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Gender

'You Can't Stand by and Watch People Die': The Woman Developing an HIV Vaccine

In the 1990s, Dr. Glenda Gray was an activist and medical student, fighting to end segregation in the hospitals of apartheid South Africa and mobilize communities around healt...

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Health

‘The Lancet’ on Achieving Maternal Health Goals in the SDG Era: Tackling Diversity and Divergence

Between 1990 and 2015, there was an incredible 44 percent decrease in global maternal mortality rates. But these impressive gains still fell short of the Millennium Developmen...

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Human Rights

A change called NeHA

Ten years ago, it would have been impossible to imagine a world where tapping a piece of glass in the palm of your hand would allow you to watch a movie, order food, hail a ca...

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Sustainable Development

New, Genetically-Modified HIV Vaccine Enters Next Phase of Trials

A new possible HIV vaccine that uses a genetically-modified version of the virus is heading into Phase II trials. The results of an earlier trial showed it provoked an immune ...

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Environment

Off-grid solar to help Myanmar bring electricity to all by 2030

Four feet in length, of aggressive disposition, and deadly poisonous: you don’t want to stand on a Russell’s viper in the dark. Especially if there’s no anti...

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Festivals

Sundance 2017 Announces New Frontier Lineup, Including 22 VR Experiences and 11 New Installations

As the Sundance Film Festival’s groundbreaking and technology-facing New Frontier section kicks off its second decade in existence, the 2017 edition of the section boast...

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Alternative Entertainment

‘Harry Potter and the Cursed Child’ Close to Locking in Broadway Theater

“Harry Potter and the Cursed Child,” the two-part play that’s an ultra-hot ticket in London, looks to have scored its Broadway home. Producers of the show ar...

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Bollywood

Leh engineer who inspired 3 Idiots movie bags global award

Viewers would remember having been left awe-struck by Aamir Khan’s many science experiments in the 2009 blockbuster 3 Idiots — now Sonam Wangchuk, the inspiration ...

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Hollywood

Meghan Markle pens powerful essay on balancing a Hollywood career and philanthropy

Meghan Markle is not a new face for those of us who closely follow TV.On one hand, when she is not playing Rachel Zane on the law series Suits; she spends her time gracing the...

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Trending

Cyclone Nada weakens, TN coastal areas see rain

Tamil Nadu's coastal areas, including Cuddalore and parts of Chennai, on Thursday received rainfall under the influence of cyclone Nada, which now lies 270 km south-east of Pu...

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FESTIVALS: IT’S WORLD HERB DAY ON 6TH MAY

The Prophet remarked that eating lentils fills the heart with sympathy, brings tears to ...

May 4 2024

THOUGHT FACTORY: DEPICTION OF CHILD ABUSE IN CINEMA

Courageous storytellers daringly illuminate the darkness of child abuse, igniting conver...

May 3 2024

ALTERNATIVE ENTERTAINMENT: 50 YEARS OF GARM HAWA

On Balraj Sahni’s birth anniversary, Shantanu Ray Chaudhuri looks at the lasting l...

May 1 2024