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Health

Without Universal Health Coverage, World Health Day Means Little To Most Of India

How far will you go to save your child or parents? To poverty and beyond, is what many thousand Indians are doing each day. The draft National Health Policy 2015 mentioned tha...

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Sustainable Development

Domestic Help Starts School For 60 Kids From Slums In Ranchi

Suchita’s mother met with an accident a few months ago, because of which she had to take up odd jobs to support her family. In January this year, she started a makeshift...

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Environment

Polar Bears Losing Weight As Arctic Sea Ice Melts: Study

Three decades of melting sea ice has led to significant weight loss among the world’s southernmost population of polar bears, new data from Canadian researchers suggests...

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Festivals

Cleveland International Film Festival 2016: "Parched" A Beautiful Portrait Of Subjugated Women In India

Ohio -- From the beautifully-framed opening shot, "Parched" rolls out a lush, lovely portrait of four women struggling to survive in a patriarchal town in India.You see, this ...

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Bollywood

Deepika Padukone Is Doing Her Bit To Promote Mental Well-Being In The Country

Mental Health Was Not Given Too Much Of Importance In A Country like ours, till even a few years back. But thanks to celebrities like DeepikaPadukone--who have lent their voic...

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Hollywood

Ariana Grande To Perform At 10th Annual DKMS Gala

DKMS announced today that international superstarAriana Grande will perform at the 10th Annual DKMSGala, taking place Thursday, May 5 at Cipriani Wall Street. DKMS also announ...

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Trending

How Football Is Levelling The Playing Field For Kids

“For me there is only one religion and that is humanity. I don’t believe in any other religion,” says 83-year-old Mithalal Sindhi. He is a resident of Ahmeda...

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Gender

Women & The Sustainable Development Goals: Participant Voices

Every year thousands of activists from civil society organizations around the world come to New York to take part in the Commission on the Status of Women, the global intergov...

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Health

Sure Cure: How To Tackle India's Undernutrition Crisis In 10 Steps

India is the epicenter of a global stunting crisis. At least 39% of the country's children under five - about 47 million souls - suffered from stunting in 2015. That's more st...

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Sustainable Development

To End Global Poverty Put Science At The Heart Of Development

We want to end extreme poverty.If you’re reading this, we’re pretty sure that you do as well. You will probably already know about the enormous progress being made...

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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

GENDER: A WIFE'S HILARIOUS TALE DURING IPL FEVER

Monojit Lahiri hilariously recounts the rollercoaster ride of being an IPL victim, with ...

May 1 2024