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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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Human Rights

Make 'US' Your Priority: CRY Shares Appeal On Behalf Of Children

This Children's Day, the underprivileged children make an appeal to the state and the society to empower them through providing good education, health care and fighting the...

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Health

Children's Health, Privacy At Risk From Digital Marketing

The World Health Organization (WHO) Has Published The Report, Which Calls For Immediate Action By Policy Makers To Recognise And Address The Growing Issue Of Targeted Marke...

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Environment

Air Pollution Is Driving Us All Down A Road To Ruin

That the government is now at last being forced to do more to reduce the dangerous levels of nitrogen dioxide air pollution is welcome news (Court defeat for government on ...

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Health

For Melinda Gates, Birth Control Is Women’s Way Out Of Poverty

Melinda Gates has made providing poor women in developing countries access to contraception a mission. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, which she leads with her hus...

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Gender

Bhubaneswar School Girl Wins IGNITE Award For Innovation That Can Curb Air Pollution

A World Health Organization (WHO) report on global health risks states that outdoor air pollution is among the top ten risks faced by humans that causes appr...

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Environment

Climate Finance Dispute Prompts Bangladesh To Return £13m of UK AID

Millions of pounds of climate change aid to Bangladesh has been returned unspent to the British government following a long-running dispute over its delivery. Academics and...

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Human Rights

It’s A Hard Life For Dwarfs In India

Mahendra Vinayak Agavni, 45, a resident of Kurla in Mumbai has had a tough day in the city’s suburban trains. It’s an ordeal he faces pretty much everywhere he ...

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Gender

“Will You Be Back Early?”: Problems Single Women Face In Finding Accommodation

“Where do you work (or study)?”, “Will you be back early?”, “I do not allow drinking in the house.”, &ld...

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Environment

Marrakech Climate Talks: Giving The Fossil Fuel Lobby A Seat At The Table

As the world gathers in Morocco for the historic first meeting under the Paris agreement – called “COP22” but now also “CMA1” &ndash...

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