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The general election is fast approaching; yet current registration levels among young people are shockingly low, with a recent poll suggesting that in the UK less than a th...

The Road To Better Data

When Moses went to Mount Sinai more than 3,000 years ago, he came back with 10 commandments. When the world’s presidents and prime ministers go to New York City in la...

Polio Vaccination With Micro-Needle Patches Receives Funding For Patch Development, Clinical Trial

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has awarded a grant of $2.5 million to advance the development of dissolvable microneedle patches for polio immunisation. The patche...

Technology The 'Golden Key' For Planetary Sustainability: India At UN

As the world observed Earth Day, India said technology held the “golden key” to planetary sustainability and concerns over intellectual property rights should n...

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...

India Needs To Take The Lead On Climate Change Action, Says US Ambassador Richard Verma

India needs to take the lead in spearheading the cause of climate change even as the US will help it realise a low carbon and clean energy future, US ambassador to India Ri...

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...

Meryl Streep Funds Lab for Women Screenwriters Over 40

Meryl Streep has funded a screenwriters lab for women writers over 40, to be run by New York Women in Film and Television and IRIS, a collective of women filmmakers.
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Doing much with little

Despite limited resources and political instability, Nepal is doing well on health, social indicators.

Recently, on April 10, India?? The Hindu published an artic...