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Meet The Former Refugee Who Is Now Somalia’s First Female Presidential Candidate

When I call FadumoDayib, she tells me she's in the middle of a school run and driving her car. Straight away I notice her way with words; the way she pauses to choose the righ...

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Mercury Is More Earth-Like Than We Thought

Mercury has been hiding an exciting secret: the closest planet to our Sun is perpetually shrinking, according to new data from NASA, which shows the appearance of new, tiny cr...

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Hurricanes Will Worsen As Planet Warms And Sea Levels Rise, Scientists Warn

Major storms such as Hurricane Matthew, which has slammed into Haiti and isnow headed towards the US, will grow in menace as the world warms and sea levels rise, scientists ha...

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Mirzya Wins Accolades At 60th BFI London Film Festival

Filmmaker RakeyshOmprakashMehra’s Mirzya got a thumbs up from the audience at the 60th BFI London Film Festival. Marking Bollywood debut of Anil Kapoor’s son Harsh...

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Different Strokes: 36 Railway Stations Get Colourful Makeover

Over the past week, about 25,000 volunteers have worked through the night to give Mumbai’s local train stations a colourful facelift, since October 2, as part of ‘...

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Ajay Devgn Becomes Goodwill Ambassador, Supports Women Issues

Apart from acting, directing and producing films, Ajay Devgn is now working on a social cause. The 'Shivaay' actor has become the goodwill ambassador for Smile Foundation, whi...

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Meet Anoyara Khatun, India’s Crusader For Children At The United Nations

By the tender age of 19, Anoyara Khatun has been to the United Nations twice – the voice of young girls from poor families in an obscure corner of India. It was an incre...

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Chris Pratt Attends Uso Screening Of The Magnificent Seven

In celebration of the service and sacrifice of today’s troops and military families, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures and Columbia Pictures treated service members with an a...

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Non-Communicable Diseases Killed More Indians In 2015

In 2015, India, like other developed countries, had more number of deaths caused by non-communicable diseases. In the case of males, deaths due to non-communicable diseases (3...

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India Needs To Develop A Strategy For Training Human Resources For Mental Healthcare

The emergence of suicide prevention as a public health challenge requiring urgent national action has been painfully slow globally. The urgency has been slower in middle- and ...

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ALTERNATIVE ENTERTAINMENT: MAINSTREAM VS. ALTERNATIVE PERSPECTIVES

A comprehensive understanding of mainstream and alternative movements enrich discussions...

April 19 2024

KALEIDOSCOPE: A TALE SET IN THE TIMES OF ANARCHY

With Kahini: A Story of Our Times, Om Books International’s recently published Eng...

April 18 2024

BOLLYWOOD: FRANK & FEARLESS, GULZAR…UNCUT!

Monojit Lahiri recalls an amazing conversation with a dear, cherished and hugely respect...

April 17 2024