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Gender

Menstrual Cycle Still A Barrier To Achieve Gender Equality

Adolescent girls in developing countries miss schools for at least five days every month — 60 days in a year during their menstrual cycle due to the lack of access to sa...

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Health

Health Ministry Launches Longitudinal Ageing Study In India

The Ministry of Health & Family Welfare launched the Longitudinal Ageing Study in India (LASI), here today. Launching the project, Shri B P Sharma, Secretary (HFW) stated ...

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Sustainable Development

Keeping The Water Flowing In Rural Villages

Keeping projects in business for the long term has been a constant theme of the Fixes column, and if sustainability has a poster child, it would be a water pump.   Travel...

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Environment

Coral Bleaching In The Great Barrier Reef Looks Like Climate Change

Here are two things that are not a coincidence: February was the hottest month in global history. And on March 21, Greg Hunt, the Australian environment minister, announced th...

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Festivals

Iris SXSW 2016 Reviews: Everything We Saw At The Fest

Few film festivals offer the breadth and variety ofSXSW and this year was no exception. During my eight days there, I saw gentle comedies, brutal horror movies, fascinating dr...

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Bollywood

Amitabh Bachchan, Sania Mirza Urge Fans To Support Earth hour 2016.

They have also urged their fans to support Earth Hour, a humble step towards a greener environment for future generations. Recently, Sania took to her Twitter handle and urged...

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Hollywood

Taylor Swift Helps Ryan Seacrest Open Studio At Children's Hospital

Taylor Swift joined Ryan Seacrest at Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt last week to open the 10th Ryan Seacrest Foundation Seacrest Studio. The Seacrest Stud...

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Entrepreneurial Revolution Is Happening In India

When World Bank released their ‘Ease of Doing Business report in 2014, India was ranked 142 out of 189 countries, and one of the biggest issues which a new entrepreneur ...

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Gender

Letting India's Women Own Land

This month, 600 women gathered under a huge blue-and-yellow-striped tent in Baripada, a small city in Odisha, a state in India’s east. They were among India’s most...

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Health

Researchers Have Discovered How To Edit Hiv From The Dna Of Human Cells

The creation of antiretroviral drugs to treat HIV has drastically improved the life expectancy of those with the virus, and has also reduced the likelihood of transmission to ...

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POLITICS: THE BJP’S NEW REALITY

In democracies with rich histories of coexisting diversities, the arrogance of leaders w...

June 5 2024

POWERFUL PEOPLE: LOVE (FOR THE CRAFT) CONQUERS ALL

‘I went through so many rejections that I can't remember,’ says Tanha Farmin...

June 4 2024

BOLLYWOOD: FROM STAGE TO SCREEN AND OTHER MEDIUMS

Monojit Lahiri explores the complexities, highlighting the nuanced distinctions and uniq...

June 2 2024