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Human Rights

The World Bank Should Champion Human Rights

Much of the evidence supporting the emerging consensus that strong human rights safeguards promote and enhance development has come out of research from the World Bank. Yet...

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Environment

There's A New Plan To Stop Climate Change: Turn CO2 Emissions Into Stone

"It's a promising result," said Ken Caldeira, a climate scientist at the Carnegie Institution for Science who was not involved in the project. "If this could be done at a l...

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Sustainable Development

Bitcoin ATMs Are Popular With The Unbanked, But The Regulatory Future Is Unclear

A trend is emerging in the Bitcoin ATM industry. Demand for the services among the underbanked and unbanked has seen steady growth in the two years since the industry&rsquo...

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Human Rights

Land Rights For Women On Paper And In Practice.

Over the past few decades there has been growing awareness of the need to strengthen land rights for women and men across the African continent. As a result, governments ha...

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Hollywood

Elton John Tops List Of Charitable British Celebrities

British singer-songwriter Elton John and novelist J.K. Rowling have topped the list of the most generous celebrities in the country for donating millions to charity in 2015...

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Human Rights

Securing Our Societies From The Threat Of Senseless Terrorism

Since 2000, we have witnessed a more than ten-fold increase in the number of deaths from violent extremism and terrorism - from 3,329 victims in 2000 to 32,685 in 2014. And...

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Gender

Resistant Is Gender Equality A Design Problem?

Simple redesigns of working life can make big differences in helping women overcome institutional biases. Because humans are naturally biased—we evolved to use stereo...

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JICA Organizes 8th Annual Workshop On Forestry And Natural Resource Management Projects In Sikkim

New Delhi/Gangtok, 2nd March, 2016: The 8th Annual Workshop on Forestry and Natural Resource Management Projects...

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Alternative Entertainment

The First 19 Hour '8 Prahar' Marathon Concert Held In Mumbai

Mumbai witnessed the first 19-hour '8 Prahar' marathon concert, where 19 leading musicians performed. ShashiVyas, son of Pandit CR Vyas, doyen of North Indian classical mus...

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Alternative Entertainment

In Step With The Times

It is 10 in the morning, but the only sounds in the sprawling, green campus of the Kalakshetra Foundation are of the thattukazhi and the rhythmic stomping of feet.
Whe...

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