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$500M immunization fund pledged by Canada for developing nations

Canada will provide $500 million to help immunize children in developing countries, Prime Minister Stephen Harper said today in Senegal. The money is part of the $3.5 billi...

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Bollywood

Doordarshan and UNICEF honour Maharashtra’s Navjyotis

Nine girls coming from culturally diverse backgrounds and different parts of the state have one common message to share – ‘Girls are not any less’. These ...

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Environment

Lima climate change talks best chance for a generation, say upbeat diplomats

Hopes rise for global warming deal after US-China carbon commitments inject much-needed momentum into Peru talks UN climate negotiations opening in Lima on Monday have the ...

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Sustainable Development

Many Indian girls are going to incredible lengths to get the education they deserve

India is hardly the place that comes to mind when you think of places that have made strides in girls’ education. Headlines are filled with stories of how badly the c...

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Sustainable Development

Social Norms Biggest Challenge in Child Rights: UNICEF

Prevailing social norms such as early marriage and child labour are the biggest challenge in implementing child rights in the country, a UNICEF official said. “The ma...

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Environment

Cheap Electricity for Poor Squeezing Out Solar in India

The villagers of Dharnai in northern India had been living without electricity for more than 30 years when Greenpeace installed a microgrid to supply reliable, low-cost sol...

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Sustainable Development

Say Thank You To These 5 Invisible Heroes Who Are Dirtying Their Hands For A Clean India!

From taking matters into their own hands to creating unique and innovative solutions for India’s sanitation problems, these unsung heroes are leading India to a healt...

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Health

India’s Lethal Birth Control

There’s no secret to reducing population growth: Women who are informed about and given access to contraception choices have fewer children. Yet India persists in a c...

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Environment

UK pledges ?720m to climate change fund for poor countries

Britain will face a disaster if it adopts an ?isolationist approach? to the environment, the energy secretary, Ed Davey, has warned as he announced the UK is to give ?720m ...

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Sustainable Development

UK pledges ?720m to climate change fund for poor countries

Britain will face a disaster if it adopts an “isolationist approach” to the environment, the energy secretary, Ed Davey, has warned as he announced the UK is to...

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