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Selling Out Of Fossil Fuels No Solution For Climate Change

Institutional investors are under increasing pressure to divest their holdings in fossil fuel-related companies. A network of concerned activists are seeking to focus atten...

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Health

How Can We Empower Women In Agriculture To End Hunger?

Measuring the inclusion of women in the sector is key to creating well-targeted policies that will help farmers increase their yields and feed more hungry people If we??e g...

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Bollywood

Arjun Kapoor pledges support for Earth Hour 2015 campaign

Actor Arjun Kapoor has joined hands with WWF-India to pledge his support to the Earth Hour 2015- WWF’s global campaign to raise awareness and inspire individual actio...

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International Women Leaders Discuss Women’s Equality And Leadership At Barnard College

Last week, Barnard College and President Debora L. Spar hosted Queen Noor of Jordan, Nobel Peace Prize Winner Leymah Gbowee, CARE USA CEO Helene Gayle, President of Goldman...

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Environment

Arctic sea ice extent hits record low for winter maximum

Record low ice coverage this winter is caused by climate change and abnormally mild weather, scientists say Arctic sea ice has hit a record low for its maximum extent in wi...

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Health

Inaugural Childx conference to be held at Stanford in April

Alan Guttmacher, a leading child health expert, will give a keynote address at the TED-style event April 2-3, which will bring together diverse experts in fetal and child h...

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Hollywood

No Doubt And Sia To Perform At Los Angeles LGBT Center's An Evening With Women

The Los Angeles LGBT Center announced today that international music superstars No Doubt and Sia will both perform intimate acoustic sets and Emmy Award-winning actress and...

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Over 16,000 Pakistan families refuse polio vaccination

ISLAMABAD – Over 16,400 families across the country refused to get their children vaccinated during the first two days of the latest round of the National Polio Campa...

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Health

Kalam voices concern about maternal, infant mortality rates

Former president A P J Abdul Kalam today expressed his concerns about maternal mortality rate (MMR) and infant mortality rate (IMR) in the country. Inaugurating a medical f...

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Environment

Getting disaster resilience right

Last year, Asia Pacific suffered 6,000 fatalities and economic losses of almost US$60 billion due to natural disasters. UNESCAP executive secretary Shamshad Akhtar outlines...

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