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Religion a catalyst for sustainable development'
Describing faith as a “catalyst”, religious leaders Saturday said it could inspire people to change their perspective on environment and prioritize sustainable dev...
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The World May No Longer Know These 4 Deadly Diseases By 2030
In all of human history, we’ve only ever been able to completely wipe out one disease: smallpox. Declared eradicated by the World Health Organization in 1980, smallpox w...
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Climate change pushes India's poorest children into slavery - Satyarthi
Disasters resulting from climate change are pushing poor Indian families into poverty so deep that they are lured by traffickers into selling their children into bonded labour...
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Child, Bride, Mother
In Guatemala, the legal age of marriage is 14 with parental consent, but in Petén, in the northern part of the country, the law seems to be more of a suggestion. Undera...
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Injectable polio vaccine to be introduced from October
India will introduce injectable polio vaccine in its universal immunisation programme from October. This is a part of the World health Organisation’s polio endgame strat...
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Climate change marchers told to hire private security firm
Campaign Against Climate Change says Britons now have to ?pay to protest? after police refuse to close roads along route The right to stage demonstrations in Britain could be ...
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The gender of a sound byte
Dear Barkha, This is taking up from where we last left off. The last time we met at a dinner party in Mumbai, you had enquired why I always turned down requests to appear on y...
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The Dangers of Vaccine Denial
First, a word on vaccines: They have revolutionized public health. Can you name the discoverer of the smallpox vaccine? Probably not: Edward Jenner is little known today. He l...
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The U.S. Military Worries About Climate Change, So Why Don't Republicans?
On Friday, the Obama administration put climate change on the par with other global challenges like cybersecurity, terrorism, and Russian aggression, warning in a 35-page nati...
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India Hits Its U.N. Poverty-Cutting Target, but Misses Others
India is on track to cut poverty in half by the end of this year, compared to 2000 levels, but needs to do more to improve education and empower women, a United Nations report...
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