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Thought Factory

Tired Hands, Weary Feet

‘Slavery is legally banned. But millions of India’s children live and work in slave labour conditions — bonded labour,...

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Environment

Smart Energy Technology 'Stymied By Current Policy'

Smart technology that could shave £90 off household energy bills and curb carbon emissions is being stymied by government policy, a leading thinktank has said. In a w...

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Hollywood

Russell Simmons' Rush Philanthropic Arts Foundation Heads Back To The Future At Art For Life Benefit.

Rush Philanthropic Arts Foundation (RPAF) is proud to celebrate the 2016 ART FOR LIFE Benefit on July 16th at Fairview Farms in Bridgehampton, NY. RPAF is dedicated to prov...

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Bollywood

Here's How Nawazuddin Siddiqui Is Saving Water In His Village

Whenever time permits, Nawazuddin Siddiqui takes off to his village, Budhana, in Uttar Pradesh to oversee the family farms. His late father, Nawabuddin, was a farmer and pl...

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Trending

How 2 Rivals Teamed Up To Evacuate Nearly 200 Horses Amid Fast-Moving Wildfires

When two brush fires erupted in the mountains above the San Gabriel Valley earlier this week prompting mandatory evacuations in some cities, residents moved quickly, taking...

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Trending

Chile Has So Much Solar Energy It’s Giving It Away For Free

Chile’s solar industry has expanded so quickly that it’s giving electricity away for free. Spot prices reached zero in parts of the country on 113 days through ...

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Human Rights

No Water, No Electricity & A Smoky Stove: The Life Of Shantabai

This village woman walks on a kuchcha road every day to fetch water. She then comes back home to cook on a mudchulha,
With no electricity in the house. You can help h...

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Drones Set To Give Global Farming A Makeover

The traditional image of a farmer standing in a field, squinting anxiously at the sky for signs of rain, may be about to get a 21st-century makeover as researchers explore ...

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Gender

How One Woman Made 100 Villages In Rajasthan Fertile Using Traditional Water Harvesting Methods

Amla Ruia has transformed the face of over 100 villages in Rajasthan by using traditional water harvesting techniques and building check dams. This is the story of how she&...

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Sustainable Development

Virtual Fences Around Wind Farms Could Reduce Bird Deaths

Well, according to a recent study published in Animal Biotelemetry, the answer to this problem could be the development of geofences, which are virtual perimeters programme...

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