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Boring Movies Can Be Great: A Defense Of ‘Paterson’ And ‘Everything Else’ — NYFF

The following essay was written by a participant in the 2016 New York Film Festival Critics Academy, a workshop for aspiring critics co-produced by Indie Wire, the Film Societ...

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Fighting Vitamin A Deficiency With A New Kind Of Sweet Potato, Radio, And People Power

Sometimes a small change can make a big difference. Across sub-Saharan Africa, a new kind of sweet potato is helping families guard against vitamin A deficiency. Radio is help...

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The World’s First Commercial Drone Delivery Service Has Launched In Rwanda

The world’s first commercial drone delivery service is in Rwanda, and it’s delivering blood.The service is operated by Zipline, a US robotics and drone company. Th...

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Dia Mirza To Raise Funds For Underprivileged Kids

Actress Dia Mirza will host a campaign as the ambassador of Genesis Foundation to raise funds for the treatment of underprivileged children. This will be done through Ketto, a...

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Dakota Fanning Lights Empire State Building With Save The Children

Save the Children Artist Ambassador Dakota Fanning lit the world-famous Empire State Building red on Tuesday, Oct. 11, in a special ceremony celebrating International Day of t...

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Abortion, Contraception, And Equality: Honoring 100 Years Of Reproductive Rights

October 16, 2016 marks the 100th anniversary of Planned Parenthood, an organization that has fought from its outset to ensure that women are treated humanely, that we are trus...

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Animated Film Festival By Alliance Française

The Alliance Française de Pune is organising a series of screenings of animated films from October 19 to 22, on the occasion of the 15 -Free admittanceth Fête du ...

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Bob Dylan Wins Nobel Prize In Literature

Singer-songwriter takes award for ‘having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition’ For more than six decades he has remained a myth...

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Women Are Easy Targets, Says Swara Bhaskar

Swara Bhaskar doesn’t mince words. She has always voiced her opinion, even if it starts a debate. Earlier this month, she wrote an open letter questioning the uproar ove...

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Emma Watson Spotlights Efforts To End Child Marriage In Malawi

Thanks to growing implementation of a law passed last year, child marriage may soon be a relic of Malawi’s past, and on the eve of the International Day of the Girl Chil...

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SAFAR MEIN SHAHAR: CITY AS CHARACTER

Film critic Utpal Datta explores Mazhar Q. Kamran’s Safar Mein Shahar, examining h...

March 7 2026

EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE AND THE HUMAN FACTOR

Writer Ranjan Das Gupta reflects on emotional intelligence as a human, ethical and socia...

March 6 2026

A LAST CALL FOR THE PLANET

In this in-depth conversation with Vinta Nanda, Fr. Kureethadam Joshtrom reflects on eco...

March 5 2026