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At 240 million, India has a third of child marriages in the world

A recent United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef) report said 720 million women around the world, alive today, were married before 18 years compared to 156 million men...

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TV

Yeh Jo Hai Zindagi!

Anita, my live in maid has taken a shine to Zindagi. Though the language is a bit of a challenge, as she hails from interior Maharashtra.? One Saturday night, when I got ho...

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Hollywood

Beyonce Donates To Homeless Housing Project

Rudy Rasmus, the pastor at St. John’s United Methodist church in Houston, had a vision: To identify affordable housing opportunities for low-income and homeless indiv...

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Sustainable Development

Land for ladies

Breaking the stereotype of rural women, 39-year-old Suresho Saini proudly drives a tractor to plough 1.6 hectares (ha) of agricultural land in Rahimpur village in Uttar Pra...

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Environment

Reservoir levels dip in Maharashtra, may hit major power plants

Koyna hydro power plant already closed due to water crunch Maharashtra could be in for a power crisis if rains don’t arrive soon. With just 19 per cent water left in ...

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TBEA Energy (India) Pvt. Ltd. Inauguration & 765kV Product Flag-off Ceremony

28th June, 2014, In Vadodara, Gujarat, the Power T&D High-end Equipment Industrial Parkinvested by TBEA Co., Ltd, a Chinese major equipment ...

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Sustainable Development

Hindustan Zinc to spend Rs. 8.6 crore to build 30,000 Toilets in Rural Rajasthan

Hindustan Zinc, a Sesa Sterlite company in Zinc-Lead-Silver business has signed MoU with the State Government of Rajasthan to build 30,000 rural toilets for BPL families un...

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Hollywood

Kids Have Their Wishes Come True At Film Premiere

Wish Wizard” is a short film that was made in connection with Make-A-Wish to fulfill the wishes of four kids to have movie related experiences. It is about two kids w...

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Sustainable Development

First Nations Development Institute Awards $400K To 12 Native Food-System Projects

First Nations Development Institute announced June 3 that it is divying up $400,000 in grant awards to 12 Native organizations. The grants, made possible by the W.K. Kellog...

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Sustainable Development

Contours Of Inequality

Global estimates of the unmet energy needs in India have been available for some time. These only indicate whether the shoe pinches, if at all. In a new series of analyses ...

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