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A Big Boost For Public Health

Maternal and neonatal tetanus (MNT) is no longer a major public health problem in the World Health Organisation (WHO) South-East Asia region. The WHO South-East Asia Region...

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Environment

Air Pollution Now Major Contributor To Stroke, Global Study Finds

Air pollution has become a major contributor to stroke for the first time, with unclean air now blamed for nearly one third of the years of healthy life lost to the conditi...

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Human Rights

Petitions Highlight Staff, Fund Crunch Impeding Work Of Maharashtra Panels

KEY statutory commissions in Maharashtra, tasked with upholding the rights of children, women and clamping down on human rights violations are struggling to function in the...

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Environment

In Photos: Torrential Downpours In France Force Art Evacuation At Louvre, Submerge Roads

Several departments in France remained on high alert Thursday, as national French meteorological service Météo-France predicted more heavy rain in the coming ...

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Bollywood

Deepika Padukone's Foundation Unveils Awareness Program On Mental Health For General Physicians

The Live Love Laugh Foundation (TLLLF), a not-for-profit organization which aims to raise awareness of mental health in India, has launched a program that's designed to ass...

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Kaleidoscope

Kaleidoscope - From A Child’s Heart

It has been observed that more often than not books for or about kids have a male protagonist.  Two recent books buck that trend and have girls leading-- and very inte...

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Gender

I Am Transgender. And I Oppose Safe Schools

It has a particular significance for me because on Australia Day 2012, both Ricky Ponting and I were awarded the Order of Australia.It should have been the proudest day of ...

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Sustainable Development

Scientists Can Virtually Wander Around Mars For Miles With Hololens

“My average day is that I go to the office, have my coffee, nip off to Mars for a little while, check out the latest location, write some code, and then I’m bac...

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Festivals

Ken Loach Wins Palme d’Or At Cannes Film Festival

It's his second time winning the prestigious award
British director Ken Loach on Sunday took home the Palme d’Or, the highest prize awarded at the Cannes Film Fe...

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Health

Outsmarting Polio

While a global campaign to vaccinate every child on the globe has reduced incidence of polio by 99 percent, wiping out the disease in the last handful of countries has prov...

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