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India Urged To Build Housing Law On Human Rights

India needs a housing law that is rooted in human rights as bulging cities and rising inequality make housing unaffordable for ever more people, according to a United Natio...

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Human Rights

Growing Child Labour In India's Cities Is Just The Tip Of The Iceberg, Say Activists

Urban India is employing an increasing number of children - many under nine years of age - in producing everything from pickles to fireworks, working in tourism and labouri...

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Environment

Shell's 1991 Warning: Climate Changing ‘At Faster Rate Than At Any Time Since End Of Ice Age’

Climate change “at a rate faster than at any time since the end of the ice age – change too fast perhaps for life to adapt, without severe dislocation”. T...

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Environment

There's Poison In The Air

Nearly a third of Indian cities have breached annual pollution limits mandated by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) between 2011 and 2015, according to figures fro...

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Sustainable Development

What Next For Renewables In Cities? – The Expert View

A complex range of factors is shaping how and why cities adopt renewable energy, from costs to the need for stable power supplies As renewable energy projects are rolled ou...

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Festivals

150 Films, 50 Bands Showcased At Richmond International Film Festival

Richmond doesn’t need to be the next Austin – or Portland – though both cities have inspiring qualities. Look around, and the River City is already giving...

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Environment

Urban Butterfly Declines 69% Compared To 45% Drop In Countryside

Butterflies have vanished from towns and cities more rapidly than from the countryside over the past two decades, according to a new study. Industrial agriculture has long ...

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Sustainable Development

This Augmented Reality App Tells Indigenous Stories In Canadian Cities

Wikiupedia aims to be a digital network of Indigenous knowledge. Adrian Duke showed me his phone while we stood outside Vancouver's Skwachàys Lodge. An animated rave...

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Gender

Who’s The Boss? India’s Women Farmers Take Charge Battling Traditional Gender Roles

For Hira Kanjarya, a 17 hour day is the norm as she gets up before dawn to cook for her five children, do the washing, milk her two buffalos, and also run the family’...

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Human Rights

How Our Cities Are Violating The Rights Of Children

Air pollution, piles of garbage, open electrical wires and chaotic traffic are just a few of the hazards that children in India's cities negotiate every day. While these pr...

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