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90% kids vaccinated against Japanese Encephalitis in East Champaran

On the second day of two-day special Japanese Encephalitis (JS) vaccination drive in East Champaran district over 90 % children were vaccinated against the disease at all A...

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Health

ATM paper-slip receipt can cause cancer, contains harmful chemicals

The paper-slip receipt rolled out by the automatic teller machine (ATM) can be harmful for your health. It has been proved in a research conducted by the Chemical departmen...

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Environment

Ground water in Raj a major concern

A report `Rajasthan Action Plan on Climate Change’ drafted recently by various departments of the state government with the help of TERI has also pointed out that the...

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Bollywood

Punks, Pereras and Happy Hookers: Women of the South Asian musical diaspora

A number of young South Asian women are making inventive, cutting edge music, channeling the spirit of Grace Jones, Patti Smith and punk rather than Raj Kapoor. Are we livi...

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Health

For an aspiring global power, India suffers from shocking levels of malnutrition

The bad news is that India continues to lead most countries in several malnutrition and mortality indicators. The latest UN report places India’s maternal mortality a...

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Sustainable Development

Younger generations prepare themselves to solve water scarcity

With the residents facing difficult conditions due to scarcity of water, the need for creating awareness among them to raise the groundwater level is significant. Being par...

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Sustainable Development

400 million workers in India have little security, few entitlements

A new report finds that the great majority of labour in India works in one form or the other of informal employment, allowing those who pay them to dodge labour laws. In In...

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Health

Anti-rabies vaccination camp held

In order to control the spread of rabies, the health wing of the Trichy Corporation and the department of animal husbandry held a vaccination camp to vaccinate both stray a...

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Health

How technology can save India’s vanishing generation

For India’s children, the journey from a crib to grave is indeed very short. A Save the Children study has reported that over three lakh babies die on their first-day...

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Sustainable Development

More than 80 billion tons of mineral reserves in India yet to be tapped

Over 80 billion tons of India’s mineral reserves are yet to be tapped as the domestic mining sector has been waiting for exploitation of its full potential despite a ...

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