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Bollywood

Rahul Bose joins a cause for child sexual abuse

Rahul Bose’s NGO held a press conference that was graced by actor Kalki Koechlin. It was organised to announce a seminar that would discuss the issue of child sexual ...

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Environment

Climate change: IPCC report warns of looming food crisis

The report Climate Change 2014: Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability—says erratic and extreme weather, like severe droughts, floods and heat waves will affect food ...

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Sustainable Development

Food and drink industry backs sustainable farming scheme

Members of the Sustainable Agriculture Initiative (SAI) Platform have developed the world’s first industry aligned Farmer Self Assessment of sustainable agriculture p...

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Environment

Climate change a problem today – not tomorrow – for food security, experts say

Climate change has already had a powerful negative effect on agriculture and food security for the world’s most vulnerable, and that impact will get worse, according ...

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Hollywood

Toni Collette Named Global Ambassador Of Humanitarian Charity

It’s always nice when Hollywood stars use their fame in order to make the world a better place, and Toni Collette has become the latest one to do so. Because the actr...

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Health

Political Apathy, Unplanned Urbanisation Make Vector-Borne Diseases Hard To Control in India

Only 60 per cent of the total plan outlay for vector-borne diseases spent between 2007 to2013; lack of co-ordination between ministries and state agencies a major hurdle in...

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Sustainable Development

Tata Power Delhi Distribution wins ‘Innovation for India Awards – 2014

Tata Power Delhi Distribution (TPDDL) has won the ‘Innovation for India Awards 2014’, under Business Category, for developing tamper evident and defraud electri...

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Thought Factory

Is This Our Democracy?

While watching the show Satyamev Jayate hosted by Aamir Khan, running on Sunday mornings on Star Plus, last week, I began to feel faint.

Our acceptance of a flawed ...

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Hollywood

Game Of Thrones Star To Run London Marathon For Charity

Game of Thrones star Natalie Dormer will be running the Virgin Money London Marathon on April 13 to raise money for Barnardo’s. “I am proud to be running the Vi...

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Hollywood

Lily Allen Joins Star-Studded Coram Charity Concert

The Royal Albert Hall came alive for Coram’s biggest ever musical fundraising concert featuring Lily Allen,Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Queen’s Brian May, Kerry Ellis, ...

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