Malnutrition, lack of clean water and prevalence of poor sanitation are the main causes of high child mortality in India.
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India is still a hunger hotspot | Arvind Virmani, Charan Singh
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Scientific Advance: On the road to manipulating objects at distance
12 January 2014Dynamic Shape Display that can render 3D content physically, so users can interact with digital information in a tangible way. see more at: tangible.media.mit.edu/project/inform/
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Joint letter in support of professor Grayson and gender equality at York University, Canada
by , 11 January 2014York University is standing by its sexist decision to allow a student to be excused from a group project because the presence of women interfered with his “firm religious beliefs” even after his professor refused the request. To defend professor Grayson and gender equality, please sign the petition here.
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India: Statement Against PM’s move to inaugurate the ill-conceived Nuclear Plant in Haryana
by , 11 January 2014After terming the Indo-US nuclear deal his "greatest achievement", Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is going to Fatehabad, Haryana on 13th January to lay the foundation stone for the Gorakhpur Nuclear Power Project. Just 150 kms from New Delhi, this project is an invitation to disaster as it critically depends on a canal for cooling-water supply; canals can fail or dry up.
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India: 1989 Kanpur Mill Workers Stop the Trains Action [कानपुर सूती मिल श्रमिकों का एतिहसिक रेल रोको आंदोलन]
11 January 2014Article on February 1989 Kanpur cotton mill workers rail roko action
