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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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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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Health

Communicable Diseases Rise 32 Perccent In 5 Years, Spending Up 7 Percent

Spending on programmes to control India’s three main communicable diseases — malaria, tuberculosis and leprosy A — increased seven percent over five years...

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Health

Health Ministry Launches Longitudinal Ageing Study In India

The Ministry of Health & Family Welfare launched the Longitudinal Ageing Study in India (LASI), here today. Launching the project, Shri B P Sharma, Secretary (HFW) stat...

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Health

World Health Day To Focus On Food Safety This Year

Food poisoning and diarrhoeal infection are the two leading causes of food-borne illnesses in India. Moreover, due to lack of laboratories and shortage of manpower, many ou...

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Human Rights

62,500 Child Marriages In Tamil Nadu, Chennai Leads

Chennai tops the list of districts in TN with most married girls under 15 years of age, according to recent data released by Census 2011. With 5,480 girls under the age of ...

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Documentary / Shorts

When little feet found their wings with Vistara #FlyTheNewFeeling

As Vistara flew for the first time on January 9th, 2015, Flight UK890 had both the pride and pleasure of having 12 Salaam Baalak Trusts children as their first flyers. Come...

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Documentary / Shorts

Vikramaditya Motwane I Filmmakers Speak I MFF 2014

Filmmaker Vikramaditya Motwane express his views about Mumbai Film Festival- his expectations and his festival schedule. Motwane sheds light on the importance of films and ...

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Documentary / Shorts

Deepika Padukone I Anupama Chopra I Filmmakers Speak I MFF 2014

Actor Deepika Padukone and Anupama Chopra speak about their experience at the Mumbai Film Festival and share their love for cinema. Deepika Padukone talks about her interes...

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Documentary / Shorts

Animation for Transgender HIV/AIDS Outreach and Prevention (Eng Subtitles) Mplus Thailand

Based on the interview data of a significant transgender population in Chiang Mai, Mplus+ decided to produce an animation that empowers transgender individuals to negotiate...

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