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Government Keen To Operationalise Emergency Helpline For Women By 2017

Over two years after the Nirbhaya incident brought the focus on women safety, the government has kick-started the process to set up a single emergency response number acros...

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Hollywood

Bill And Melinda Gates To Be Honored By Helen Keller International

Helen Keller International, a leading global nonprofit dedicated to fighting the causes and consequences of preventable blindness and malnutrition, will celebrate its Cente...

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United Technologies Announces ‘Citizens For The City’ Project And Neighbourhood Improvement Partnership Challenge

  • Up to INR One Crore to be offered as grants to citizen groups to deliver localized neighbourhood improvement pilot

    BENGALURU, May 7, 201...

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Sustainable Development

In India, Profitable Farming With Fewer Chemicals

The earth beneath Lakshmi Karre’s sparse cotton crop is hard and dry. Dressed in a flowery orange sari, she squats in the large gap between two plants and tugs at som...

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UN Chief Urges Climate Action At Earth Day Concert

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has declared 2015 a year for global action on climate, gender and development issues, warning revellers attending the 2015 edit...

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Sustainable Development

Nikhil Seth: A New Vision For Sustainable Development

In his more than two decades with the United Nations, Nikhil Seth has played a pivotal role in the development of first the Millennium Development Goals in 2000 and now the...

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Bollywood

5 Bollywood Films That Teach Us Few Things About Women Empowerment

It is sort of fashionable to talk about feminism and women empowerment these days. Everybody seems to have an opinion on how a woman’s life could and should be. Socia...

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Hollywood

Connie Britton Named As United Nations Development Programme Ambassador

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has appointed American actress Connie Britton as its newest Goodwill Ambassador, with a special focus on poverty eradication...

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Thought Factory

NOW ART FITS TO COLUMNS OF EXCEL SHEETS!

In the last week I happened to spend an evening with relatives who were visiting Mumbai from Jammu; my hometown and the place I took birth in. It’s a no-brainer that ...

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Sustainable Development

Cellphones for Women in Developing Nations Aid Ascent From Poverty

Here is what life is like for a woman with no bank account in a developing country. She keeps her savings hidden — in pots, under mattresses, in fields. She constantl...

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