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The truly dictatorial ordinance didn’t come from Modi: it came from Rajasthan

Laying down educational qualifications for panchayat and zila parishad elections endangers democracy. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has received plenty of flak for resorting...

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Sustainable Development

Lexicon of democratic literacy

The introduction of educational qualifications as eligibility criteria for contesting panchayat elections has shocked and angered rural Rajasthan, including supporters of t...

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Sustainable Development

India to track toilet use with tablets

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is launching a nationwide online programme to check whether people are using toilets as part of his cleanliness drive. From next month, officia...

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Festivals

IBN7s' MAHA Programming On Magh Mela 2015

New Delhi, 2nd January 2015: IBN7 brings to its viewers the most comprehensive programming on one of the biggest annual religious even...

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Health

Vaccination is the best protection against whooping cough

The CDC notes whooping cough most commonly affects infants and young children. It can be fatal especially for those under the age of one. Babies are more at risk because th...

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Hollywood

Kimberly Wyatt – Kimberly Wyatt To Take Part In Charity Danceathon

Kimberly Wyatt and Adam Garcia will be taking part in a six-hour non-stop dance event for the Comic Relief charity in March (15). The former Pussycat Dolls singer and the C...

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Health

Pediatrics study shows vaccine reminders with explanation increased visits

A little health literacy can go a long way, particularly when it is used to add context to a text message vaccine reminder. That?? one of the findings of a new study publis...

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Sustainable Development

United Nations' Decade of Education for Sustainable Development ends on December 31 this year

He years from 2005 to 2014 were declared as the United Nations General Assembly as the Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (DESD) following the Johannesburg Pla...

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Hollywood

Jennifer Lawrence and More 'Mockingjay' Stars Lend Support to Ebola PSA

The cast of The Hunger Games: Mockingjay is using their star power for a good cause in a new PSA for the Ebola Survival Fund. Actor Jeffrey Wright, who plays the brilliant ...

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Thought Factory

Why is the World aiming for Sustainability?

To decide the narrative for this article has been quite a task. There are so many approaches to address the issue at hand, I could have been the cynic and looked back on al...

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