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Sustainable Development

UP’s Mini-Grid Policy Tries To Boost Rural Electrification

Following its move to allow a special status to mini-solar-grids, the Uttar Pradesh government released details on the mini-grid policy last week. Under the scheme, the sta...

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Environment

Witness To Climate Change: Remembering Photographer Gary Braasch

Portland environmental photographer Gary Braasch described himself as a witness to climate change. He dedicated himself to making images that helped the rest of the world w...

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Sustainable Development

Storage Level In Major Reservoirs Sees A Further Dip

The volume of water in 91 major reservoirs of the country for the week ending March 10, 2016 stands at 45.801 BCM (billion cubic metre). This is just 29 per cent of the tot...

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Sustainable Development

Clean Energy Could Save Hundreds Of Billions In Health Costs Every Year

In Paris late last year, the countries of the world pledged to reduce emissions to keep global warming “well below a 2 degree Celsius” rise in global average te...

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Environment

A Long Walk For Water

Members of 82.2% rural households in Chhattisgarh walk almost 500m a day to fetch drinking water, which means they cover a distance equivalent to that between Gurgaon and A...

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Human Rights

Do Children Have A Right To Be Loved?

Surely every child on Earth should be loved. That seems obvious. But is that a human right? Many international declarations adopt this view. The 1989 Declaration on the Rig...

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Health

Spread Of Polio Remains A Public Health Emergency: WHO Ratan

World Health Organization (WHO) has said the spread of international spread of polio remains a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC). The body also recom...

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Human Rights

2.5 Billion People At Risk Of Hunger And Poverty If Land Rights Are Not Protected

Indigenous peoples and local communities protect half the world's land, but formally own just 10 percent, according to a report released today by a global alliance of NGOs....

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A Tale Of Two Astronauts: Scott And Mark Kelly Begin New Phase Of NASA Twins Study

After nearly a year on the International Space Station, NASAastronaut Scott Kelly returned to Earth on Tuesday night, completing, along with Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Korni...

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World Wildlife Day 2016: 15 Ways To Save Earth’s Animals And Plants

Thursday marks World Wildlife Day, which the 68th session of the United Nations General Assemblydesignated as a time to celebrate and raise awareness of the planet’s ...

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