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GDP Data To Show Economy Racing, Realities Less Rosy

India will release data on Monday showing it remains one of the fastest growing economies in the world, but economists are struggling to reconcile that rosy picture with groun...

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Mumbai To Host Workshop On "Gender Sensitive Reporting" For Working Journalists

A one-day workshop on Gender Sensitive Reporting for working journalists is going to be organized on15th February 2016 at the JB Hall of the Films Division, Mumbai. The worksh...

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The Zika Declaration

THE Zika virus has been the predominant item across news agencies this past couple of weeks. Until the outbreak in Brazil in May last year (2015), most of us can probably safe...

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This Bacteria-Powered Microrobot Navigates via Electric Fields

Engineers from Drexel University have devised a bacteria-powered microrobot that can be steered through fluids with applied electric fields. Imagine a tiny, tiny robotic syste...

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At Least 14 Dead And 100 Missing After Quake Topples Apartment Tower In Taiwan

At least 14 people are dead and more than 100 are still missing after a powerful earthquake shook southern Taiwan on Saturday morning, causing a high-rise building in the city...

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Europe's Migrant Crisis Has A Starring Role At The Berlin Film Festival

BERLIN — Europe's migrant crisis will play a starring role at the Berlin International Film Festival that opens this week, a reflection of Germany's own leading performa...

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Tusshar Kapoor: Priyanka Chopra Is Not Just An Inspiration To Women, But Also To Guys!

Priyanka Chopra has been in the news since her debut in ABC’s Quantico last year. She also won the People’s Choice Awards for the Best Actress in a new series and ...

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Russell Simmons Delivers Water To Flint

Earlier this week, RushCard delivered a donation of 150,000 bottles of water to the relief effort in Flint, Michigan. The prepaid debit card company, founded by Russell Simmon...

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Mobile Net Users To Be 371 Mn By June 2016

The number of mobile internet users in India is expected to reach 371 million by June 2016. There were 306 million mobile internet users in India in December 2015. Of the 306 ...

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Devangshu Datta: How Not To Fix India's Gender Ratio

Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi recently suggested that sex determination during pregnancy be made compulsory; that the gender of the unborn child be regist...

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KALEIDOSCOPE: CINE-INTERIORS BY DEVDUTT TRIVEDI

Devdutt Trivedi, a film scholar, reassesses Mani Kaul's cinema in his book "Cine-Interio...

June 6 2024

POLITICS: THE BJP’S NEW REALITY

In democracies with rich histories of coexisting diversities, the arrogance of leaders w...

June 5 2024

POWERFUL PEOPLE: LOVE (FOR THE CRAFT) CONQUERS ALL

‘I went through so many rejections that I can't remember,’ says Tanha Farmin...

June 4 2024