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World On Track To Lose Two-Thirds Of Wild Animals By 2020, Major Report Warns
The number of wild animals living on Earth is set to fall by two-thirds by 2020, according to a new report, part of a mass extinction that is destroying the natural world upon...
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Gutsy Women Sarpanchs & Teachers In Haryana Come Together To Lift The Veil On Regressive Practices
In Haryana, which has the worst sex ratio in the country and where khap panchayats often flout the laws of the land, women remain underrepresented in almos...
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Weighing In On Sugar Tax
The World Health Organisation’s recommendation that nations tax sugary drinks is a well-meaning one, but the needs of local communities cannot be left out If, some years...
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In Telangana, It Takes A Village To Update Tattered Land Records
KONGARAGIDDA, India (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Poorly educated and with few resources, Kanasari Veeraswami had no way of proving he was the lawful owner of a small plot of...
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What It’s Like To Live With A Bionic Hand
Nicky Ashwell was born without her right hand, but that’s never held her back. She tried a few different prosthetics in the past—mainly realistic-looking hands or ...
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Prehistoric Trees Could ‘Future-Proof’ Forests Against Climate Change
As you walk through the landscape, you pass through a patchwork of forests that were logged at different times. You may go from bushwhacking through a dense thicket of young f...
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Why Iceland Is The Best Place In The World To Be A Woman
Rebekka is so tiny that, even on her tiptoes, arms aloft, she cannot reach. So her teacher lifts her up to the unvarnished wooden monkey bar. “One, two, three,” he...
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Mobile Diagnostic Device That Helps Pregnant Women In Rural India Receive Timely Medical Attention
A six-page report published in September by the established UK medical journal Lancet provided some shocking figures about maternal mortality in India. It revealed that in 201...
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Parents Should Use RTI For Education Rights Of Children
The Right to Education Act, 2009, explains that schools have a duty to give information to local bodies or government. Section 12 (3) says: “Every school shall provide s...
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When searching for life on other planets, we tend to look for conditions similar to Earth—after all, that’s the only place we’ve found life in the universe s...
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