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Environment

Climate Change Could Spread Dengue to the Andes

A new study warns parts of South America currently at a low risk of dengue could see many more cases of the disease in the coming years. Dengue fever could soon spread to S...

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Health

Atul Gawande: What ails India's public health system

What do you make of India's under-performing, poorly-funded, leaky public health system, smothered by high population and appalling sanitation? It is the same health system...

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Hollywood

John Legend Takes Part In Amnesty International Write For Rights Campaign

Amnesty International recently released a new video from award winning artist John Legend as part of its Write for Rights campaign. The campaign is the world’s larges...

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Health

Processed food now a cause for higher incidence of non- communicable diseases

In an alarming trend, an international research group has observed that with rising incomes, the global shift from traditional foods and cereals to processed foods is gradu...

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Hollywood

How Rainn Wilson Funded His Own Charity for an Entire Year in Haiti

Something as simple as asking a child what their favorite color is isn’t so simple in Haiti. According to actor Rainn Wilson and his wife Holiday Reinhorn — fou...

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Environment

International law stays silent on the responsibility for climate change

The United Nations Framework on Climate Change (UNFCCC), as the 1992 agreement is known, has sent a yearly caravan of politicians, activists and lawyers to some of the worl...

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Festivals

Interesting plays to be staged at the 16th edition of Thespo!

Covering themes ranging from social injustice, urbanization and mental disorders, the festival’s plays stay true to its tradition of creating an eclectic, diverse...

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Health

Non-prevalent' 10 states see rise in HIV patients, record 57% cases

The number of HIV patients has registered an increase in states where it was earlier being considered to be non-prevalent with 10 such states together accounting for 57 % o...

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Health

Supreme Court sets up ‘social justice bench’

The Supreme Court has ordered to set up a special ‘Social Justice Bench’ to exclusively hear cases concerning social issues. The issues would range from women s...

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Health

Accent on male sterilisation

Between 2008 and March 2012, the Centre, under its Family Planning Insurance Scheme, had to pay compensation for botched sterilisation procedures which included 438 cases o...

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