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1.46 Lakh Lives Lost On Indian Roads Last Year

An official report, released by Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari on Thursday, said 1.46 lakh people were killed in road accidents in India in 2015 &...

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Environment

Twenty Percent Of The World's Plants Could Go Extinct — And It's Not Just From Climate Change

With the human population fast approaching 8 billion, human beings are leveling forests, clearing savannas, and transforming entire landscapes to make way for industrial-sc...

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ISKCON Unveils Govardhan Eco Village At Wada To Mark Golden Jubilee

Mumbai, January 27, 2016: On the occasion of the Golden Jubilee anniversary, International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) presents two Eco-Vill...

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Environment

China's Dirty Air Just Hit 'Doomsday' Levels

The smog grounded flights, closed highways, and prompted officials to tell residents to stay indoors. Visibility in the northeastern industrial city of 5 million was just a...

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Sustainable Development

Workers Of The World, Employed

More than 60 percent of the world’s gross domestic product comes from global TRADE. This is double what it was in the 1980s. Most economists agree that the astonishin...

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Bollywood

Bollywood’s Women Steal Movie Limelight From Men

After decades of male domination, Bollywood has seen a recent wave of hit movies starring Indian women in tough, smart lead roles, suggesting the gender tide may finally be...

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Thought Factory

An Elite Cafeteria Or A Canteen For Everyone?

June 30, 2015, 9.15 pm

I heaved a sigh of relief as I put down my purse, lunchbox, umbrella and some vegetables I ...

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Thought Factory

TECHNOLOGY AND THE MEDIA

“Give me liberty to know, to utter and to argue freely according to conscience, above all liberties”, thundered John Milton in his famous Areopagitica, his essa...

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Thought Factory

VICTIMS, WOMEN & THE LANDED VOICELESS

So here?? the thing!

As I entered home this evening, my housekeeper Leela Lhama opened the door, as usual.

She normally takes my laptop bag from my hand and...

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Thought Factory

Of Right Words And Persistent Images

‘Human rights are rights inherent to all human beings, whatever our nationality, place of residence, sex, national or ethnic origin, colour, religion, language, o...

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