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Digging gold from drains

05-09-2008 For a small group of men, sewers of Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka are ‘goldmines’. They eke out their living by finding small bits of the precious metal accidentally brushed off into drains from nearby jewellery shops. Though a dirty business, it is enough to make ends meet.
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Image: A gold workshop / Photo credit: BBC

Shameful practice of female foeticide continues in Delhi

05-09-2008 A new study by Centre for Social Research reveals that continuation of female foeticides has led to alarmingly low sex ratios in India’s national capital. People cite economic compulsions, age-old societal customs and family traditions for their preference for sons.
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Bihar launches breastfeeding campaign

05-09-2008 To reduce the number of infant deaths in the state, a state-wide campaign has been launched in Bihar in eastern India to promote early initiation and exclusive breastfeeding. Supported by the UNICEF, the programme is expected to have a positive impact on child survival through community awareness.
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Image: Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar unveiling the campaign / Photo credit: UNICEF

NGOs call for matching rhetoric with action

05-09-2008 At Accra in Ghana, participants from donor agencies and other concerned players are discussing ways to improve assistance on aid effectiveness. In 2005, donor governments and partner countries had agreed on fourteen aid effectiveness targets by 2010.
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Dalits rescued last in Bihar floods

04-09-2008 Rescue operations in flood-hit eastern India have left dalits at the bottom. Shunned for long in society as 'untouchables', they are treated no better by the administration even in times of natural calamities with the upper castes being saved first.
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Image: People wade through flood waters in Bihar / Photo credit: Google Images

Ring a bell against domestic violence

04-09-2008 Asking for a cup of milk can be a small way to bring domestic violence to a halt. Videos urging people to intervene physical abuse in their neighbourhood through such innovative ways is a part of the ‘Bell Bajao’ campaign in India, launched by Breakthrough, an international human rights organisation.
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Image: The campaign took off in Aurangabad / Photo credit: Bell Bajao

'Heat stress' to thwart global food supply

04-09-2008 In two separate conferences, the World Bank has warned of food supply coming under ‘heat stress’ and the need for 170 billion US dollars to mitigate the effects of global warming. In another development, world’s first legal research center into climate change will shortly be opened in Australia.
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Image: Increasingly crops are coming under stress due to rising temperatures/ Photo credit: Stanford News Service

Kashmir Valley echoes with voices of azaadi

04-09-2008 Having realised the futility of armed struggle, people in Kashmir Valley in northern India have turned to peaceful demonstrations reiterating their longstanding demand for azaadi. Large turnouts of Kashmiris in these protest rallies have made it clear that the sentiments for freedom are still alive.
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Image: Kashmir Valley has seen many such huge rallies in the past few weeks/ Photo credit: IPS

Urdu media becoming mouthpiece of Talibans

03-09-2008 Taliban factions may have been outlawed in Pakistan but that has not stopped them from getting widespread media coverage. The country’s vernacular print and electronic media continues to blatantly promote Taliban by unquestioningly giving them ample space and airtime.
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Image: Talibans in Pakistan are using the media to promote their agenda/ Photo credit: Ashfaq Yusufzai/ IPS

India-Nepal flood affected risk disease outbreak

03-09-2008 The WHO has expressed concern over the possible spread of communicable diseases in the flood inundated districts of Bihar and Nepal. The recent flooding of the Kosi river has forced three million people from their homes into extremely challenging conditions of food, water and sanitation.
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