India
Not on A-1: Toilets in India, Or Lack Thereof (Video)
Nearly half of India’s 1.2 billion people don’t have access to toilets, especially in rural villages. The lack of sanitation is the cause of one in every ten deaths. With help from the World Bank, the Indian has introduced a sanitation campaign called ‘No Toilet, No Bride’, to educate villagers about proper waste disposal.
The Terrifying Spread of Resistant Tuberculosis
The struggle to contain TB in India, before it mutates to the harder to treat resistant kind
Meet India’s Last Polio Victim
The world’s largest public health campaign is about to enter a new phase.
Indian Children Discovered to Have Natural AIDS Resistance. Now What?
Can India find a cure to AIDS?
When Success Is Too Sweet: India’s Looming Diabetes Epidemic
India’s new middle-class is now struggling with first-world diseases like diabetes.
Scores Killed in Hyderabad, India Blasts
The attack comes at a precarious moment. If this attack–like other major attacks in India in the recent past — can be tied to a Pakistani terror group it may set back someremarkable progress towards detente between India and Pakistan that as been taking place over the past year.
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The SC; HRC; DPRK; South Sudan
The SC: The Security Council today held its last consultations under the Council Presidency of ROK. Tomorrow, Russia will take over the rotating Presidency of the Security Council for March under Ambassador Vitaly Churkin.
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The SG; Mali; Middle East; Palestine
The SG: At the Fifth Global Forum of the UN Alliance of Civilizations in Vienna, Austria today, the SG emphasized the role of youth in ensuring a “prosperous, equitable and peaceful future.”
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The SG; DRC; HRC; Palestinian Prisoner
The SG: In Ethiopia over the weekend, the SG is now in the United Arab Emirates. Today he met with Sheikh Mohammad bin Rashed Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE, where the two discussed developments in the region, including Syria, Iran, Lebanon, Egypt and Jordan, and in the Middle East Peace Process.
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