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Sustainable development goals face $2.5 trillion funding shortfall

UN report says climate, poverty and health targets will require huge cash injection from private sector The UN’s sustainable development goals (SDGs) will fail unless...

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Sustainable Development

With depleting groundwater, Lucknow headed for severe crisis

The groundwater level of Lucknow continues to deplete at an alarming rate due to unregulated and excessive extraction and relentless concretization of green zones. Accordin...

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Bollywood

Big B sponsors 2 women athletes for CWG, World Championship & Asian Games ’14

Global cinema icon and champion of various social causes, Amitabh Bachchan has often sparked laudatory initiatives towards the betterment of society, such as Polio Eradicat...

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Hollywood

Dave Navarro Creates New Smiles For Kids

Founding member of Jane’s Addiction and ‘Ink Master’ host, Dave Navarro, asked fans to help create more smiles with Operation Smile and is just about to r...

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Hollywood

Angelina Jolie Awarded Honorary Damehood

Co-Founder of the Preventing Sexual Violence Initiative and Special Envoy of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Angelina Jolie has received an honorary Damehood (DCMG) ...

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Hollywood

Rest Of The World Shines At Soccer Aid 2014

A crowd of nearly 70,000 turned out to Soccer Aid at Manchester United’s Old Trafford this week to witness Michael Sheen’s Rest Of The World team defeat England...

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Health

Will global polio eradication miss yet another deadline?

When the world embarked on polio eradication 26 years back, the goal was to complete that task by the year 2000. That target was not met, nor did the two deadlines set afte...

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Environment

Water pollution killing Goa’s marine population

The next time you want to dig into a spiced, crunchy fried mussel or fancy some coconut-laced clam gravy while lounging in a Goa beach shack, you might have to look harder ...

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Sustainable Development

Chennai to host conference on 'International Year of Family Farming'

The Asia-Pacific regional conference on the UN-declared ‘International Year of Family Farming’ will be held in Chennai from August 7 to 10. M S Swaminathan Rese...

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Bollywood

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan Supports Cleft Lip Charity The Smile Train

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan has appeared in a video in support of the Smile Train, the world’s largest cleft lip and palate charity. The charity’s overriding goal is...

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