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The Crazy New Camera Tech That Made Planet Earth 2 Possible

PLENTY OF PEOPLE know that leopards wander the streets of Mumbai, but few people ever see them. The elusive cats hunt at night, shrouded by darkness and the din of the city. T...

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Climbers Prepare For Clean-Up Mission On Mount Everest

The government of Nepal and Everest expedition organisers have launched a clean-up operation at 21,000ft to remove rubbish left on the world’s highest peak after a serie...

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‘Lipstick Under My Burkha’ to Open NY Indian Film Festival

Hindi indie “Lipstick Under My Burkha,” which has been banned by the Indian film censor board, is continuing its march through film festivals around the country. A...

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Experience India’s First Sensory Deprivation Tank At 1000 Petals In Bangalore

For most, true relaxation and peace of mind comes with a side of nature and a whole lot of leaves - not something we can all get down to doing as much as we need. Big city lif...

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Jacqueline Fernandez Takes Up The Cause Of Marine Conservation

Jacqueline Fernandez, with much talked about projects in her kitty, is surely gonna have a good 2017. However, it is not just movies on her mind now, she is all ready to take ...

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Jennifer Garner Testifies In Support Of Early Childhood Education

Save the Children Trustee Jennifer Garner testified last week before the Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee during th...

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In Kaziranga, An Orphanage Raises Baby Rhinos Till They’re Ready To Go Back Into The Wild

Last year, raging monsoon floods submerged nearly 80% of Kaziranga National Park. Unable to access drier highlands in time, more than 450 animals – including 26 rhinos, ...

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Superpower Dreams: On How India Must Respond To A Low HDI Rank

India’s rank of 131 among 188 countries on the UNDP’s Human Development Index for 2015 and its ‘medium’ performance pose the uncomfortable question: wo...

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Yuwa is hope

To be born a girl in Jharkhand, an Indian state about 700 miles southeast of New Delhi, often is to be sentenced to a life of poverty, illiteracy and violence. So when Franz G...

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New AI Algorithm Beats Even The World's Worst Traffic

The height of individual vs. collective irrationality has to be automobile traffic. We build roadways around the assumption that we as individual human actors will behave in w...

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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