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The World May No Longer Know These 4 Deadly Diseases By 2030

In all of human history, we’ve only ever been able to completely wipe out one disease: smallpox. Declared eradicated by the World Health Organization in 1980, smallpo...

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Sustainable Development

Child, Bride, Mother

In Guatemala, the legal age of marriage is 14 with parental consent, but in Petén, in the northern part of the country, the law seems to be more of a suggestion. Und...

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Hollywood

Cheryl Cole donating perfume profits to charity

British pop star Cheryl Cole is to donate $160,000 (£100,000) from her perfume sales to the new charity she has launched to help youngsters in her hometown. The forme...

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‘Writers must not have any kind of judgementalism’

Gautam Benegal is an incredibly talented writer, cartoonist and artist, who grew up in Kolkata. In the past, he’s contributed articles and illustrations for several p...

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Health

Injectable polio vaccine to be introduced from October

India will introduce injectable polio vaccine in its universal immunisation programme from October. This is a part of the World health Organisation’s polio endgame st...

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Environment

Climate change marchers told to hire private security firm

Campaign Against Climate Change says Britons now have to ?pay to protest? after police refuse to close roads along route The right to stage demonstrations in Britain could ...

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Sustainable Development

The gender of a sound byte

Dear Barkha, This is taking up from where we last left off. The last time we met at a dinner party in Mumbai, you had enquired why I always turned down requests to appear o...

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Hollywood

Sam Simon Named As Honorary Director Of PETA

Sam Simon – co-creator of The Simpsons and renowned philanthropist- has been named an honorary director of PETA. Simon was diagnosed with terminal cancer in...

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Laughter Is Power

The many comedy shows on television and Internet make us laugh because they make fun of others, usually those who we want to mock: Politicians, Bollywood stars, macho men, ...

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Follow Narendra Modi On Climate Change, Says Arnold Schwarzenegger

Hollywood action-movie star and former California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger today said he would be a “terminator” for climate change and asked state govern...

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