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According to the media reports, many Rohingyas are stranded in India and Nepal after moving illegally from Bangladesh. (Photo: ANI)

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More than 250,000 Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh get first ID cards:...

The UN refugee agency also said the registration could serve as a tool for law enforcement to help counter human...

18 May 2019 10:53 AM IST

Sex and sexuality still remain taboo subjects in India and young children need a safe environment to discuss these issues. (Photo: Representational/Pixabay)

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Tackling India's sexual violence starts with sex education

There is an imminent need for sex education in India to bring about a true change in sexist attitudes and misogynistic...

17 May 2019 4:08 PM IST

The coffin is a concrete dome, built in the late 1970s on Runit island, part of Enewetak atoll, as a dumping ground for waste from the nuclear tests. (Photo: AFP)

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UN chief concerned about nuclear 'coffin' leakage in Pacific

He described structure on Enewetak atoll in Marshall Islands as 'kind of coffin' and said legacy of Cold War-era nuclear...

17 May 2019 12:56 PM IST

In India, female labour force participation fell from 35 per cent in 1990 to 27 per cent in 2018. (Photo: Representational/Pixabay)

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Decrease in Indian women labour force

The number of women working in India has been gradually falling over the last 30 years.

16 May 2019 2:54 PM IST

Sexual exploitation must be recognised as a real and widespread problem. (Photo:AP)

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Safeguarding women after disasters: visible progress, but room for...

Globally, international organisations appear to be grappling with the issue more seriously than before.

14 May 2019 10:25 AM IST

The submarines is expected to with India by 2025 and will be in service with India for at least 10 years. (Representational Images)

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US man makes deepest-ever dive in Mariana Trench, discovers trash

Vescovo found undiscovered species as he visited places no human had gone before.

14 May 2019 8:53 AM IST

A man guides a raft through a polluted canal littered with plastic bags and other garbage in Mumbai, India. (Photo: AP)

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Global framework to manage plastic pollution

UN states that nearly all of the world's countries have agreed on a deal to better manage plastic waste, with the US...

11 May 2019 11:19 AM IST

Jagjit Pavadia was re-elected to the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) for another term. (Photo:AP)

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Jagjit Pavadia re-elected to INCB, as India scores another victory at...

Pavadia has been a member of the INCB since 2015, and second vice-president and chair of the standing committee since...

8 May 2019 12:15 PM IST

Measles is a highly contagious disease that can kill and cause blindness, deafness or brain damage. (Photo:AP)

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Europe hit with measles dilemma; close to 34,000 affected

More than 34,000 people across Europe caught measles in the first two months of 2019, with the vast cases in Ukraine,...

7 May 2019 4:01 PM IST

$Fran§ois Delattre underlined that Paris believes the enlargement of the Security Council with the addition of a few key members is \one of our strategic priorities. (Photo:AP)$ World

France call for India, Japan, Germany, Brazil as permanent members at...

India and nations like Germany, Brazil and Japan are 'absolutely needed' as permanent members of a reformed and enlarged...

7 May 2019 10:06 AM IST

The way humanity produces, distributes and consumes food, accounting for a third of land, 75 per cent of fresh water use and a quarter of greenhouse gas emissions, is especially destructive. (Photo: Representational/Pixabay)

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Saving the planet and the human race

Up to a million of Earth's estimated eight million species face extinction, many of them within decades: UN report.

4 May 2019 8:17 PM IST

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Victory for US, int'l community: Pompeo on Masood terror tag

Pulwama attack, the official noted was just the latest in the terrorist attacks that this 'deadly group' has conducted.

2 May 2019 8:37 AM IST