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Sustainable Development

Bihar Mukhiyas To Get Smart Phones, Internet-savvy Assistants To Improve Work Efficiency

Move will cut frequent travel to government offices to get schemes sanctioned and will improve monitoring, says Panchayati Raj minister Village heads or mukhiyas in Bihar w...

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Hollywood

Spielberg Family Raises $200,000 For Crossroads Founder’s Inner-city Charity

An A-list Hollywood crowd, including Gwyneth Paltrow and Jonah Hill, turned out Wednesday evening to raise funds for Paul Cummins’ Coalition for Engaged Education, ai...

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Hollywood

Sir Alex Ferguson Visits Newborn Babies

Former Manchester United manager and UNICEF UK Ambassador, Sir Alex Ferguson has visited the Southern General Hospital in Glasgow to support UNICEF’s partnership with...

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Health

Race Against Time To Prevent Deadly Spread Of Polio

Poliomyelitis is a devastating, highly infectious viral disease. It is spread from person to person or through poor sanitary conditions. It can kill those infected or resul...

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Environment

New Green Ministry Puts Climate Change On Top Of Agenda

India has never been on a denial mode over the devastating effects of climate change and always called for steps to deal with global warming. This stand will now get new im...

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Sustainable Development

Green tax on vehicles made mandatory in Uttar Pradesh

Number of vehicles in Noida has increased by three folds between 2004 and 2012. To bring vehicular pollution under control, the Uttar Pradesh government has recently made g...

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Sustainable Development

Haryana starts marking forest area in Mangar

The Haryana government has started the process of measuring the Mangar forest area in Aravali amid reports of it approving the sub-regional plan. Sources said forest depart...

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Hollywood

Kasabian To Play Benefit Gig For War Child

British band Kasabian has announced a gig to benefit War Child. The rockers will hit the stage at London’s O2 Shepherds Bush Empire on June 18 to raise money for the ...

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Hollywood

Lady Gaga Launches Ultimate Meet-And-Greet Experience For Charity

Do you live and breathe all things Gaga? If Only, an experiential marketplace that donates a portion of its proceeds to charities, is offering The Ultimate Little Monster E...

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Health

UN agency warns of Somalia hunger deaths

UNICEF says 200,000 children under the age of five could die by the end of the year unless emergency funds are received. About 200,000 children under the age of five could ...

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