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World Cup 2014 : Girl power wins, Mumbra grants them their own football field

When a motley group of girls in the Muslim-dominated suburb of Mumbra started playing football in secret, they had no idea that three years later, they would be able to kic...

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Health

HIV patients with social protection stay in jobs longer: ILO

New report calls for wider social protection net to include HIV patients HIV patients with access to social protection are more likely to have jobs or be involved in some p...

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Environment

NASA to again launch global warming satellite

In 2009, NASA had launched a satellite to track carbon dioxide but it plunged into the ocean after liftoff. The space agency has now decided to launch a carbon copy of the ...

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Sustainable Development

Bengaluru's trash talk

City administration makes fresh promises to get an extension to dump its waste at Mandur village. But will the five-month breather be enough for Bengaluru to overcome its g...

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Power Breakfast

Did you know that in movies and television shows only 17% of crowd scenes are made up of women? I learned that and other interesting facts in Mount St. Mary’s 2014 Re...

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Hollywood

Why The Body Diversity On 'Orange Is The New Black' Is So Important

“Don’t forget, ladies. Your usual meal is 1500 calories. Beware of overeating.” Listen closely, and you’ll hear that announcement play in the backgr...

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Health

More education among women helps reduce maternal and child mortality in Bangladesh

Bangladesh is a classic case of a low- and middle-income country achieving the unachievable which many others failed to. It reduced its maternal mortality by 66 per cent be...

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Environment

Creating the climate for India’s low carbon growth story

Buried under the din of the changing electoral climate, India took an important step in its fight against climate change this summer. The ‘Expert Group on Low Carbon ...

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Sustainable Development

Kerala Panchayat sets an example by ensuring safety for women

While crimes against women are being reported in all corners of the country, one panchayat in Kerala’s Alappuzha district has made it its mission to ensure that the s...

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Sustainable Development

Poverty And Prosperity In India: A Story of 28 States

The Government’s work should be to listen to the poor, to work for the poor, and live for (the poor)”, said Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his first speech in ...

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