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Sustainable Development

India’s bride markets grow, while trafficking convictions decline

The shortage of brides in some states with skewed sex ratio has made human trafficking a lucrative trade The Indian predilection for aborting or killing the female child ap...

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Festivals

Athena Ashton’s Topical New Play ‘The Missionary Position!!’ To Be Staged In India

Theatre NW1 London

        Athena Ashton’s Topical New Play ‘The Missionary Position!!&rsquo...

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Health

Improving child and maternal health care in rural areas

Taking a leaf out of Prime Minister Narendra Modi?? pioneering Digital India campaign, HLFPPT has launched an innovative e-ASHA training programme in the remote Suvali bloc...

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Sustainable Development

The truly dictatorial ordinance didn’t come from Modi: it came from Rajasthan

Laying down educational qualifications for panchayat and zila parishad elections endangers democracy. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has received plenty of flak for resorting...

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Sustainable Development

63 million people faced with poverty due to healthcare expenditure

A whopping 63 million people are faced with poverty every year due to “catastrophic” expenditure over healthcare which neutralises the gains of rising income an...

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Sustainable Development

Lexicon of democratic literacy

The introduction of educational qualifications as eligibility criteria for contesting panchayat elections has shocked and angered rural Rajasthan, including supporters of t...

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Health

Maternal Supplementation Prevents Preterm Births

Maternal micronutrient supplementation is able to reduce preterm births and low birth weights, according to a study involving over 44,000 Bangladeshi pregnancies. Asian Sci...

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Hollywood

Big Hearts: Hollywood Celebs And Their Million Dollar Charities

BANGALORE: The session once again had enveloped the atmosphere with merriment and glee (unless you??e the Grinch, but let?? not get into that). The spirit of giving has nev...

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Health

Conditions caused due to poor sanitation the reason for large number of maternal and newborn deaths

Lack of safe water, sanitation and hygiene in birth settings is killing mothers and newborns in the developing world, shows a new study. In a flagship paper, 16 researchers...

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Environment

David Attenborough: Leaders don't take climate change seriously

Sir David Attenborough is calling on global leaders to step up their actions to curb climate change, saying that they are in denial about the dangers it poses despite the o...

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