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Cannes Glitterati Step Up For AIDS Charity Gala

The amfAR annual charity ball held every year at the Cannes Film Festival to raise funds for AIDS research saw an eclectic mix of celebrities, pledging their support to the...

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Environment

Delhi Air And Water In A Dismal State

On the eve of World Environment Day, the Capital does not score very high on the environmental report card going by the views of environmentalists and conservationists base...

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Sustainable Development

Mumbai Is Noisiest City In The World

Mumbai is hostage to air and water pollution at dangerous levels, and is probably the n the world, ahead of Delhi and Kolkata. Maharashtra’s economic survey, released...

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Sustainable Development

Bihar Fast-Tracks Nuclear Power Plant

Project back on track after state water resources department assures water availability from Phulwaria dam reservoir The proposal to set up the first power plant in eastern...

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Sustainable Development

Low-Cost Water Is Hard Sell in Delhi Colony

India — In October last year, the resettlement colony of Sawda Ghevra, tucked away in the north-western outskirts of India’s capital, became the site of an urba...

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Environment

Environment: Clear the air on green clearances

The new government needs to bring in second-generation reforms for environment which can strike a balance between the need for economic development and rights of a local co...

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Environment

Melting ice caps may slow negative effects of global warming

Huge amounts of dissolved iron being released into the oceans from melting ice sheets may cancel out some of the negative effects of global warming, a new study has claimed...

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Bollywood

Cannes glitterati step up for AIDS charity gala by amfAR

Sharon Stone showed up in a daring dress, John Travolta flew in on his plane, and even Eurovision winner Conchita Wurst made an appearance to support the Cannes film festiv...

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Environment

Now, climate smart rice to save farmers in India's flood prone areas

Farmers in India's eastern region, prone for flash floods, are now shifting to flood-tolerant variety of rice, developed by Manila-based International Rice Research Institu...

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Environment

Climate change and sustainable water management in Central Asia

Field observations in Central Asia indicate that the climate has been warming and the consequences of this trend have already been observed. Disasters related to climate ch...

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