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Alternative Entertainment

It’s Funny Because It’s True: Fact-Based Comedy Can Affect Audiences

Can stand-up comedy be a platform for investigative journalism? It may seem like an odd question, but that’s exactly what The Center for Investigative Reporting and W...

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Health

Why Are Women Worldwide Not Using Contraceptives—Even Though They Don’t Want A Pregnancy?

Significant numbers of women worldwide don't use birth control due to fears of side effects, negative beliefs about contraception, and because they don't think they need it...

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TV

Amma Only, On Prime Time

Never have Indian television channels been subjected to the frenetic pace, frenzied reporting and commentating as they all did on Tuesday, December 6 when J. Jayalalitha wa...

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Gender

This Gritty Woman Started Her Crusade Against Child Sexual Abuse When She Was Just 10!

India ranks among the top five countries with the highest rate of child sexual abuse. A 2013 report by the Asian Centre for Human Rights explained the epidemic proportions ...

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Festivals

Starting In 2019, If Your Film Isn’t Diverse, It Won’t Be Eligible For BAFTA Award

In an incredibly bold move, the British Academy of Film and Television Arts announced last week that, beginning in 2019, works that do not demonstrate inclusivity in their ...

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Environment

A Toxic Leak Left Corpus Christi With No Water For Days. A Taste Of Things To Come?

Corpus Christi, Texas, calls itself the “sparkling city by the sea”. But lately it doesn’t feel very sparkling. The city imposed a four-day ban on consumi...

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Environment

Thai Fishing Industry: Abuses Continue In Unpoliced Waters, Greenpeace Claims

An international crackdown on human rights abuses in the Thai fishing industry has resulted in vessels travelling thousands of miles further into remote and lawless waters,...

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Bollywood

Salman Khan Joins Hands With BMC To Fix Open Defecation Problem

Salman Khan is reportedly worried about people defecating in the open outside his posh Carter Road residence and has complained about it in the recent past. The Brihanmumba...

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Sustainable Development

At The Brink Of A Discovery, Indian Scientists Hope To Trace The First Signals From Stars & Galaxies!

The team has claimed that it will soon be possible to detect such signals, based on the first round of observations from a place located 4,800 metres above sea level, in La...

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Environment

2016 Arctic Report Card Paints Dire Portrait Of Climate Change Trends

It’s going to get worse before it gets better. And unless the world takes action, it may never get better. That’s one extremely depressing takeaway from the 201...

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