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Sustainable Development

The Hype Around Medical Genetics Could Be Bad for the Public

Science has always issued medical promissory notes. In the 17th century, Francis Bacon promised that an understanding of the true mechanisms of disease would enable us to e...

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Health

Avoid wrapping food in newspaper, it's harmful: FSSA

Wrapping food items in newspaper is bad for your health as its ink has multiple bio-active materials with known negative health effects, FSSAI said on Friday. "Wrapping foo...

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Human Rights

Princesses, Presidents, Laureates join hands to

Royalty, presidents, prime ministers and spiritual leaders joined hands with Nobel peace prize winners on Saturday in the fight for child rights, saying they wanted to "glo...

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Festivals

Mumbai To Host A Film Fest Dedicated To Nomadic Tribes Of India

Few might be aware that back in 1871, the colonial British Government in India had introduced an act — Criminal Tribes Act where around two hundred (mostly Nomadic Tr...

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Health

Health Cost Of Air Pollution In India Assessed At 3 Per Cent Of Its GDP

The cost of serious health consequences from Particulate Matter pollution is estimated to be around 3 per cent of India's GDP, according to a Health Ministry statement in L...

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Human Rights

Programmes For Children Have To Take Centre-Stage In National Policy-Making: Pranab Mukherjee

President Pranab Mukherjee on Saturday said programmes and actions for children have to take centre-stage in national policy-making, adding that there should be commitment ...

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Bollywood

Bollywood Actor Kunal Kapoor Talks About Ketto, His Crowdfunding Startup Which Has Raised Rs 40 Cr For Social Causes

Kunal Kapoor is a famous Bollywood personality known for his work in Cinema but few know of his brilliant work in the ubiquitous crowd funding- for- causes platform, Ketto....

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Hollywood

Nicole Kidman Ready To Adopt More Children

Nicole Kidman has 'thought' about adopting more children.The 49-year-old adopted Isabella, 23, and Connor, 20, with her former husband Tom Cruise. She has biological daught...

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Gender

Can Japan's ad Industry Become A Model For Gender Equality?

Shinzo Abe’s ‘womenomics’—his apparent drive to open up Japan’s workplace for women—looks set to remain a controversial topic well into ...

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Health

Child-Health Spending Soars, But 40 Million Indian Children Stunted

This in a country that boasts a 40-year-old national child-health programme– now among the world’s largest–and increased spending on child health 200% ove...

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