196 Countries Approve Historic Paris Global Warming Accord

The world?on Saturday?got a historic climate deal with all 196 countries approving the Paris text that got unprecedented support from all quarters.? It will formally be sig...

India's Maternal Care Crisis: Is There A Solution?

Nitu Paswan was four months pregnant when she met a community worker from the?Society for Nutrition, Education and Health Action. Paswan, a 25-year old from Dombivli, a cit...

This Is The End Of Fossil Fuels

Le Bourget, France (CNN) For Selina Leem, an 18-year-old from a tiny part of the Marshall Islands in the middle of the Pacific, the adoption of?Saturday's?"Paris Agreement"...

NITI Aayog To Soon Unveil Policy On Important Sectors

Taking forward its project of creating a national agenda in consultation with the states, the NITI Aayog will soon come out with policy papers on critical sectors such as a...

Bangladesh Leads South Asia In Reducing Gender Disparity: Report

Bangladesh has been ranked 64th this year in an index showing the condition of women in 145 countries. Last year, it was positioned 68th among 142 nations. The Geneva-based...

Tribeca Film Festival Announces Dates For 2016 Edition And Filmmaker Submissions

It seems like yesterday that we were celebrating the end of the 2015 Tribeca Film Festival with co-founder Robert De Niro and his fellow Goodfellas cast members,&...

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A 'Victory For All Of The Planet': Nations Pledge To Slow Global Warming In Historic Pact

Nearly 200 nations adopted the first global pact to fight climate change?on Saturday, calling on the world to collectively cut and then eliminate greenhouse gas pollution b...