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Some scary facts to put that in perspective: The mortality rate in India for children under five years of age is 69 per 1,000 births, and 410,000 of them die of pneumonia alone each year. Then there is diarrhoea, which claims around 400,000 children typically under the age of five each year. In other words, […]
March 13, 2011
According to a recent report in Lancet medical journal, more than half of all maternal deaths in 2008 were reported from just six countries: India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Ethiopia and the Democratic Republic of Congo. In India, every year about 78,000 women die during pregnancy, childbirth or within 42 days after delivery. And 75 per […]
March 9, 2011
Shutting Down Plastic Bag Manufacturers – New Delhi, India The Indian government banned the use of plastic bags in various markets, shopping malls, hotels and hospitals in January of 2009. Two years later, with the law being nearly impossible to enforce, the government plans to shut down 400 plastic bag manufacturers across New Delhi, India. […]
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March 13, 2011
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