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Environment

Coastal cities need to plan for climate change

Coastal cities in India need to plan and implement climate risk management strategies as an integral part of city development, experts said Friday. They were participating ...

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Environment

Sweden is Now Recycling 99 Percent of its Trash. Here?s how

It would serve Americans greatly to take a page out of Sweden?s book about recycling their waste. The Scandinavian nation of Sweden has set a new precedent in the world of ...

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Sustainable Development

Rs 5 lakh per ward for sanitation

South Delhi Municipal Corporation has allocated Rs 5 lakh for sanitation work in each ward, along with repair of 410 toilet blocks. However, sanitation is their basic funct...

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Sustainable Development

Ethical 3D printing begins with plastic waste pickers

Pick the right plastic off a refuse tip, then shred, melt and convert it into feedstock for 3D printers – it’s a living for some of India’s poorest people...

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Movies

True Review: The November Man

Critic’s rating: 1.5 stars

Cast: Pierce Brosnan, Olga Kurylenko, Luke Bracey, Bill Smitrovich, Mediha Musliovic, Lazar Ristovski,Will...

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Movies

True Review: Raja Natwarlal

Critic’s ratings: 2.5 stars

Cast: Emraan Hashmi, Paresh Rawal, Kay Kay Menon, Humaima Malick, Deepak Tijori.

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Sustainable Development

India's 'untouchable' scavengers

Rights group Human Rights Watch has called on the Indian government to end “manual scavenging” – the practice of cleaning human waste by low-caste communi...

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TV

Don't Reinvent The Wheel

How inured have we become to the over the top interiors and the same old locations (Gateway of India and Chatrapati Shivaji Terminus) at prime time, is unimaginable. We don...

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Bollywood

In its latest campaign, Tata Sky tells parents that television is a good learning aid for young kids

DTH player Tata Sky, in its latest campaign ‘Ab Bachche Seekhein TV se’ (Kids learn with television), is targeting parents with children between ages 6 and 12 y...

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Sustainable Development

Get used to toilet-to-tap water, Californians told

Drought-hit state plans $140m expansion at world’s biggest treatment facility to recycle more waste water The golden state’s historic drought is forcing once-sq...

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