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| India's Village of Deaf-mutes |
A village in India's Jammu and Kashmir has at least one member in a family who can neither speak nor hear.
(Source: Reuters)
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| Free-trade Between Nepal and Pakistan on the Cards |
Foreign secretaries of Nepal and Pakistan attached special importance to inking Free Trade Agreement at the earliest at a meeting on Monday in Kathmandu.
(Source: OneWorld)
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| Delhi Sacrifices its Past for Future |
In a bid to look swanky and up-market before the 2010 Commonwealth Games, the Indian capital city is sacrificing some of its magnificent past.
(Source: BBC)
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| The Privatising of Godavari |
The second coming of the Congress government in Andhra Pradesh, India thus has opened the doors for total private control of Godavari waters.
(Source: IndiaTogether)
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| Pepsi and Coke Under Fire Again |
CSE Director Sunita Narain told journalists in Delhi that Pepsi products contained 30 times more pesticides than found in 2003. Likewise Coke samples had 25 times the amount of pesticides found three years ago.
(Source: The Hindu)
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| Marriage Brings Comfort for India's HIV Positive couples |
Shunned by family and society, many HIV positive people in western India have chosen to marry a fellow HIV carrier.
(Source: OneWorld)
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| Lion Poacher Awaits Trial |
Mintar Singh, leader of a gang of lion poachers, was finally nabbed last month in Madhya Pradesh, India.
(Source: IndiaTogether)
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| Restoring Soil Fertility with Zero Farming |
Disheartened with drop in yield, a farmer in south India took to what he calls 'zero farming' to fix the natural balance of the soil.
(Source: The Hindu)
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| Burmese Migrant Children Missing out on Education |
Language barrier and poverty are one of the main reasons because of which children of Burmese migrants in Thailand remain out of schools.
(Source: IRIN)
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| Creating New Spaces For Social Outcasts |
In a departure from tradition, dalit women, sex workers and transgenders are being engaged in managing restaurants and coffee shops in India.
(Source: OneWorld)
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| Grassroots Partnerships Help Curb Tuberculosis |
Increasing awareness and better health services have resulted in a higher rate of detection of tuberculosis, which has helped in lowering number of infections in India.
(Source: ADRA)
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| Film Review: There was a Queen |
While documenting the plight and pluck of women, the film captures the everyday lives of young girls and women whose lives could be trapped in a no-exit situation.
(Source: IndiaTogether)
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| Fishy, with Lots of Money |
Assam is blessed with more than 150 indigenous ornamental fish species. Now, the government is trying to organise the market for these, and promote new businesses.
(Source: IndiaTogether)
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| Theatre Legend Habib Tanvir Passes Away |
A pioneer in bringing folk theatre to the contemporary stage, Tanvir will be remembered for his contribution in strengthening the country's secular and progressive traditions.
(Source: thaindian.com)
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| Sehore: Once Vibrant, Now in Disarray |
Twenty years ago Sehore, near the city of Bhopal in India was a very livable town. It had a beautiful microclimate and was surrounded by forests and water bodies that never dried up.
(Source: IndiaTogether)
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| Raigad Farmers Hail Verdict on Reliance SEZ |
Farmers and activists in Raigad district, Maharashtra, were in a jubilant mood last weekend welcoming the recent Supreme Court verdict on Reliance SEZ.
(Source: Infochange)
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| Women: Face of Hope in Nandigram |
Women had played an active role in protests against conversion of fertile agricultural land into a special economic zone in India's West Bengal.
(Source: OneWorld)
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| Gorai Tribals Still Await Healthcare |
Gorai, barely a couple of kilometres from the Mumbai’s first amusement park has no access to 24 hours emergency health care. A trip to the municipal hospital is nothing short of an expedition.
(Source: Hindustan Times)
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| Pakistanis Shelter Swat Refugees |
Sajjad Ali and his brother, Javed Iqbal, have become hosts to 15 families of refugees who have fled the war against the Taliban in Swat.
(Source: BBC)
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| New Fight Brews in Sri Lanka after the Tigers |
Intensifying competition among Tamil politicians can once again threaten peace and the presence of armed groups does not augur well for future.
(Source: Christian Science Monitor)
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