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Injectable contraceptive: A shot in the arm for women’s autonomy

To every solution, there is a problem. This seems to be the dictum followed by many in our country and the case of the injectable contraceptive is no exception. So, we see a c...

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Kehkashan Basu, UAE-based Indian teen, wins Children's Peace Prize

 "Do not stop what you're doing. No matter what happens, we have to continue to save the planet," the 16-year-old said. Award-winning teen environmental activist Kehkash...

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'Swarm Electrification' in Bangladesh Lets Neighbours Swap Solar Electricity

Ten households in Shakimali Matborkandi, a village in the Shariatpur district of Bangladesh, have seen a dramatic change over the past year in the way they light their homes a...

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A Catastrophic Amount of Carbon Could Leak From the Soil By 2050

The term “snowball effect” is an unfortunate way to describe climate change, but a new study is predicting just that. Climate scientists warn that by 2050, an ast...

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Madurai film fest to open with Shridhar's 'Vande Mataram'

CHENNAI: Award-winning student-director Shridhar Sudhir's 'Vande Mataram' will be the inaugural film at the 18th Madurai documentary and short-film festival, to be held from D...

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These Indian Transformers Illustrations Are Making Traffic Bearable Today

As you’re sitting in a haze of exhaust fumes and incessant honking, with dreams of a soft bed and a cold beer perhaps you’ve let your imagination stray. Hoping for...

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Vivek Oberoi's web series in Marathi is all about how to make the impossible possible.

Vivek Oberoi’s nine-episode web series in Marathi is all about how to make the impossible possible Actor-producer Vivek Oberoi is developing a nine-episode web-series i...

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Socially-conscious children’s films use artistic platform to educate

Hollywood has always been criticized for trying to engineer American society. For example, MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough accused Brokeback Mountain of advancing a “radic...

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More young people are watching Planet Earth 2 than The X Factor

It seems the nation’s younger citizens are finally favouring the beauty of the natural world over the wailing of amateur singers. The BBC has confirmed that the first t...

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'This Is a New Frontier': The Global Movement Working to Make Courts Feminist

When a sentence of six months' probation was handed down in the case of Brock Turner, the 20-year college Stanford University swimming star who assaulted an unconscious woman ...

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THROUGH AN EYE CURIOUSLY INTERVIEW

In this insightful conversation, interviewer Khalid Mohamed engages photographer Chirode...

April 22 2026

MAMATA BANERJEE FACES DEFINING BATTLE

Ranjan Dasgupta analyses Mamata Banerjee’s toughest electoral challenge in West Be...

April 21 2026

PROGRESSIVE WRITERS ASSOCIATION 90 YEARS

Progressive Writers Association 90 Years Mumbai by Prof. Dr. Avinash Kolhe examines the ...

April 20 2026