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Read this, and then do the maths: How many mango trees before he can count my tears?

In a distant, sleepy village in Uttar Pradesh, whose name I would have never heard had a lot of politicians and news TV’s OB vans not landed there recently to bring i...

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Sustainable Development

Water on an urban planet: Urbanization and the reach of urban water infrastructure

Delhi with fast-growing rate of urbanisation is the second most water-stressed cities in the world according to this new research published in Global Environmental Change J...

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Environment

Climate change ‘single biggest hindrance’ to human development

The recently released Human Development Report has identified six major threats to human development and proposed a set of policies and reforms to address these vulnerabili...

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Sustainable Development

India can increase GDP by more than a quarter by giving more women jobs

The rate of India’s female graduates entering the workforce is lower than the rate of illiterate women finding a job. India ranks the second lowest in the Group of 20...

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Sustainable Development

A Delhi resident consumes 12 times more electricity than one in Bihar

Data released last month by the National Sample Survey Organisation reveals patterns of electricity consumption across the country. Electrification in rural India has incre...

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Environment

Congress’s head-in-the-sand approach to climate change

ANY GOOD business executive knows that the world is full of risks, ignored at a company’s peril. Interest rates could spike. China could change its currency policy. C...

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Health

Vegetarian diets produce fewer greenhouse gases and increase longevity, say new studies

Consuming a plant-based diet results in a more sustainable environment and reduces greenhouse gas emissions, while improving longevity, according to new research from Loma ...

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Environment

CO2 emissions in ASEAN from transport sector will double by 2050, warns energy agency

If the International Energy Agency (IEA) is to be believed, the amount of carbon emissions from transport in ASEAN nations will double by 2050. At the same time, carbon emi...

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Sustainable Development

Disadvantaged groups have little access to public goods, says India exclusion report

Most severely and consistently excluded groups are women, Adivasis, Muslims and the disabled; report confirms A recent report by a Delhi NGO undermines government claims on...

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Health

To Age Well, Walk

Regular exercise, including walking, significantly reduces the chance that a frail older person will become physically disabled, according to one of the largest and longest...

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