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In Telangana, It Takes A Village To Update Tattered Land Records

KONGARAGIDDA, India (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Poorly educated and with few resources, Kanasari Veeraswami had no way of proving he was the lawful owner of a small plot of...

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What It’s Like To Live With A Bionic Hand

Nicky Ashwell was born without her right hand, but that’s never held her back. She tried a few different prosthetics in the past—mainly realistic-looking hands or ...

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Prehistoric Trees Could ‘Future-Proof’ Forests Against Climate Change

As you walk through the landscape, you pass through a patchwork of forests that were logged at different times. You may go from bushwhacking through a dense thicket of young f...

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Mumbai Film Festival: Day Five Highlights

The Palme d’Or-winning I, Daniel Blake is urgent and distressed, while the new Jodorowsky film is winningly weird. I, Daniel BlakeKen Loach’s 50-year car...

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How India Is Raking In The Moolah While Upcycling Its Waste Into Bags, Shoes & Even Pieces Of Art!

Unlike most people Arzan Khambatta and Debanjan Roy do their best work when they are surrounded by waste, whether it’s from construction zones, offices or industrial sit...

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Akshay Kumar Roped In As The Ambassador Of Jaan Bachao Health Campaign

Akshay Kumar, who is known for his fitness, has been roped in as the ambassador of Jaan Bachao health campaign. Actor Akshay Kumar, who is known for his fitness, has been...

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Starlight Children's Foundation To Host 2016 Dream Halloween

Starlight Children's Foundation will host LA’s iconic Dream Halloween costume party and fundraiser at the historic Park Plaza in downtown Los Angeles on October 22,...

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How These Male Sexual Assault Survivors Are Helping Other Victims

Daniel Wolstencroft was just five years old the first time he was sexually abused by a family member. The abuse went on for years. He started acting out as a teenager, turned ...

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Why Iceland Is The Best Place In The World To Be A Woman

Rebekka is so tiny that, even on her tiptoes, arms aloft, she cannot reach. So her teacher lifts her up to the unvarnished wooden monkey bar. “One, two, three,” he...

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Mobile Diagnostic Device That Helps Pregnant Women In Rural India Receive Timely Medical Attention

A six-page report published in September by the established UK medical journal Lancet provided some shocking figures about maternal mortality in India. It revealed that in 201...

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TRENDING: IS HE A LEADER OR A PROPAGANDIST?

Was it the leader of a democratic nation or a propagandist spewing divisive rhetoric in ...

April 28 2024

ALTERNATIVE ENTERTAINMENT: LOOKING FOR THE MAHANAYAK

Srijit Mukherji’s Oti Uttam is a film hard to dislike. And no, it’s not just...

April 27 2024

POLITICS: PEOPLE WILL DEFEAT AMIT SHAH

Vinta Nanda spent two days with Sonal Patel and returns to tell us that the Congress Par...

April 26 2024