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Growth benefits must go to 7.3 billion people in developing countries: Pra
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 14 (ANI): Commerce and Industry Minister Suresh Prabhu said on Tuesday that the World Trade Organisation (WTO) must address concerns of 7.3 billion people living in developing countries so that benefits of growth percolate to them.
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Domestic violence widely accepted in most developing countries: Study
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Nov 1 (ANI): In a shocking survey, the researchers have found that approximately 36 per cent of people in developing countries find domestic violence justified in certain situations.
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Adolescent health undervalued in developing countries
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Aug 12 (ANI): A recent study has discovered that adolescent health programs across the world receive only a tiny share of international aid, even though young people make up 30 percent of the population of low-income countries.
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Still births are caused by secondhand smoke
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington DC, [USA] July 21 (ANI): In developing countries around the world especially in Asia, secondhand smoke causes thousands of still births every year.
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World No Tobacco Day: India among top 4 users of tobacco
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 31 (ANI): Tobacco is one of the most common and preferred forms of addiction. Even though scientific evidences have revealed its harmful health effects, the use of tobacco in different forms has seen a dramatic increase, especially in the developing countries.
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Economic Affairs Secy urges enhanced public debt transparency
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Apr. 21 (ANI): In a bid to mitigate the growing debt concerns of Low Income Developing Countries (LIDCs), Department of Economic Affairs (DEA) Secretary Subhash Chandra Garg urged the World Bank, International Monetary Fund (IMF) and other international organisations
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Paris climate deal benefitting 'only' India and China: Trump
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Feb 25 (ANI): United States President Donald Trump has said that developing countries like India and China are benefitting from the Paris Climate Agreement, while the pact only leashed the economic growth of his country.
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80% of diabetics are from developing countries, and they are not fat
Updated : 8 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 18 (ANI): And you thought diabetes is a 'heavy' issue!
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Merck Foundation marks 'World Cancer Day 2018'
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Feb 6 (ANI-BusinessWire India): Merck Foundation, a non-profit company and a subsidiary of Merck KGaA Germany marks 'World Cancer Day 2018' to create awareness around cancer and build cancer care capacity with the aim to increase the limited number of oncologist
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Sustainable development and quality education
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Nalanda (Bihar) [India], Jan 30 (ANI): Bihar's Nikhat Parween, a school teacher said, "Girls must certainly get a good education and also get a job after completing their education because after getting a job, her confidence is boosted and that gives the girl a feeling of independence where
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Merck Foundation connects Africa, Asia through their partnership with Mala
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 12 (ANI-BusinessWireIndia): Merck Foundation (MF), a non-profit company and subsidiary of Merck KGaA Germany, and the University of Malaya (UM), Malaysia's oldest and most established institution of higher learning, signed a Memorandum of Understanding today aimed at p
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This water test can save India from crippling bone disease
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Nov 14 (ANI): A simple colour-changing test to detect fluoride in drinking water could in the future prevent the crippling bone disease, skeletal fluorosis, in developing countries such as India and Tanzania.
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