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A reporter’s notebook

Crime against women in Uttar Pradesh might have hit the headlines, but following two Khabar Lahariya journalists on a day’s work shows that little has changed over de...

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Sustainable Development

Where the Girls Went, Where the Boys Came From

In the huge furor that followed the Badaun gang rapes and murders a month ago, cops were suspended and upper caste Yadav suspects arrested, some of whom confessed to the cr...

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TV

Get On The Dance Floor

?Jhalak?s more sensuous, less dance,? was a barrage of opinions from the more conservative and traditional viewers during its first few weekends.? Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa, the I...

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Sustainable Development

Kerala Panchayat sets an example by ensuring safety for women

While crimes against women are being reported in all corners of the country, one panchayat in Kerala’s Alappuzha district has made it its mission to ensure that the s...

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Sustainable Development

In Lucknow, one toilet for every 58,844 people!

Lucknow, with a population of nearly three million and the capital of India’s most populous state of Uttar Pradesh, doesn’t have any public toilets for women an...

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Sustainable Development

Fixing India?s Sanitation Problem Requires More Than Toilets

Here is a number most of you know: more people practice open defecation in India than anywhere in the world – more than 600 million individuals. Moreover, 60% of hous...

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Sustainable Development

Agra bans plastic bags to curb pollution

With an aim to curb the rising pollution in Yamuna, the Agra district administration has decided to strictly implement the ban on use of polythene in the city. For the same...

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Sustainable Development

Why do millions of Indian defecate in the open?

Its early morning and local commuters are queuing up for tickets at the Kirti Nagar railway station in the Indian capital, Delhi. Along the tracks, another crowd is gatheri...

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Hollywood

Duchess Of Cornwall Meets With Angelina Jolie To Discuss Helping Rape Victims

The Duchess of Cornwall and Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie – both champions of the plight of rape victims – met last week for informal discussions about their...

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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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