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Sustainable Development

For Google's Cloud, 18 Minutes Of Downtime Is An Eternity

On Monday night, Google's Compute Engine went dark for 18 minutes. The Engine itself was whirring away just fine, but incoming internet traffic to its servers was misrouted...

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Human Rights

Securing Our Societies From The Threat Of Senseless Terrorism

Since 2000, we have witnessed a more than ten-fold increase in the number of deaths from violent extremism and terrorism - from 3,329 victims in 2000 to 32,685 in 2014. And...

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Documentary / Shorts

Animation for Transgender HIV/AIDS Outreach and Prevention (Eng Subtitles) Mplus Thailand

Based on the interview data of a significant transgender population in Chiang Mai, Mplus+ decided to produce an animation that empowers transgender individuals to negotiate...

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Health

Decline In Tobacco Users In India: Healthy Sign But Smoke Signals Still Worrying

Smoking kills over one million people in India annually and is the fourth leading cause of non-communicable diseases (NCD) such as cancer and heart diseases When the Nation...

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Health

WHO Outlines Ways To Prevent And Mitigate Childhood Hearing Loss

Nearly 32 million children across the world live with disabling hearing loss. A new WHO report, "Childhood hearing loss: act now, here’s how", suggests that 60% of th...

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Trending

Why Ratan Tata Is Backing This Young Man's Idea Of Saving Stray Dogs From Roadkill

Posted on February 20, 2016: Tens of thousands of stray dogs are killed on Indian roads every year. While individual numbers vary from city to city, no one is really keepin...

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Hollywood

Tyler Perry Wants To Stop Childhood Hunger In America

Today, Feeding America and Ad Council launched new public service announcements (PSAs) featuring actor and filmmaker Tyler Perry to help spread the message about child...

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Bollywood

Akshay Kumar To Feature In WHO's Diabetic Awareness Campaign

Bollywood superstar Akshay Kumar will feature in a video campaign by the World Health Organisation to raise awareness about diabetes in India. Akshay Kumar and Rajkumar Hir...

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Sustainable Development

For Many, A Life-Saving Drug Out Of Reach

Mark Kinzly saved two lives this week. But he wouldn’t have been here to help if a friend hadn’t once done for him what he’s now repeatedly done for other...

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Health

Six Questions About The Zika Virus, Answered

Some doctors in Brazil have been warning women not to get pregnant, and last week the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued travel advisories suggesting pregnan...

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