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Illuminating facts and details about various countries.

Women pay the price of war in Iraq
By d-sector Team | 09 Sep 2011


Ethiopia moves ahead, despite problems
By d-sector Team | 25 Jul 2011


Kenya: Tourism good but not enough
By d-sector Team | 13 Jul 2011


CONGO: where rape has become a weapon of war
By d-sector Team | 18 May 2011


North Korea: Isolated by choice
By d-sector Team | 28 Dec 2010


Myanmar: From prosperity to poverty under junta
By d-sector Team | 30 Jun 2010


Afghanistan: A land of deadly harvest
By d-sector Team | 15 Jun 2010


Bhutan aims for National Happiness, not skewed growth
By d-sector Team | 15 May 2010


Why is piracy rampant around Somalia?
By Swaty Prakash | 29 Mar 2010

Somalia's pirates have unleashed a spate of attacks and abductions in the last few years and the world is beginning to wake up to the menace. However, the root of the problem goes much deeper.

Bhutan
By d-sector Team | 21 Oct 2009


Country Focus: Nepal
By d-sector Team | 21 May 2009

A brief description of current development scenario of a country

Country Focus: Sri Lanka
By d-sector Team | 21 May 2009

A brief description of current development scenario of a country

Today we see more commitment to protect nature, but the understanding of the real and long term risks to environment is still poor. Many 'celebrity activists' get hyper on issues with little or temporary impact like use of fire-crackers on Diwali but feign ignorance of dangers of deforestation for 'development' projects or widespread mining in green areas. There is no dearth of 'green campaigners' who cry hoarse over occasional offering of flowers and ash to holy rivers, but never utter a word against tonnes of hazardous industrial waste released daily into water bodies and air. Such selective approach will not help environment, on the contrary it will create doubts in the minds of people about the real intentions of the activists.

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When villages fought over surplus water
By Dinesh Kumar Mishra
25 Oct 2011

The common understanding is that all water related conflicts arise because of its scarcity. But there have been instances in Bihar, when myopic engineering measures led to violent struggles among flood ..
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Agriculture - Duties and Rights - Economics - Education - Environment - Equality and Non-discrimination - Food - Governance - Health - Physical Development - Politics - Social Welfare - Society - Water and Sanitation - WTO and Globalisation

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Government of India - Ministry of Culture call application for grants in performing arts
Exp. Date: Dec 31, 2011
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Whitley Fund for Nature - Call for applications for the Whitley Awards 2012