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Plan To Pump Cold Water On To Barrier Reef To Stop Bleaching Labelled 'Band-Aid'

A proposal to use $9m to pump cold water on to the Great Barrier Reef’s tourist hotspots to stave off coral bleaching has been described as a “band-aid” s...

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Health

The Ambitious Mental Healthcare Bill Is A Step Closer To A Progressive India

Breaking away from ‘institutionalised care’, India on March 27, 2017 took a progressive step towards implementing a rights-based approach to safeguarding and pr...

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Environment

'Sapphire Rush' Threatens Rainforests Of Madagascar

The influx of thousands of gem hunters is disfiguring a protected environment and prompting calls for military intervention A “sapphire rush” has brought tens o...

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Human Rights

Aimed To Improve Muslim Education, NCPCR Engages With Madarsas

A series of consultations initiated by the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) has initiated a massive exercise of introspection on the state of Musl...

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Health

Parliament Passes Bill That Decriminalises Suicide Attempt By Mentally ill People

Parliament today passed a bill that seeks to decriminalise suicide attempt by mentally ill people and provides for the right to better healthcare for people suffering from....

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Human Rights

Plagued By Decades Of Child Trafficking, India Activists Call For Crackdown

MUMBAI // Activists are clamouring for the rapid introduction of a new law to crack down on child trafficking in India, a problem that has plagued the country for decades. ...

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Sustainable Development

This Kaleidoscopic Visualization Maps Earth’s Mysterious Magnetic Anomalies

Earth's magnetic field plays a crucial role in protecting life from radiation generated by the solar wind and cosmic rays. This invisible shield draws most of its power fro...

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FICCI Frames 2017: Maharashtra IG Police Gives A Clarion Call To Collaborate For Combatting Piracy & Counterfeiting

MUMBAI, March 21, 2017, At the session on ‘Decoding the pirate economy in interconnected world: From Noise to Action’ at FICCI FRAMES 2017, Mr. B...

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FICCI Frames 2017: IPR Policy Philosophy Should Be To Protect Knowledge To Spur Innovation And Investment

MUMBAI, 21 March, 2017: The new National Intellectual Property Rights policy of the Government of India has established a unified institutional mechanism for implementation...

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FICCI Frames 2017: Industry And Govt. Officials Do A Reality Check On M&E Industry

MUMBAI, 21 March 2017: Experts from the M&E industry and senior Government officials did a reality check with private sector players discussing ways to monetize consump...

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