Priorities

UNESCO releases global action programme on ‘education in sustainable development’

As the world struggles to meet ambitious goals to slow down climate change, it has become imperative that planning and execution is not restricted to only policy but is practi...

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Sanitation most relevant for India’s health: Gates

Sanitation is the most relevant aspect of improving India’s reproductive, maternal and newborn health, according to philanthropists Bill and Melinda Gates. In their annu...

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Extreme Weather Displaces Far More People Than War - And It's Getting Worse

Experts warned on Thursday that governments need to prepare themselves for a growing and often overwhelming influx of migrants. The displaced won't be fleeing the horrors of t...

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2015 Could Be Year For Sustainable Development & Investment

A new report published by the United Nations Environmental Programme, the third progress report from their Inquiry into the Design of a Sustainable Financial System, highlight...

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Let’s do our bit to fight cancer: Kamal

Cancer meant death earlier, but not anymore. It can be won over by patients if every person in the society does his/ her bit, say film actors Kamal Haasan and Gautami. Creatin...

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Bill Gates predicts HIV vaccine by 2030

Bill Gates believes that a vaccine and new intensive drugs to combat HIV should be available by 2030 and end most new cases of the virus that has killed millions in the past t...

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Here's How Greenland's Melting Ice Sheet Is Contributing to Rising Sea Levels

If the entire Greenland ice sheet, which covers 656,000 square miles, were to melt, it would pour enough water into the world's oceans to raise global sea levels by about 20 f...

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Globalizing sustainable development

The question of how the world can end extreme poverty and improve human wellbeing will take on new urgency in 2015, as the millennium development goals (MDGs) expire and a new...

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4 Reasons Why It Is Great To Be An Indian Woman in 2015

Optics are great for “women’s empowerment”. For the euphoria, the hope and the promise they bring. Like a self-reflecting selfie, they become a commitment, a...

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New WHO goals to focus on maternal mortality

In a special meeting for sustainable development in September, the World Health Organisation (WHO) will discuss the goals for the next 15 years. “It wants to end prevent...

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TWO POWERFUL THEATRE REFLECTIONS

Sohaila Kapur reflects on two compelling theatre experiences — the experimental st...

May 13 2026

THE STING BEHIND BOLLYWOOD PAPARAZZI

Khalid Mohamed, without being judgmental, reports on the love-hate relationship of the c...

May 12 2026

MAHOGATHA REVIVES MAHASHWETA DEVI’S LEGACY

Prof Dr Avinash Kolhe reviews Mahogatha, a powerful Marathi theatrical adaptation of thr...

May 11 2026