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Human Rights Observers conference on Women’s rights and Environment

Human Rights Observers conference on Women’s rights and Environment

Human Rights Observers an organization in special status with UN ECOSOC has organized conference on Women’s rights and Environmental awareness Speaking on the occasion prominent senior advocate smt. Venkateshwari, stated that Violence against women and girls, a gross human rights violation, devastates lives, causes untold pain, suffering and illness. She has given various examples of […]

December 3, 2016 | By | Reply More
Burundi clashes as African Union warns against elections

Burundi clashes as African Union warns against elections

Apr 07, – Demonstrators, police and government supporters, thought to be members of the ruling party’s Imbonerakure militia, clashed in the capital Bujumbura on Thursday. Police opened fire, killing one with a bullet to the head and wounding three others, AFP reporters witnessed. Burundi police shot dead and wounded protesters Thursday demonstrating over the president’s […]

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Air pollution killing up to 500,000 Chinese yearly

Air pollution killing up to 500,000 Chinese yearly

Jan 08, Beijing – The equivalent of the population of Bristol dies each year in China because of air pollution, according to the country’s former health minister. Chen Zhu, who is also a professor of medicine and a leading molecular biologist, is the most senior government official to put a human cost on the smog […]

January 8, 2014 | By | Reply More
A love for dogs that cost Rs 22 lakhs!

A love for dogs that cost Rs 22 lakhs!

Dec 04, – Alexander the Velikiy or Alex is no ordinary dog. The Russian Borzoi is arguably the only one of its kind in India at present. And he hasn’t come cheap – he cost his owner a whopping Rs.22 lakh to import him and has to be kept in an air-conditioned environment. For Jaipur-based […]

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Money doesn’t grow on trees but gold leaf does

Money doesn’t grow on trees but gold leaf does

Oct 23, – Australian researchers have found minuscule nuggets of gold hidden inside the leaves of eucalyptus trees, in a discovery they say could help prospectors discover new deposits of the precious metal. Scientists from the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) made the find in the resource-rich Kalgoorlie region of Western Australia, which […]

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Self-medication for allergy can be dangerous

Self-medication for allergy can be dangerous

Oct 16, – “Allergy, if categorized, can be of more than hundred types and every one of them need separate medication to be cured,” Vandana Boobna, consultant internal medicine at Max Super Specialty Hospital in Shalimar Bagh here, said. Each individual on earth is allergic to something and it should not be ignored, but one […]

October 16, 2013 | By | Reply More
2020 Tokyo Olympic stadium is too big

2020 Tokyo Olympic stadium is too big

Oct 16, –  Fumihiko Maki, who has designed some spectacular buildings of his own, says he’s not criticizing the design of the stadium by award-winning British-Iraqi architect Zaha Hadid, just the size. His office says he has the support of 100 other well-known people in Japan, including architects. A prominent Japanese architect is campaigning to […]

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Choose shoes with caution

Choose shoes with caution

Oct 11, –   Jacqueline Sutera, a doctor of podiatric medicine and surgery here, and Neal Blitz, Chief of Foot Surgery and Associate Chairman of Orthopedics at Bronx-Lebanon Hospital and the creator of the Bunionplasty, shares the dangers of our favourite shoes. If stilettos harm feet, flat shoes can also be dangerous. Find out how these […]

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Dry by 2020? India faces a crippling water crisis

Dry by 2020? India faces a crippling water crisis

May 30, AP – Water scarcity has gripped several states in India as groundwater levels continue to deplete at an alarming rate. Mercury levels are rising and large parts of the country are experiencing severe droughts. Vrinda Kumari, a daily wage laborer stands patiently in the baking hot sun with buckets and water bottles waiting […]

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Bulgaria’s Parliament elects Plamen Oresharski as new Prime Minister

Bulgaria’s Parliament elects Plamen Oresharski as new Prime Minister

May 29, SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Lawmakers voted 120-97 to elect 53-year-old Oresharski, a former finance minister not associated with any party, to head the Cabinet. In a separate vote, legislators also approved the Cabinet itself — a 15-member government of technocrats supported by the Socialist Party and a mainly ethnic Turkish party, the Movement […]

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