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India Challenges Developed Countries on Sustainable Development, Consumption

India has challenged developed countries to take the lead in ensuring sustainable patterns of consumption as developing countries grapple with the problem of eradicating pover...

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NHS to offer tablet which can reduce HIV risk by 90%

A daily tablet that offers up to a 90 per cent reduction in the risk of contracting HIV could soon be available on the NHS, in what is being described as the most significant ...

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Climate Change: How To Make The Big Polluters Really Pay

By dropping Shell, Lego shows new ways to target the astronomical profits of the fossil fuel industries When the call came in that the University of Glasgow had voted to dives...

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Truly Sustainable Development Calls for Systemic Responses

Emerging Voices features contributions from scholars and practitioners highlighting new research, thinking, and approaches to development challenges. This article is by Alicia...

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India has the potential to end all preventable child deaths

Dr Mickey Chopra, global head of UNICEF?? health programmes explained to R. Prasad why he was very encouraged by the efforts taken by the government to reduce child mortality,...

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Addressing India's air quality, health and climate requires public action, study finds

Just weeks after New York City saw the largest climate march in history, new research shows that such public demand can have a direct impact on environmental improvements and ...

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India reduces hunger, moves up 8 ranks in global index

In a pat on the back for the erstwhile UPA Government’s flagship programmes, the Global Hunger Index 2014 (GHI) has noted a significant improvement in the levels of hung...

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Commonwealth Bank sued in bid to reveal carbon pollution it finances

Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility launches proceedings after failing to force bank to put the issue up for shareholder vote A court case has been launched again...

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India slips on tobacco warnings: Report

India's ranking has dropped down to 136 out of 198 among countries that include pictorial health warnings on tobacco package, a report said Tuesday. This is much lower than th...

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Showtime's Emmy-winning

Showtime's Emmy-winning series on climate change, "Years of Living Dangerously" is receiving another prestigious award this week. The series will receive the Environmental Med...

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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