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Fears For Isolated Bolivian Tribe Met By Chinese Oil Firm In Amazon

Teams from a Chinese oil and gas company exploring in the remote Bolivian Amazon have reportedly had near encounters with a group of indigenous people living in what the Un...

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We Can Save Elephants. But Can We Save Wild Elephants?

I have just returned from Kenya’s North Eastern Province where one night, camped out in a dry riverbed with just a mosquito net for cover, a herd of elephants emerged...

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Gender

This Gutsy British-Indian Is The First Woman To Complete A Solo Arctic Expedition

A British woman of Indian origin, Bharulata Kamble, has become the first woman in the world to complete a solo Arctic Circle expedition. Unlike Victor Bruce who set the ear...

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Environment

Documentary Film-Makers Face Decades In Prison For Taping Oil Pipeline Protests

Two documentary film-makers are facing decades in prison for recording US oil pipeline protests, with serious felony charges that first amendment advocates say are part of ...

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Gender

The Story Of Sobita Tamuli, The Woman Who Brought Entrepreneurship To Her Small Village In Assam

Back in 2002, SobitaTamuli was an 18-year-old married girl with little formal education, living in a small village in Assam. Today, she is a successful entrepreneur heading...

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Health

Only 1 Midwife To Track Maternal Health Of 30,000

BENGALURU: Four days ago, Surekha Deepak was forced to give birth on the road outside Aurad Taluk hospital in Bidar district. What happened  in the northern tip of the...

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Environment

1,500 Reindeer Dead, 40 Humans Hospitalized Amid Anthrax Outbreak In Siberia

At least 40 people from nomadic communities in northern Siberia have been hospitalized amid an anthrax outbreak that scientists believe was caused by thawing reindeer carca...

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Human Rights

Trafficked Girl Becomes International Child Rights Activist

An 18-year-old girl, who was trafficked from the remote islands of Sundarbans in West Bengal, is today an international child rights crusader and has been invited twice to ...

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Environment

Could More Deadly Dangers Like 'Zombie Anthrax' Lie Beneath The Arctic Circle's Melting Ice?

The recent "zombie" anthrax outbreak unleashed by the rapid melting of permafrost that killed 2,300 reindeer, hospitalized dozens, and killed one child in northern Siberia ...

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Health

Maternal Mortality Rate In Five Districts 55% Higher Than State Average

A 13-year-old girl in Koppal who was married off at the age of 12 and got pregnant when she was 13, died even before she could get a grasp on life. While her body couldn't ...

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