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‘Reproductive Health Services, Female Education Can Slow Population Growth’

The analysis says achieving the SDGs set by the UN in 2015 for the period up to 2030 would lead to a global population of between 8.2 to 8.7...

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Rajya Sabha Clears Disabilities Bill, 2014: Here Are The Key Highlights

The Right of Persons with Disabilities Bill, 2014 is likely to make a larger number of people eligible for rights and entitlements by reason of their disability.Rajya Sabha...

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Over 61 Per Cent Scheduled Tribes population In Maharashtra Lives Below Poverty Line

The condition of Scheduled Tribes staying in the hinterland of Maharashtra appears to be one of the worst in the country with almost 61.6 per cent of them living below pove...

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Mumbai To Host A Film Fest Dedicated To Nomadic Tribes Of India

Few might be aware that back in 1871, the colonial British Government in India had introduced an act — Criminal Tribes Act where around two hundred (mostly Nomadic Tr...

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India’s Immunization Coverage is Abysmal

India fares very poorly in comparison to other countries as far as expenditure and coverage for vaccinating it’s population goes. This, according to a recent white pa...

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The Standing Rock protests are a symbolic moment

This past Thursday was Thanksgiving. A time when we remember a feast, the first Thanksgiving, on Plymouth plantation in the autumn of 1621. The tales of pilgrims from the M...

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To control bird population, Barcelona to feed contraceptives to pigeons!

Indians are not alone to be stunned by the over populated pigeon community; many European countries too are troubled by their overwhelming presence. from rural to urban, th...

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Why Is It Easier for India to Get to Mars Than to Tackle Its Toilet Challenge?

In 2013, India became the fourth country in the world (after Russia, the US and the EU) and the only emerging nation to launch a Mars probe into space. But it remains part ...

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Increasing male participation, key to the success of India's Family Planning programme

On World Vasectomy Day, 2016 we must reiterate that all methods of contraception need to be voluntary and based on the specific need of each individual opting for it. Dr Do...

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Films communicate on an Emotional Level and bring about a change in the way people think: Rajko Grlic

The Croatian filmmaker, Rajko Grlic, met the media at the 47th IFFI, 2016 in Goa today. His Film ‘The Constitution’, was screened at the Film Festiva...

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