This Indian village had a high suicide rate – until this teacher came along
In Needamangalam, a tiny village in Tiruvarur district of the south Indian state of Tamil Nadu, an alarmingly high suicide rate had become a matter of grave concern. In fact, in a span of 15 years (from 1995 to 2011), 83 of the 92 deaths in the village were suicides. That is when Anand Thiyagarajan, a teacher at the local school, decided to do something about it. When Anand noticed the perpetually low parent...
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EU proposes a ban on microplastics covering about 90% of pollutants
In order to tackle the ever increasing problem of plastic pollution, the European Chemicals Agency (Echa) has proposed a ban on microplastics that are mostly unnecessary and have been added to products just for convenience or profit. The ban would cover almost 90% of the pollutants and attempt to cut 400,000 tonnes of plastic pollution in 20 years. Baskut Tuncak, the UN’s special rapporteur on hazardous...
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Over 170 white foxes rescued from a Chinese fur farm, find new home at a Buddhist monastery
A fur farm in China was about to close shop due to lack of funds and dispose off the remaining white foxes when a group of volunteers stepped in rescued the animals. When the residents of the Buddhist Jilin Nursing Garden in Mudanjiang, China, found that the foxes were in need of a new home, they happily welcomed them onto their property. The entire rescue operation was shared on Facebook by animal activist...
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