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Sustainable Development

India committed to global fight against climate change: Javadekar

Minister of State for Environment, Forests and Climate Change Prakash Javadekar has said India is committed to play its part in the global fight against climate change. &ld...

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Environment

India needs to catch up on carbon efficiency

There is need for India to catch up on carbon efficiency developments, according to a climate change performance report. "National experts in India downgraded their country...

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Festivals

16th edition of Thespo to stage Gillian Clark’s Violence Against Women Project

Mumbai: The 16th edition of Thespo, the annual drama festival for theatre-wallahs below the age of 25 that is taking place from 15th to 21st December 2014 ...

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Hollywood

Ashley Judd Attends Friends Of The Global Fight Against AIDS, TB And Malaria Event

On Tuesday, Dec. 2, Friends of the Global Fight Against AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria and the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) co-hosted a special event to com...

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Health

Chronic Diseases Are Killing More in Poorer Countries

Chronic diseases like cancer and heart disease are rising fast in low- and middle-income countries, striking far younger populations than in rich countries and causing much...

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Environment

Climate Change: How To Make Sense of the Lima Talks

World leaders are gathering in Lima, Peru, for the 20th session of the Conference of the Parties to the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change, or UNFCCC. A primary go...

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Hollywood

Idris Elba Partners With African Soccer Stars To Fight Ebola

The CDC Foundation, actor Idris Elba and a global team of African soccer stars, international health and aid organizations today announced the launch of Africa United, a gl...

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Environment

COP20 Climate change talks: EP delegation to attend Lima summit

A 12-strong delegation of MEPs will take part in the UN climate conference in Lima, Peru, from Monday to Friday. The 20th Conference of Parties (COP20) aims to set out the ...

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Sustainable Development

UN secretary-general says no plans to reduce sustainable development goals

In his report, Ban Ki-moon backs the 17 goals and 169 targets proposed by the UN working group, despite the difficulty member states may have in communicating them The UN s...

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Environment

Why Increasing Antarctic Sea Ice Doesn't Mean Climate Change Isn't Happening

Antarctic sea ice reached a record high this year, topping 20 million square kilometers (nearly 8 million square miles) in September - a milestone it hadn't touched since 1...

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