Priorities
Health

Why India lags behind in vaccinating its Children?

A new study by the World Health Organization called Explorations of inequality: Childhood immunization, launched in July 2018 describes how a child’s likelihood of being...

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Environment

India’s Concerted Efforts to protect its Endangered National Animal

Yesterday, on 29th of July, the world celebrated the Global Tiger Day and there are a number of success stories of tiger conservation that India can boast of. The Hindu report...

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Human Rights

Family Planning is Every Woman’s Right

“Parents have a basic human right to determine freely and responsibly the number and the spacing of their children.” This was declared fifty years ago, at the Unit...

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Sustainable Development

Clean Atmospheric Water can be harvested by harnessing Natural Gas

Scientists from the University of Texas, Austin, may have figured out a way to kill two environmental birds with one stone. If we use waste products in the form of natural gas...

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Gender

A Bangladeshi Teenager’s Fight against Child Marriage

I read in an article posted on girlsnotbride.com that despite signs of progress, Bangladesh continues to have one of the highest child marriage rates worldwide and the highest...

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Health

Venture Philanthropy: Gates Invest in Alzheimer’s Research

A basic blood test at the doctor can really do wonders when it comes to detecting the deadliest of diseases. So if your blood report shows high cholesterol, your doctor can te...

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Environment

An Urgent Need to Ban Use of One-Time Plastic

The Indian government has pledged to ban all single-use plastics by 2022, in a move which has been welcomed by both the United Nations and grassroots groups. The UN environmen...

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Human Rights

Filmmaker’s house raided for making hard-hitting Documentaries

Not many days after the release of filmmaker Divya Bharathi’s upcoming documentary, Orutharum Varela’s trailer – which garnered over 40,000 views in few days...

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Sustainable Development

World Bank sanctions $300 Million to strengthen India’s Energy Efficiency

India’s climate change commitments to reduce carbon intensity by 33-35 percent by 2030 from 2005 level will require a significant focus on energy efficiency improvements...

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Gender

Posting a Dancing Video a Crime in Conservative Iran

How often do you come across videos of women dancing on your social media feeds? Probably, frequently, if not every day. Like millions of other Iranians and people all over th...

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MOVIES: A GENTLE DOWNPOUR OF INDIE SUCCESS

Ritopriyo Saha’s short film Chhoti Baarish (Little Rain) is creating ripples acros...

October 19 2025

POWERFUL PEOPLE: THE QUESTION UNANSWERED

As India celebrates the birth centenary of Dr. Bhupen Hazarika, the Bard of the Brahmapu...

October 18 2025

ALTERNATIVE ENTERTAINMENT: FETED ABROAD, FORGOTTEN AT HOME

When art-house brilliance wins global acclaim but faces neglect in its own country, it f...

October 17 2025