Over 7.57 million homes in Bihar lack toilets
August 27th, 2012 - 4:34 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, Aug 27 (IANS) Millions of poor families in Bihar are still living without toilets as the state government has failed to provide the facility at their homes, an official ... Read more...
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Nepal’s tiger numbers up
July 29th, 2012 - 5:14 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, July 29 (IANS) Nepal Sunday reported an increase in the number of its tigers.According to the latest census report released on the occasion of World Tiger Day Sunday, Nepal ... Read more...
Posted in Environment |
IANS journalist wins award (Lead)
April 7th, 2012 - 9:43 pm ICT by IANS
Jaipur, April 7 (IANS) IANS journalist Anil Sharma is one of 20 people, including Anna Hazare and cabinet minister Jairam Ramesh, honoured by an international NGO working for animal ... Read more...
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Sex worker’s life lights up the Fashion Week ramp
February 18th, 2012 - 12:35 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 17 (IANS) A sex worker's life was the inspiration for leading designers of India to make a strong plea against human trafficking through their fashionwear at the ... Read more...
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Christmas tree made of milk cans erected in Athens
December 21st, 2011 - 1:26 pm ICT by IANS
Athens, Dec 21 (IANS) A Christmas tree made up of milk cans to be donated to children and families in need across Greece has been erected in Athens.The Greek branch ... Read more...
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17 million kids dewormed in Bihar
November 11th, 2011 - 8:21 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 11 (IANS) In one of the largest deworming programmes in India, an international NGO in collaboration with Bihar's health department has reached out to 17 million school ... Read more...
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Need urgent solutions to prevent child deaths, says NGO
November 4th, 2011 - 6:34 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 4 (IANS) Urgent workable solutions is the need of the hour to prevent child deaths in India, where millions of children below the age of five die ... Read more...
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Pakistan floods: Toll rises to 412
September 25th, 2011 - 6:24 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Sep 25 (IANS) Floods triggered by heavy monsoon rains in Pakistan have left at least 412 people dead besides affecting over 8.2 million, the National Disaster Management Authority ... Read more...
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Shortage of health workers increases child deaths: NGO
September 20th, 2011 - 8:00 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 20 (IANS) Facing a shortage of 2.6 million health workers, millions of children below the age of five in India are at risk of dying every year ... Read more...
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Open defecation far from a closed chapter in Bihar
July 25th, 2011 - 1:36 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, July 25 (IANS) It will be 2135 by the time Bihar rids itself of the practice of open defecation, according a government report. Till then millions will have to ... Read more...
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Bihar has not utilised sanitation funds: CAG report
July 21st, 2011 - 1:48 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, July 21 (IANS) The Bihar government has failed to utilise the huge funds allocated for the total sanitation programme, the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has revealed in its ... Read more...
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Body Shop to fight human trafficking in India (With Image)
June 29th, 2011 - 4:10 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 29 (IANS) The Body Shop India and international NGO ECPAT will be presenting over 300,000 petitions against human trafficking to the central government this July."We have never ... Read more...
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British PM’s wife bakes cakes for street party
April 27th, 2011 - 6:48 pm ICT by IANS
London, April 27 (IANS) Samantha Cameron, wife of British Prime Minister David Cameron, spent a day in the No.10 Downing Street kitchen baking cup cakes for a street party ... Read more...
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No funds for iron rich salt programme, says official
April 25th, 2011 - 9:56 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 25 (IANS) Even as the plans for promoting iron rich salt is on government's anvil, the programme may not be implemented soon for lack of funds, a ... Read more...
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Thousands at risk of going hungry: Guatemalan government
April 20th, 2011 - 1:42 pm ICT by IANS
Guatemala City, April 20 (IANS/EFE) The Guatemalan government Tuesday declared a "nutritional risk alert" to avoid a food crisis in the country's poorest areas where thousands of people don't have ... Read more...
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India ahead of US on energy efficiency: Report
March 18th, 2011 - 12:33 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 17 (IANS) India is making more progress than the US in increasing the country's energy efficiency, a report said here Thursday.'India's Clean Revolution' was launched by international ... Read more...
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Millions of flood-hit Pakistanis struggle for food
January 27th, 2011 - 2:56 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Jan 27 (IANS) Millions of Pakistanis hit by last year's devastating floods are "still facing flood water, shivering in temporary shelters and struggling to find food", said a report of an ... Read more...
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NCPCR to recommend programmes for HIV/AIDS affected children
November 15th, 2010 - 3:41 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 15 (IANS) The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) is preparing a comprehensive document recommending programmes to provide assistance to HIV/AIDS affected children.The document includes suggestions like ... Read more...
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Alarm over closure of programme for HIV kids
November 12th, 2010 - 10:12 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 12 (IANS) Civil society members Friday voiced concern over a major programme targetting HIV positive children facing closure due to financial constraints and called for efforts to save the ... Read more...
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‘Multinationals seeking to control global farming’
October 25th, 2010 - 10:36 am ICT by IANS
By Joydeep Gupta
Nagoya (Japan) Oct 25 (IANS) The world's largest seed and agrochemical corporations are filing hundreds of sweeping, multi-genome patents by saying they are developing "climate-ready" crops that will grow in ... Read more...
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Inclusive growth needed to combat hunger: ActionAid India
October 14th, 2010 - 8:27 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 14 (IANS) A more inclusive growth policy targeted at marginalised communities and protection of their basic rights is required to combat hunger in India, international NGO ActionAid said Thursday."The ... Read more...
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Eesha Koppikhar to support cause of the girl child
September 21st, 2010 - 7:23 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 21 (IANS) Bollywood actress Eesha Koppikhar has joined an NGO to support the cause of the girl child in the country.
On her birthday, Sunday, the actress joined Childreach International, ... Read more...
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Government denies HPV vaccine role in reported deaths
August 27th, 2010 - 10:21 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 27 (IANS) The government Friday denied that Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccines were responsible for the reported deaths from Andhra Pradesh and Gujarat.
"In Andhra Pradesh among 14,091 vaccinated girls, ... Read more...
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19 workers rescued from kiln return to Orissa
June 29th, 2010 - 4:40 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, June 29 (IANS) At least 19 migrant workers, including six children, returned to their homes in Orissa Tuesday after being rescued from a brick kiln in neighbouring Andhra Pradesh where they ... Read more...
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‘Education for all’ campaign launched in Orissa
June 8th, 2010 - 4:29 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, June 8 (IANS) As part of the 1Goal global campaign coinciding with the FIFA Football World Cup 2010, hundreds of social activists, educationists, students and sportspersons have started a signature ... Read more...
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Cleanliness drives, electric car rallies mark World Environment Day in Delhi
June 5th, 2010 - 4:16 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 5 (IANS) Cleanliness drives by companies, banks and hotels, a bicycle and an electric car rally were the highlights of the World Environment Day celebrations in the capital Saturday.
The ... Read more...
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Rock band Silent Minds to campaign against maternal mortality
May 25th, 2010 - 6:34 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 25 (IANS) Martha Wainwright and Jim Kerr of the rock band Simple Minds have re-invented one of their popular songs 'Promised you a miracle' to speak out against maternal ... Read more...
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Humble rickshaws to get designer makeover for Games (With images)
May 19th, 2010 - 3:07 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 19 (IANS) Some will use antique gramophones, others the colours of Bollywood or inspiration from the clean lines of a paper plane... designer cycle rickshaws could be plying at ... Read more...
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After deaths, cervical cancer vaccine trials stopped
April 16th, 2010 - 7:20 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 16 (IANS) The government Friday said that the cervical cancer HPV vaccination drive in Gujarat and Andhra Pradesh was indeed part of approved clinical trials. But after the death ... Read more...
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‘Shop for Change’ brings hope to farmers
April 11th, 2010 - 12:33 pm ICT by IANS
By Sakshi Gulati
New Delhi, April 11 (IANS) Despite government initiatives like debt waiver and higher minimum support prices for their produce, farmers in India struggle to earn a decent living. They ... Read more...
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Women village leaders want quota within quota
March 19th, 2010 - 8:18 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 19 (IANS) Around 60 women village leaders Friday hailed the passing of the women's reservation bill in the Rajya Sabha but demanded a quota for Dalits and other backward ... Read more...
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A Londoner’s public sanitation campaign in Bihar (With Images)
February 28th, 2010 - 10:30 am ICT by IANS
By Cynthia Chandran
London, Feb 28 (IANS) Oliver Cumming was in Bihar with a challenging public health mission -- to make the state free of open defecation in two years.Cumming, 32, a senior ... Read more...
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Investor sells Vedanta shares over human rights violations
February 18th, 2010 - 1:09 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 18 (IANS) After the Church of England, another British investor has decided to sell its shares worth 2.2 million pounds (Rs.159 million/$3.5 million) in the Indian-owned mining company Vedanta ... Read more...
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Overfishing threatens key species in Mexico: Greenpeace
February 17th, 2010 - 12:14 pm ICT by IANS
Mexico City, Feb 17 (IANS/EFE) The species of fish and shellfish most consumed in Mexico "are at risk" due to overfishing, according to international NGO Greenpeace.
Red snapper, shrimp, sardines, sharks, rays, tuna ... Read more...
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Orissa tribe to Avatar director: now you watch our film
February 8th, 2010 - 7:22 pm ICT by IANS
London, Feb 8 (IANS) Members of a tribe in Orissa who have been battling against a multinational mining company now want the director of the Hollywood blockbuster 'Avatar' to join their high-profile ... Read more...
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