deforestation

India, one of the world's largest polluters, has drafted a national policy aimed at reducing its carbon emissions from deforestation as part of a global scheme which financ...

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Bollywood

Celina Jaitley to be a part of UN's 'Bollywood style' LGBT campaign

Actress and activist, former beauty queen Celina Jaitley, will star in United Nation’s ‘Bollywood style’ global human rights campaign launching on April 3...

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Sustainable Development

Women's natural role overlooked in India

“You can tell the condition of a nation by looking at the status of its women,” said Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, the first prime minister of India. The empowerment...

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Fashion

Gajra Kottary: A Woman Of Substance

“Neither yours nor mine, all the world’s children are ours. Let us give every child what she deserves and help build her today and our tomorrow.”...

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Sustainable Development

Domestic market driver of India's economic development

India has crucially placed the domestic market as the driver of its economic development, which strategy is also a major prescription for sustainable recovery of the global...

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Sustainable Development

World Water Day: UN highlights water, energy links for sustainable development

To mark World Water Day, the United Nations is highlighting the key role that water and energy play in economic development and the eradication of poverty worldwide, and ca...

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Hollywood

Terry Crews And Charlotte Ross To Attend Youth For Human Rights Event

Actress Marisol Nichols (“GCB”) and Dr. Mary Shuttleworth host a celebrity benefit for Youth for Human Rights International at Eva Longoria’s restaurant B...

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Sustainable Development

Delta Faucet Company Launches 2014 Sustainability Challenge

Delta Faucet Company, a worldwide leader in residential and commercial faucets, has launched its second edition of ‘The Delta Faucet Sustainability Challenge’, ...

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Sustainable Development

Kerala wins UN award for sustainable tourism

Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Tourism has been conferred the United Nations Award for creating innovative initiatives for sustainable tourism, the first time India has ever wo...

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Sustainable Development

New centre to help African countries use mining revenues for sustainable development

With the joint efforts of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and partners, a new centre has been set up to advise and support mineral-rich African countries in...

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