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Study on 'untouchables' can help end human rights abuses, says Notre Dame scholar

(PhysOrg.com) -- The largest-ever study on the Dalits -- the so-called "untouchables" of India -- reveals widespread caste-based discrimination in every aspect of daily life, according to Christian Davenport, professor of ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

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First-class views of the world below

Images of some of our planet’s most beautiful features can be seen from the comfort of your Air France aircraft thanks to satellites.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

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India health costs a crisis impoverishing millions

(AP) -- When Nasir Khan cried out at night from the searing pain of kidney stones, the entire slum could hear him.

Medicine & Health / Health

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India district bans cell phones for unmarried women

A local council in northern India has banned unmarried women from carrying mobile telephones to halt a series of illicit romances between partners from different castes, media reports said Wednesday.

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created Nov 24, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 4

The Scientific State of the Union

The guest list for Wednesday night's State of the Union address included two young but elite members of the scientific community. High school students Li Boynton and Gabriela Farfan spent the school night ...

Other Sciences / Other

created Jan 29, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Indian economic miracle bypasses rural poor

A study of disadvantaged groups in rural India - which make up over 24 per cent of the population - has shed light on why the country' s economic success has largely passed them by.

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Scientists to discover why flamingos are in the pink of health -- in the poo!

A University of Leicester ecologist is setting out to discover why flamingos are so in the pink of health - in the poo! Dr David Harper, of the Department of Biology at the University of Leicester, has been studying lesser ...

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created Mar 11, 2008 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0


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