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Sustainable Development

Women’s empowerment in UP bleak

Gender equity and the status of women remain the hand-maiden of callous politics in India’s largest state by population and 2014 has been deplorably stark. The &lsquo...

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Thought Factory

Looking Back With Concern- Health 2014

A Snapshot of Global Health- 2014

  • Between 2000 and 2012, measles deaths worldwide have been cut by almost 80% ??from 56...

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Environment

Irreversible But Not Unstoppable: The Ghost Of Climate Change Yet To Come

Unlike Scrooge, we don?t get a spirit to show us what the future holds if we don?t change our ways. That?s what we have science for. In recent years, observations have conf...

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Environment

Pacific winds change the speed of global warming, says new study

The strength of the trade winds that cross the Pacific can affect how quickly the planet warns, new research suggests. By analysing the chemical makeup of corals in the tro...

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Environment

India says carbon emissions will grow as it drives to beat poverty

The world must accept that India's per capita carbon emissions will need to rise rapidly if it is to eliminate poverty, the environment minister said on Friday, as delegate...

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Health

Processed food now a cause for higher incidence of non- communicable diseases

In an alarming trend, an international research group has observed that with rising incomes, the global shift from traditional foods and cereals to processed foods is gradu...

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Environment

India Betters China in Climate-change Efforts

China and US are the biggest polluters in the world, with India ranking third, according to the 2015 Climate Change Performance Index (CCPI) report. The CCPI, put out by Ge...

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Health

Maternal deaths on the rise in Almora district

The number of maternal deaths in Almora district is on the rise as despite special provisions in the National Health Mission to protect mothers and children post-delivery, ...

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Health

Non-prevalent' 10 states see rise in HIV patients, record 57% cases

The number of HIV patients has registered an increase in states where it was earlier being considered to be non-prevalent with 10 such states together accounting for 57 % o...

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Health

Chronic Diseases Are Killing More in Poorer Countries

Chronic diseases like cancer and heart disease are rising fast in low- and middle-income countries, striking far younger populations than in rich countries and causing much...

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