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MDG Report: India On Track In Reducing Poverty

‘But it still remains home to one quarter of global underfed population’ India has halved its incidence of extreme poverty, from 49.4 per cent in 1994 to 24.7 p...

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Gender

How Are Girls Faring In The Sustainable Development Goals?

Progress is being made for adolescent girls in negotiations around the Sustainable Development Goals, but there are more opportunities to ensure girls are meaningfully and ...

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Environment

Robert Redford Sees 'Last Chance' To Fix Climate.

United Nations (United States) (AFP) - Robert Redford told the United Nations on Monday that negotiations on a global deal to tackle climate change could be the world's "la...

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Health

Focus Must Be On Children ‘Left Behind’, Says UN Study

The 11th edition of Progress for Children: Beyond Averages, a UNICEF (United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund) report card on child-related Millennium ...

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Freida Pinto Joins Richard Curtis' Project Everyone Campaign

In September 2015, at the United Nations, New York, 193 world leaders will adopt a series of ambitious goals to end extreme poverty, fight inequalities and tackle climate c...

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Health

Citizen Media Shows Why India Is Unlikely To Reach Its Millennium Goals Target For Maternal Mortality

According to the UN Millennium Development Goals, India should bring down its maternal mortality rate (MMR) to 109 per 100,000 live births by 2015. This is a tough ask, as ...

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Environment

Thousands To Lobby Mps To Back Strong Climate Change Action

Thousands of people from snowboarders and surfers to bee keepers and nuns are set to converge on parliament on Wednesday to urge their MPs to back strong action on climate ...

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Sustainable Development

How Can Countries Finance The Sustainable Development Goals?

Countries will start a new chapter in their development this year with the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals. Designed to replace the Millennium Developme...

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Environment

World?s First And Largest Ocean Cleanup To Begin In 2016

The Ocean Cleanup will deploy the world's longest floating barrier in the Sea of Japan to start collecting plastic waste as part of a greater goal - cleaning up the Great P...

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Apple Music To Be Launched Across 100 Countries Including India On June 30. Separate App for Android Users Planned

Right from the start, Apple was more or less interested in creating their own eco-system, a separate Universe wherein both the content and the hardware are provided by Appl...

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