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Cry To Protect Child Rights In Tea Gardens

Eight-year-old Tilti from the tea-producing district of Sivasagar, loves mathematics but she is not going to school any more. "I stay at home to look after my two-year-old ...

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Health

For Melinda Gates, Birth Control Is Women's Way Out Of Poverty

Melinda Gates has made providing poor women in developing countries access to contraception a mission. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, which she leads with her hus...

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Environment

Great Barrier Reef: Why Are Government And Business Perpetuating The Big Lie?

Great Barrier Reef historian Iain McCalman wrote that the new measures
“deliberately ignore the dire long-term threats to the reef that are contained i...

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Human Rights

Fighting Sex Abuse, Kids Sketch Life Left Behind

"When I was young, I used to be a rag picker. I also begged on the streets near the old Delhi railway station. There were many children there who used to do drugs. Staying ...

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Human Rights

Situating Law In The Land

Instead of a blanket ban, the Supreme Court can delegitimise polygyny in India for not being in consonance with the Koranic procedure, just as it invalidated instant triple...

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Environment

Shipping Industry Agrees To Cap Sulphur Emissions By 2020

The International Maritime Organisation (IMO) agreed on Thursday to set a cap on the sulphur content of marine fuels, in a move that campaigners predict will...

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Gender

Three Women Leaders Are Leading The Sanitation Revolution In Kanpur. Find Out How

Kanpur, the largest city in Uttar Pradesh, is the hub of industry and a thriving urban centre. The civic amenities here, however, have not been able to keep up with the sca...

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Human Rights

JagrukRaho, ChuppiTodo! Fight Against Child Sexual Abuse Gains Pace

With Diwali round the corner, a five-day campaign titled ‘JagrukRaho, ChuppiTodo‘ has been launched by the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights to...

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Experiment, Experience and Explore Science Bayer’s global interactive Science exhibition comes to Mumbai, India

Mumbai, October 26, 2016 – Bayer’s global Science exhibition, based on the Company’s mission statement, ‘Science For A Better Life”, will come...

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Health

Janani Suraksha Yojana Pays Dividends : Study

A new study brings in first conclusive evidence of the role played by JananiSurakshaYojana (JSY) in reducing ‘socioeconomic disparities’ existing in maternal ca...

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