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Sustainable Development

Is America Disinventing Human Rights? By Professor Alemayehu G Mariam

In his 1981 farewell speech, President Jimmy Carter said, “America did not invent human rights. In a very real sense, it is the other way round. Human rights invented...

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Sustainable Development

Courting' controversy

India has been witnessing a rising trend of judicial intervention and directives in cases involving a face-off between large institutional project...

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Sustainable Development

Annual Report: India 2013

Republic of India

Head of state Pranab Kumar Mukherjee(replaced Pratibha Patil)

Head of government Manmohan Singh

Torture and other ill-treatment, e...

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Health

Health Equity in Post 2015 Development Agenda

This Beyond 2015 position paper for the thematic UN consultation on “Health in the Post-2015 Development Agenda” was drafted by a broad team of health advocates...

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Health

Common Genes may Underline Alcohol Abuse and Eating Disorders

A recent study finds that people with alcohol dependence may be genetically susceptible to eating disorders and vice-versa. In a study of nearly 6,000 adult twins, research...

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Health

There’s still hope: An introduction to India’s healthcare initiatives

Dr Poonam Kuruganti August 17, 2012 at 7:58 pm

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Environment

While Congress sleeps

Barack Obama offers stopgap measures to slow global warming

Jun 29th 2013 | WASHINGTON, DC |Read More

Environment

The East is grey

China is the world’s worst polluter but largest investor in green energy. Its rise will have as big an impact on the environment as on the world economy or po...

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Movies

Zanjeer Review

ZANJEER – SHACKLED IN A PAST OF WARPED SENSE OF AUDIENCE EXPECTATIONS

 To see a movie like Zanjeer be made the way it has in today’s day and age is...

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Movies

Madras Cafe Review

A brilliantly shot film, in the appropriate landscape makes Madras Café a very realistic experience. The movie deals with political issues like the assassination of ...

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