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3 Tips To Design Tax Policies For Healthier Diets

When using taxes to promote healthier diets, policymakers are faced with considerations such as what products to tax, what type of tax to implement and what substitutes or ...

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Health

Only 1 Midwife To Track Maternal Health Of 30,000

BENGALURU: Four days ago, Surekha Deepak was forced to give birth on the road outside Aurad Taluk hospital in Bidar district. What happened  in the northern tip of the...

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Human Rights

Jason Isaacs Meets Foster Family In Mumbai, Says A Lot Of Work Required For Child Rights

Even as India is gradually opening its gates to foster care and has only recently laid down guidelines for group foster care, British actor Jason Isaacs has already started...

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Gender

Unsurprisingly, Gender Neutral Textbooks Make For Better Students

Last week, two researchers at the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm (KTH) presented a study that suggests gender-neutral course literature help...

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Environment

Mining Companies Keep Draining Arctic Lakes And Moving All Of Their Fish

Though the plan may seem absurd at first blush, it's actually the second time the mining company has relocated fish from a lake in order to expand its open pit Meadowbank g...

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Gender

Women Tour Guides In India Are Showing The Route To Gender Equality

Indian women have been working as tourist guides since the 1970s, undeterred by the long hours in the outdoors and the responsibility of managing tourists from diverse back...

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Gender

Five Young Indian Women Get Real About Masturbation

“Why don’t you just start asking people for their pooping stories?” one slightly peeved commenter posted on Homegrown’s instagram page. Shortly afte...

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Hollywood

Washington, Dunham, Gomez Are Faces Of New Leanin Campaign

Kerry Washington, Lena Dunham, Emma Watson, Selena Gomez and Serena Williams say help from other women has been critical to their success.
The stars appear in a video ...

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What If... A Letter From The CEO Of The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

One question unites those of us who work at the Gates Foundation: What if?
What if infectious diseases could no longer wreak havoc on poor communities? What if women a...

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Sustainable Development

Europe Is About To Make Some Big Decisions On Net Neutrality

A draft of those guidelines leaked online ahead of BEREC's announcement on Monday, and while the rules show promise, they leave much to be desired in the minds of net neutr...

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