World migration report 2024
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) launched the World Migration Report 2024, which reveals significant shifts in global migration patterns, including a record number of displaced people
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Defecation in the open can cause psychosocial stress, says new study
Most of the people forced by lack of toilet space or water in households to relieve themselves in the open know that it is unhygienic for them as well as others. A new study has brought out another fact.
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Order of the Supreme Court of India regarding sex ratio of India especially Delhi, 15/04/2015
Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Voluntary Health Association of Punjab Vs Union of India & Others dated 15/04/2015 regarding sex ratio of India especially Delhi.
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The Global Findex Database 2014- Measuring financial inclusion around the world
Great progress has been made in expanding financial inclusion. The number of people worldwide having an account grew by 700 million between 2011 and 2014. 62 percent of the world’s adult population has
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Over 10,500 households get path of eradicating poverty from extreme poor in Naogaon
BSS, Rajshahi :More than 10,500 households from the extreme poor and underprivileged communities have got the path of eradicating their long-lasting poverty through self-managed savings and credit activities
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Pesticides May Cause Heightened Risk of Cardiovascular Disease and Inflammation
Pesticide exposure may actually contribute to the risk of cardiovascular disease and inflammation in premenopausal women. A new study shows that pesticides may be more dangerous than thought. In this
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Push for cleaner stoves in poor countries to cut pollution
Every evening, hundreds of millions of Indian women hover over crude stoves making dinner for their families. They feed the flames with polluting fuels like kerosene or cow dung, and breathe the acrid
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AIIMS docs trash tobacco report
Rubbish Panel Views On Cancer Deaths Doctors of the All India Institute of Medical Science (AIIMS), which runs one of the busiest cancer centres in the country, rubbished the report of a parliamentary
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Defining solutions, Finding problems: Deforestation, gender, and REDD+ in Burkina Faso
Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD+) is a policy instrument meant to mitigate climate change while also achieving poverty reduction in tropical countries. It has garnered critics
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Govt vows to mainstream gender equality in climate change adaptation plan
The Nepal government has vowed to mainstream gender equality in all its policies in order to achieve gender goals within the next 15 years. Stating that women are the most vulnerable group hit hard
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Overview of WHO guidelines for indoor air quality
Presentation by Dr. Carlos Dora of World Health Organization at the Anil Agarwal Dialogue 2015: Poor in climate change, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, March 11 – 12, 2015.