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Environment

India may witness poor monsoon this year

India may witness poor rainfall this monsoon season, scientists said Wednesday. This has been linked to the El Nino, a weather phenomenon characterized by unusually warm oc...

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Environment

THE FACTS ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE

The science is clear: global warming is happening faster than ever and humans are responsible. This is a major problem because global warming destabilizes the delicate bala...

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Sustainable Development

Only caste matters here, not development, employment

For 45-year-old Kishani Gurjar, election meant supporting a person of her own caste. A resident of Kamalpura village in Bharatpur district, Kishani did not much think about...

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Hollywood

Easter Bunny To Join Stars At The Los Angeles Mission On Good Friday

The stars will be out for the Los Angeles Mission’s annual Easter Celebration of New Life for the Homeless on Friday. A festive holiday meal will be served to thousan...

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Hollywood

Joss Stone Visits Prince Harry’s Charity In Lesotho

British singer Joss Stone is currently touring in North Africa, and gave up some of her time to help out at a horse therapy session for disabled children in Morocco. The so...

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Hollywood

Toni Collette Named Global Ambassador Of Humanitarian Charity

It’s always nice when Hollywood stars use their fame in order to make the world a better place, and Toni Collette has become the latest one to do so. Because the actr...

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Hollywood

TV director’s charity reaches out to Ukrainian Holocaust survivors

Zane Buzby?s day job is as a successful Hollywood television sitcom director, but her real passion lies in her charity organization, the Survivor Mitzvah Project (SMP), whi...

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Health

India shows the way for other polio-endemic nations

After India’s unexpected feat of freeing itself from polio, the target to eradicate the debilitating disease from the world, set in 1988, seems possible When the WHO ...

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Sustainable Development

New school to focus on energy and environment

Hong Kong University of Science and Technology’s joint school of sustainable development in Xian will contribute to energy and environmental policies on the mainland,...

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Health

Delivering Hope is a labour of love

For some women it will be a day of celebrating achievements. For many others, though, International Women’s Day will offer no respite from the absence of even the mos...

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