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Environment

Human-caused climate change blamed for some heat waves

Washington: Heat waves last year in Asia, Europe and Australia were influenced by human-caused climate change, but not all extreme weather events could be linked to global ...

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Health

Taking healthcare to India’s remote tribes

The right to good healthcare must be addressed using modern technology, innovative approaches and by involving tribals in developing solutions for their problems in his add...

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Environment

Record CO2 emissions committing world to dangerous climate change

Global greenhouse gas emissions on course to reach record high of over 40bn tonnes in 2014, study in Nature Geoscience says Children born today will see the world committed...

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Sustainable Development

Go low-carbon for the money, says high-profile report

Is it too good to be true? Top economists this week lay out an audacious argument for transforming the world’s economy into a low-carbon one. Even if you forget clima...

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Health

Put the Physical in Education

When confronted with an overly active child, many exasperated teachers and parents respond the same way: “Sit still!” It might be more effective, though, to enc...

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Health

Childhood Diet Habits Set in Infancy, Studies Suggest

Efforts to improve what children eat should begin before they even learn to walk, a series of nutritional studies published on Tuesday has found. Taken together, the data i...

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Environment

Centre finally wakes up and decides to study extreme weather events after Kashmir floods

Following India experiencing "extreme weather events" in regular intervals ? Leh cloudburst in 2010, Uttarakhand tragedy in 2013 and now unusually heavy rain and floods in ...

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Sustainable Development

Poverty Makes Minority Kids More Vulnerable To Abuse

Children belonging to minority communities face increased risk of maltreatment due to exposure to poverty, says a U.S.-based study.
Poverty – rather than biased ...

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Health

Flu shots effective in pregnant women with or without HIV

Tests conducted in 2011 and 2012 show that the influenza vaccine effectively prevents flu infections in pregnant women, whether or not they are infected with HIV. Vaccinati...

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Environment

Climate change led to the fall of great civilisations

Scientists probe ancient barley to understand the impact of climate on early farming societies Civilisations thrived only when there was proper rain and water was available...

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