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Post-Bihar polls, ally worries for TN's Dravidian parties

While the DMK fears that the Congress with its poor strike rate will pull it down in the 2021 state elections, like it did five years ago, the ruling AIADMK is worried that the BJP may ultimately......

Do you get clean water? Check out our map to see the improvement in water sources

Move the slider on the map above to see the change in percentage of population using an improved drinking water source over 1990 to 2015. According to the World Health Organization, between 1990......

Pneumonia and diarrhoea: The biggest killers among children in India

Pneumonia and diarrhoea have collectively claimed the lives of over three lakh children in India in 2013, posing a major challenge to public health in the country, a report said. The '2014......

Poverty, child, maternal deaths high in India: UN report

India continues to battle poverty, child and maternal deaths, according to a United Nations report on the Millennium Development Goals that said while several key global targets have been met,......

Hope UNSC reform process will be accelerated: UN chief

Ahead of a visit to India, United Nations chief Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday expressed hope that the Security Council's reform process will be accelerated to meet expectations of countries like India......

UP, Bihar, J'khand among poorest states; Kerala, Goa have lowest poverty: Niti

Bihar, Jharkhand and Uttar Pradesh have emerged as the poorest states in India, according to Niti Aayog's first Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) report. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com As......

Millennium Development Goals: India's achievement is a mixed bag

The country achieves target of reducing poverty by half, manages to control spread of deadly diseases but lags behind on few other targets. Image: India must work harder to reduce poverty, say......

India, home to 190.7 million starving people

The number of hungry people in India has fallen to by 9.5 per cent to 190.7 million now from 210.8 million two decades ago, but in neigbouring Pakistan the number has risen by over 38 per cent in......

Corporations, children and responsibility

Companies can be more alert on how various aspects of their operations impact children, writes Rajni Bakshi.Corporations are now among the most powerful entities on earth. Children are the......

Moon talks of development goals with India Inc

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon on Saturday held talks with business leaders in the financial capital on a host of issues relating to furtherance of initiatives under the Millenium Development......

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Post-Bihar polls, ally worries for TN's Dravidian parties

Do you get clean water? Check out our map to see the improvement in water sources

Pneumonia and diarrhoea: The biggest killers among children in India

Poverty, child, maternal deaths high in India: UN report

Hope UNSC reform process will be accelerated: UN chief

UP, Bihar, J'khand among poorest states; Kerala, Goa have lowest poverty: Niti

Millennium Development Goals: India's achievement is a mixed bag

India, home to 190.7 million starving people

Corporations, children and responsibility

Moon talks of development goals with India Inc

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