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Environment

India leads the way in combating climate change

India is leading the way in efforts to combat the challenges of global warming while sceptical Americans still question climate change, according to a new global survey by ...

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Sustainable Development

Fixing India?s Sanitation Problem Requires More Than Toilets

Here is a number most of you know: more people practice open defecation in India than anywhere in the world – more than 600 million individuals. Moreover, 60% of hous...

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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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Movies

True Review: Chef

Critics Rating: 2.5 STARS*

Cast: Jon Favreau, Sofia Vergara, John Leguizamo, Emjay Anthony, Scarlett Johansson, Robert Downey Jr., Dustin H...

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Health

A simple yet rare solution

Iron deficiency in newborns can be checked if doctors wait for two minutes before cutting the umbilical cord More than 75 per cent infants in India suffer from anaemia or i...

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Health

Civic body launches project to supplement needs of high-risk pregnant women

In a first-of-its-kind initiative to bring down the maternal mortality rate (MMR) in the city, the health wing of the Trichy Corporation on Thursday embarked on an ambitiou...

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Environment

Kerala to setup study and research centre on Climate change

The Kerala government has planned to set up a study and researchcentre to have scientific knowledge on climate change, minister for environment and forest Thiruvanchoor Rad...

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Sustainable Development

Agra bans plastic bags to curb pollution

With an aim to curb the rising pollution in Yamuna, the Agra district administration has decided to strictly implement the ban on use of polythene in the city. For the same...

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Sustainable Development

Why do millions of Indian defecate in the open?

Its early morning and local commuters are queuing up for tickets at the Kirti Nagar railway station in the Indian capital, Delhi. Along the tracks, another crowd is gatheri...

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Hollywood

Sky Ferreira to perform at David Lynch fundraiser

Sky Ferreira is to perform a concert to raise funds for David Lynch’s transcendental meditation charity as she is convinced the technique saved her life. The pop star...

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