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Sustainable Development

On Paper Electrified Villages; In Reality, Darkness

Haldu Khata, a village in Bijnor district of Uttar Pradesh, is one of the 7,008 villages that the government claims to have “electrified” in the last year, unde...

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Environment

Study Raises New Concern About Global Warming

A study published in Nature says global warming could disintegrate the vast ice Antarctic ice sheet sooner than originally thought. That would mean a 3-foot sea level rise ...

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Hollywood

Katie Couric: My Life As A Cancer Advocate

Her unanticipated journey as a cancer advocate is the subject of a personal essay by Katie Couric published online in The American Journal of Gastroenterology(AJG) to coinc...

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Health

Urban Health: Major Opportunities For Improving Global Health Outcomes, Despite Persistent Health Inequities

New data on the health of city-dwellers in almost 100 countries show that as the world’s urban population continues to grow, health inequities - especially between th...

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Human Rights

On The Margins In A City Of Dreams

A week after a fire broke out in the Deonar dumping ground in Mumbai, fires in smaller pockets continue to blaze. But toxic smoke is only an addition to a long list of prob...

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Sustainable Development

Big Boost For Increasing Employment In India

As of 2011, there are 116 million unemployed people in the country, out of which 10 million have atleast a graduation degree and 7.2 million have a technical degree. But th...

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Environment

Is This A Glimmer Of Hope For Our At-Risk Oceans?

The world’s fisheries could see a swift recovery from overfishing and declining stocks if sensible reforms are implemented,
according to a new study.
Resea...

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Bollywood

7 Revelations By Priyanka Chopra Which Will Make You Feel PROUD Of Your Homegirl!

Priyanka Chopra is sure making us proud with Baywatch and Quantico. Read on to know what it takes for her to stay on top.  She bindaas, badass and is truly making the ...

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Kaleidoscope

Kaleidoscope : Killer Docs

Doctor-cum author Robin Cook, is an expert writer of medical thrillers—he wrote his first novel, The Year of the Intern, while he was on board the Navy&rsqu...

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Gender

India's First Transband: Don't Hide Us Away, Don't Keep Us In A Cage

KomalJagtap used to work as a wedding singer in India. For about 5,000 rupees (£52), she would dance and sing when people got married or wanted to celebrate a birth. ...

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