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Environment

Human-caused climate change blamed for some heat waves

Washington: Heat waves last year in Asia, Europe and Australia were influenced by human-caused climate change, but not all extreme weather events could be linked to global ...

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Sustainable Development

Rs 5 lakh per ward for sanitation

South Delhi Municipal Corporation has allocated Rs 5 lakh for sanitation work in each ward, along with repair of 410 toilet blocks. However, sanitation is their basic funct...

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Hollywood

Cause celebs: Ten Hollywood A listers who are trying to change the world

Currently the heroine of humanitarian causes, Angelina Jolie has been a special envoy to the UN High Commissioner for Refugees since 2012, after a decade as a goodwill amba...

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Bollywood

Mary Kom lends support to PETA campaign for elephants

Five-time world champion and Olympic bronze-medallist boxer M C Mary Kom has lent her support to the cause of animal welfare, calling for an end to circuses where elephants...

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Health

Can this HIV drug help to end 30 years of blighted lives?

Truvada is giving peace of mind to gay men in the US – it should be offered here on the NHS now It is an insensitive feeling to have, but it is what it is: a sense of...

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Sustainable Development

UNICEF reports a rise in the number of child marriages in Kerala

Kerala may be the only state in India with the highest literacy rate, but it seems the state has not been able to beat the child marriage demon. According to a report by UN...

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Bollywood

Lara Dutta promotes oral hygiene among children

Bollywood actor Lara Dutta joined Colgate Palmolive to unveil its Colgate Bright Smiles, Bright Future campaign at the FDI Annual World Dental Congress in India. The actor ...

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Health

LGBTQ Center holds free HIV/AIDS testing

The University LGBTQ Center co-sponsored an HIV/AIDS testing event Friday with Thrive of Charlottesville, a non-profit organization aimed at providing medical care to the C...

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Environment

Why India Isn't So Keen to Fight Climate Change

When President Barack Obama said "nobody gets a pass" on fighting climate change in a speech last week, he might as well have been speaking directly to India. India?s willi...

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Festivals

Manhattan Short and Vivanta by Taj announce the winners of the ‘Vote for India’ initiative

~ The unique festival, presented by Vivanta by Taj, is dedicated to the short film genre and is i...

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