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Global warming changing winter cleanup, says City of Montreal

The City of Montreal says it plans to make changes to how it manages its snow removal operations due to drastic temperature changes caused by global warming. ?We're admitting ...

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The truly dictatorial ordinance didn’t come from Modi: it came from Rajasthan

Laying down educational qualifications for panchayat and zila parishad elections endangers democracy. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has received plenty of flak for resorting to...

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63 million people faced with poverty due to healthcare expenditure

A whopping 63 million people are faced with poverty every year due to “catastrophic” expenditure over healthcare which neutralises the gains of rising income and v...

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Lexicon of democratic literacy

The introduction of educational qualifications as eligibility criteria for contesting panchayat elections has shocked and angered rural Rajasthan, including supporters of the ...

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Maternal Supplementation Prevents Preterm Births

Maternal micronutrient supplementation is able to reduce preterm births and low birth weights, according to a study involving over 44,000 Bangladeshi pregnancies. Asian Scient...

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Global campaign aims to inspire British cities to choose 100% clean energy

Hope that example set by Munich, Seattle, Lima and others will prompt pledges to commit to zero emissions by 2050 Environmental campaigners are hoping that 2015 will be the ye...

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Conditions caused due to poor sanitation the reason for large number of maternal and newborn deaths

Lack of safe water, sanitation and hygiene in birth settings is killing mothers and newborns in the developing world, shows a new study. In a flagship paper, 16 researchers fr...

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David Attenborough: Leaders don't take climate change seriously

Sir David Attenborough is calling on global leaders to step up their actions to curb climate change, saying that they are in denial about the dangers it poses despite the over...

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India to track toilet use with tablets

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is launching a nationwide online programme to check whether people are using toilets as part of his cleanliness drive. From next month, officials ...

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E-waste market growth in India to surpass China's: Report

The E-waste market in India is expected to grow at a higher rate than in China in the next few years, said a report. According to a research report, the E-waste market in Indi...

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SHAKUNTALA NAGARKAR: DEATH IN THE SADDLE

A tribute by Prof Dr Avinash Kolhe to legendary Lavani exponent Shakuntala Nagarkar, who...

September 28 2026

OF WOMEN, BY WOMEN….TWO BOOK REVIEWS

Sohaila Kapur reviews Avni Doshi’s First House and Andaleeb Wajid’s Have You...

September 27 2026

HAS BOLLYWOOD FORGOTTEN SCREEN LOVE

Today, with crime nationalism, and action calling the shots has love vanished from the s...

September 26 2026