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Rich Nations Urged To Cut Temperature Rise Targets

Senior scientist says voices of poorer nations must be heard in the political tussle over reducing the ?utterly inadequate? global warming limit. The official target of lim...

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Environment

India May Submit Climate Change Plans In September; Javadekar Assures Pledges Will Be Submitted “In Time”

India is likely to submit its plans to tackle climate change, including steps to curb the amount of carbon pollution, in September. Tuesday was the first informal deadline ...

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Environment

Earth Hour: Millions Will Switch Off Lights Around The World For Climate Action

Annual switching off ?lights in homes, businesses and landmarks holds extra significance ahead of this year?s climate talks in Paris, says the UN secretary general, Ban Ki-...

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Environment

India In No Rush To Deliver UN Climate Pledge, Says Minister

Delhi is ?not in the habit? of taking pressure warns Prakash Javadekar, but says country will play its part in Paris India will not be rushed into delivering its contributi...

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Health

Maternal Deaths Fall, Yet High

PATNA: Incidence of maternal deaths has shown decline in Bihar though the 208 deaths per one lakh live births are still one of the highest in the country. What should worry...

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Gender

Measuring Maternal Health in a Post-MDG World

As the international development community looks back on the Millennium Development Goals and ponders what remains to be done under the proposed Sustainable Development Goa...

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Health

Measuring Maternal Health in a Post-MDG World

As the international development community looks back on the Millennium Development Goals and ponders what remains to be done under the proposed Sustainable Development Goa...

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Bollywood

India’s Daughter gets support from Bollywood celebs like Genelia Deshmukh and Aditi Rao Hydari!

Members of the film fraternity reacted strongly against the orders to restrain the broadcast of a documentary based on December 16, 2012 gang-rape, including an interview w...

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Environment

Climate change missions did not see 'expected' progress: Govt

Acknowledging that national climate change missions have not achieved "expected" progress, Union Minister Prakash Javadekar today said the government is taking steps to spe...

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Environment

The Immorality of Coal

Momentum seems to be building for a global deal at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Paris this December. With this sense of optimism comes a keen awareness t...

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