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China’s Three Gorges Dam Is Threatened by Climate Change, Says Government Official

China's Three Gorges Dam is the largest hydroelectric plant in the world, stretching nearly a mile and half wide and over 600 feet high ? five times larger than the Hoover ...

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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

IIT-Gandhinagar to launch centre for sustainable development

The workshop had brought together a select group of thought, policy and practice leaders from government, academia, civil society and practitioners to help IIT-Gn operation...

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President Urges Film Industry To Look Beyond Markets & Nurture Human Values

President Pranab Mukherjee has urged the film industry to look beyond markets and work together to help “nurture universal human values, which draw on our rich civili...

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Environment

We're a Long Way From Earthquake Predictions

For some seismologists, the deadly tremor that hit Nepal on Saturday came as little surprise. "It's been well known in the seismological world that the Himalayan system is ...

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Sustainable Development

Denmark, Singapore Ties Forged On Sustainable Ideals

After 50 years of close diplomatic ties, Denmark and Singapore are stepping up their collaboration across a range of industries – from shipping to urban transport and...

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Sustainable Development

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...

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Doordarshan Looks To Offer TV channels On Smartphones; Prasar Bharati Writes To I&B Ministry With Blueprint

NEW DELHI: Public broadcaster Prasar Bharati is experimenting with a pilot project to let people watch TV channels directly on their smartphones, without using Internet or ...

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Sustainable Development

Do We Need a Global Tax On Wealth?

Taxes have always been politicized. In modern times, no election passes without each campaign's position on taxes being thoroughly scrutinized. And with economic inequality...

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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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