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A school that doesn't teach
Posted on 31 Oct, 2013 11:43 AMConstant giggles, playful pulling of plaits and teasing is common in girls' schools. Though the Baba Aya Singh Riarki College in Gurdaspur is different in many ways, it is filled with similar scenes. This school is an exceptional experiment in education for rural girls of Gurdaspur and Amritsar.
India moves up on the Global Hunger Index
Posted on 21 Oct, 2013 04:56 PMIndia moves up two notches on the Global Hunger Index
37% of the Western Ghats to be eco-sensitive
Posted on 21 Oct, 2013 04:20 PM37% of the Western Ghats "ecologically sensitive"
Upper caste'-only school toilets in UP
Posted on 16 Oct, 2013 10:32 AMEvery school needs good students and students need good sanitation. According to India Sanitation Portal, access to sanitary toilets not only ensures dignity of the individual but also positively impacts health, well-being and productivity, reduces drop-out rates and encourages regular attendance in schools.
Sanitation Progress Report is too good to be true
Posted on 16 Oct, 2013 10:13 AMPrabha, 23 years old lives in Mankapur village in Uttar Pradesh. She recently delivered a baby boy at home. Prabha has never used a toilet in her life. Every day of her pregnancy, she woke up before dawn, carried a mug of water and went 1.2 km away in the fields to defecate.
110 countries pledge to phase out mercury
Posted on 15 Oct, 2013 09:10 AM110 countries sign Minamata convention to ban mercury
World's biggest solar power plant to come up in Rajasthan
Posted on 07 Oct, 2013 08:15 AMRajasthan to have world's biggest solar plant
Rajasthan's drinking water most contaminated
Posted on 06 Oct, 2013 10:54 PMRajasthan's drinking water most contaminated
Government allows shale gas exploration
Posted on 30 Sep, 2013 06:00 AMGovernment allows shale gas exploration
