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This Coimbatore NGO Is Making Toilets More Accessible To The Disabled At The City’s Railway Station

Even though crores of commuters travel through trains in India on a daily basis, railway stations for the most part woefully remain inaccessible to those who have movement ...

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Environment

Boaty McBoatface to go on its first Antarctic mission

A small yellow robot submarine, called Boaty McBoatface after a competition to name a new polar research ship backfired, is being sent on its first Antarctic mission.

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Gender

Indonesia Push To Teach Gender Equality In Schools Amid Rising Violence Against Women

IN the face of rising violence against female students, an Indonesian state commission has called for changes in the national school curriculum to promote gender equality a...

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Health

Lok Sabha Passes Maternity Benefit (Amendment) Bill; Paid Leaves Increase

The Maternity Benefit Act, 1961 protects the employment of women in her maternity period and entitles her of maternity benefit (Credit: iStock Images) Almost six months aft...

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Echoes of The Past

At the present, when Donald Trump’s America is flexing its racist muscles and angling for a possible war, David Baldacci’s new book, No Man’s Land critici...

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Health

The Right To Choice

On Tuesday, the Supreme Court declined a woman’s plea to abort her 26-week-old foetus detected with Down’s Syndrome. Senior advocate Colin Gonsalves argued that...

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Environment

How Climate Change Battles Are Increasingly Being Fought, And Won, In Court

Around the world courts are stepping in when politicians fail to act, with South Africa’s government the latest to lose a groundbreaking climate lawsuit with judges r...

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New Study On The Representation Of Women In Media Sadly Confirms What We Already Knew

The ongoing conversation around the issue of representation of women in media has been productive in terms of bringing attention to the issue, but it's not necessarily chan...

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Health

These Ordinary Women Are Making An Extraordinary Difference To Healthcare In UP

In Uttar Pradesh, the sheer scale of its population of 200 million makes it truly daunting to ensure quality healthcare to each and every citizen. At the National Health Mi...

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Sustainable Development

NASA Is Stress-Testing Its Next Gigantic Kickass Space Telescope

The Hubble Space Telescope, the first major optical telescope ever hurled into space, broke down a lot. Since its launch in 1990, NASA has organized five separate missions ...

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