Nigeria, others contribute 60% to global maternal deaths

Nigeria and nine other countries contribute about 60 per cent of the global maternal mortality burden, the World Health Organization has said. Media Officer, Development Co...

Now, climate smart rice to save farmers in India's flood prone areas

Farmers in India's eastern region, prone for flash floods, are now shifting to flood-tolerant variety of rice, developed by Manila-based International Rice Research Institu...

Children of farmers who committed suicide need help

The Sambhaji Brigade of the Maratha Seva Sangh has come out and declared that it would help the cause of the more than 200 children of the farmers who had committed suicide...

Heat wave due to climate change

The persistent heat wave sweeping through most parts of West Bengal this summer has triggered concerns among climatologists, who feel that this is actually the harbinger of...

Indian Muslim women strive to break poverty cycle

The 18-year-old Muslim helps support her diabetic mother, father and five siblings by working as a maid—while also taking free vocational classes at the National Inst...

NDTV PRIME PRESENTS STAND UP PLANET

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