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The human cost of sex trafficking

In the sex trade, the demand for young girls is high due to a belief that sex with children holds less risk of HIV infection, and, in fact, can cure the disease As the cust...

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Sustainable Development

Asha workers roped in to fight crime against women

To deal with the rising number of crimes against women, the district administration and police have roped in Asha (Accredited Social Health Activists) workers to inform the...

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Environment

Heavy rain hits normal life in Odisha

The state has been witnessing heavy rainfall for the past two days due to the impact of a low pressure area formed over the Bay of Bengal, an official with the Bhubaneswar ...

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Sustainable Development

New Toilets a Small Step for Women in this Uttar Pradesh Village

Decorated with marigolds and ribbons, 108 toilets unveiled in a tragedy-hit village are a small step in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s push to end open-air defecation...

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Sustainable Development

Dowry' is the most hated word in this part of the world

“You are entering a dowry-free area,” a board greets you as you enter this town. Not a single dowry related case has been reported in Nilambur in many years. Th...

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Sustainable Development

India brides leave husbands' homes for lack of toilets

Six newlywed women in a village in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh have returned to their parents because their husbands’ homes had no toilets. The women, all from ...

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Sustainable Development

Rice from dry river

Farmers in an arid Andhra Pradesh district revive traditional irrigation system to tide over drought They had reached the channel even before daybreak, carrying shovels, si...

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Sustainable Development

Tamil Nadu to set up five model villages to promote organic farming

If everything goes well, Tamil Nadu will boast of its eco-friendly ‘organic villages.’ As part of its efforts to promote organic farming, the Tamil Nadu governm...

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Sustainable Development

Sustainable farming need of the hour for parched Jharkhand

Agriculture experts in the state have swung into action with rains having been far below average this monsoon. They are working overtime to devise sustainable agriculture p...

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Eye Think

Read this, and then do the maths: How many mango trees before he can count my tears?

In a distant, sleepy village in Uttar Pradesh, whose name I would have never heard had a lot of politicians and news TV's OB vans not landed there...

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