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India less committed to reducing hunger than Nepal or Bangladesh

ndia ranked 19th among 45 developing countries assessed by UK-based organization India has made quite some progress in countering hunger and under-nutrition in the past two...

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Sustainable Development

5 Traditionally Male Jobs You Didn't Know Women Pioneered

Today, women make up nearly half of America’s workforce, and counting. But even as women achieve new levels of success at work, some fields remain heavily male-domina...

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Hollywood

UNICEF UK Pays Tribute To Richard Attenborough

UNICEF UK is today mourning the death of Goodwill Ambassador Lord Richard Attenborough, who has died at the age of 90. The much-honoured socially conscious actor, producer ...

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Health

Some hard truths on safe motherhood

Maternal deaths should be treated as a human rights issue and governments need to focus on best antenatal practices and provision of emergency obstetric care to bring down ...

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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

Kanan Devan to bring 3,000 growers of TN, Kerala under Rainforest Alliance

Kanan Devan Hills Plantations Company is taking initiative to bring around 3,000 small growers in Kerala and Tamil Nadu under the ambit of the Rainforest Alliance (RA) Cert...

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Hollywood

Sting Backs Children’s Cancer Centre In Newcastle

A star spangled line-up of North East heroes has pledged support for plans to create a dedicated children’s cancer research centre in Newcastle. Musician Sting and TV...

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Environment

28 States prepare climate action plans

An analysis of state action plans to combat climate change reveal a lack of innovative approaches and a high variation in budgets apart from the fact that many did not move...

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Environment

The Kardashian Factor' and climate change

Climate change continues to drive energy policy, despite the fact that there is no way to reconcile eradicating energy poverty in much of the world with reducing carbon dio...

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Sustainable Development

These Are Some Of The Most Interesting Green Projects Coming Out Of India

We were completely blown away when we read about the two 15-year-old boys from Nainital who invented a device that enables a shoe to charge a mobile phone. It?s mind-boggli...

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