Priorities

Ebola effect reverses gains in maternal, child mortality

Maternal and infant deaths in Liberia and Sierra Leone are set to rise above their current alarming rates as fear of Ebola keeps pregnant women away from hospitals and makes a...

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Time Running Out For Action: John Kerry on Climate Change

US Secretary of State John Kerry on Thursday issued a stark warning about the mounting effects of climate change, from food shortages to devastating droughts, saying time was ...

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Kailash Satyarthi: student engineer who saved 80,000 children from slavery

Indian children?? rights activist hails Nobel peace prize as an honour to young people ??hose voice has never been heard??Kailash Satyarthi says his heroes are the children he...

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International surrogacy is 'new frontline in human trafficking', says judge John Pascoe; Indian case sparks renewed calls for inquiry

Calls have intensified for an inquiry into international commercial surrogacy after another case of Australians leaving children behind overseas. There are renewed calls for a...

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Malala Yousafzai and Kailash Satyarthi are true inspirations for standing up for children's rights

Following the announcement that Pakistani schoolgirl and education rights campaigner Malala Yousafzai and Indian children?? rights activist Kailash Satyarthi have been awarded...

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Flu vaccination 'a lifesaver'

Up to 1,000 people could die in Ireland from flu over the coming months, health chiefs have warned. People who are particularly at risk from the potentially deadly effects of ...

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Why climate change should signal the end of the city-state

Our urban leaders’ belief in autonomy as the ultimate goal must be unset writes Richard Sennett. The seductive idea of a place controlling its own fortunes is out of dat...

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Two Champions of Children Are Given Nobel Peace Prize

??ho is Malala???shouted the Taliban gunman who leapt onto a crowded bus in north western Pakistan two years ago, then fired a bullet into the head of Malala Yousafzai, a 15-y...

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Solar-powered, self-cleaning e Toilet for schools unveiled

Eram Scientific, manufacturers of the country’s first eToilet, on Tuesday unveiled the world’s cheapest unmanned, self-cleaning eToilet with inbuilt solar panel an...

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India dengue fever cases 300 times higher than officially reported

Study by US and Indian researchers finds nearly 6m annual clinically diagnosed dengue cases between 2006 and 2012 The annual number of dengue fever cases in India is nearly 30...

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WELCOME LOST IN SATIRICAL CHAOS

Lost in the Wilderness of Its Own Making: Arnab Banerjee reviews Welcome to the Jungle, ...

June 28 2026

COCKTAIL 2 TESTS LOVE’S LIMITS

Arnab Banerjee examines Homi Adajania’s Cocktail 2, exploring fidelity, trust, tem...

June 27 2026

PRESERVING JAMSHEDPUR'S LIVING LEGACY

The Parsis of Jamshedpur: Prof. Dr. Avinash Kolhe explores the rich legacy of Jamshedpur...

June 22 2026