Sustainable Development

Empowering India?s Women Through Community groups

When 60 women in Edamalakudi in India’s southern state of Kerala recently carried about 100 solar panels on their heads across 18km (11 miles) of hill, forest and wild e...

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Government to take up zero tolerance policy towards violence against women

Amid public outrage over gang rape and murder of two girls in north Indian state Uttar Pradesh, the Narendra Modi government Monday vowed “zero tolerance” policy t...

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Village to move court against Bengaluru civic body for illegal garbage dumping

Residents of Mandur village, where Bengaluru city dumps about 1,800 tonnes of garbage every day, have decided to move court against the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike&rsqu...

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Chennai to host conference on 'International Year of Family Farming'

The Asia-Pacific regional conference on the UN-declared ‘International Year of Family Farming’ will be held in Chennai from August 7 to 10. M S Swaminathan Researc...

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Girl’s Action Figure With A Realistic Breast-To-Hip Ratio

Anyone who pays attention to toys must have noticed that, while there are zillions of action figures aimed at boys, there are very few for girls. And the female figurines tend...

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Killer Coal

Coal accounts for 41 per cent of the world’s electricity generation. At approximately 210 gig watt (GW), India is the fifth largest producer of electricity in the world,...

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Will access to toilets guarantee women's security in rural India?

The Badaun rape incident shows how vulnerable women are to sexual violence when there are no toilets in homes The shocking incident of gang rape and murder of two minor girls ...

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Free Sanitary Pads For Girls In Middle And High Schools Of Bihar

Adolescent girl students enrolled in middle and high schools in Bihar will get free one-year supply of sanitary napkins. The state government has been planning to launch the s...

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About 1.6 Billion People Of The World Depend On Forests For Living

First-ever survey on forest genetic resources by FAO calls for urgent measures to protect the precious resources which provide a range of economic, health and ecological benef...

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Mumbai’s Population Growth Rate Is Twice That Of The State

Mumbai, the sprawling megapolis spread over 600 sq km, has seen its population grow at a rate which is twice that of Maharashtra’s and 2.5 times that of the country in t...

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THOUGHT FACTORY: CELEBRITIES AND RIGHT TO PRIVACY

From Mystique to Masses: How Modern Media Transformed Stardom into Spectacle. Monojit La...

November 26 2024

POLITICS: A NATION AT CROSSROADS AND APATHY

India stands at a crossroads, grappling with economic disparity, political polarization,...

November 24 2024

GENDER: HOW PATRIARCHY SILENCES RESISTANCE

Patriarchy persists by co-opting privileged voices, masking systemic exploitation in ind...

November 23 2024