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The Indian Film Festival Of Los Angeles

This spring Los Angeles will be home to quality cinema from India. And like spring, it will bring the colors of India—its culture and languages, its people, their str...

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Bill And Melinda Gates Foundations Sunset Claus Is To Ensure That Inequality Is Reduced In This Generation

We are often asked why Bill and Melinda Gates and foundation trustee Warren Buffett have pledged to give away more than 95% of their wealth. Indeed, it can be difficult to ...

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Human Rights

Women, Cities, And Opportunity: Making The Case For Secure Land Rights

Land and property lie at the center of many of today’s pressing development challenges. Consider that at most 10% of land in rural Africa is reliably registered. At t...

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Environment

Japan kills More Than 300 Whales In Annual Antarctic Hunt

Whaling fleet returns to port after slaughtering hundreds of minke whales, in defiance of moratorium on hunting and global criticism A Japanese whaling fleet returned to po...

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Gender

Letter To The Editor: He For She Campaign Aims To Achieve Gender Equality

I am a 12-year-old girl living in Portland. I have recently found out about the U.N. Women campaign called He For She. He For She is trying to achieve gender equality in th...

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Gender

Accenture Identifies Three Ways To Close The Gender Pay And Opportunity Gap

New research from Accenture concludes technology can help women advance at work and help close the gender pay gap. The report “Getting to Equal 2017” identifies...

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Health

Parliament Passes Bill That Decriminalises Suicide Attempt By Mentally ill People

Parliament today passed a bill that seeks to decriminalise suicide attempt by mentally ill people and provides for the right to better healthcare for people suffering from....

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Health

Superpower Dreams: On How India Must Respond To A Low HDI Rank

India’s rank of 131 among 188 countries on the UNDP’s Human Development Index for 2015 and its ‘medium’ performance pose the uncomfortable question:...

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Environment

New Zealand Anger As Pristine Lakes Tapped For Bottled Water Market

A plan to extract millions of litres of water out of a Unesco world heritage site, send it by pipe to the coast and ship it to foreign markets for bottling has ignited a ca...

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Festivals

Vietnamese Films To Screen At Cannes Film Festival 2017

Culi Khong Bao Gio Khoc (Sloth Monkey Never Cries) and Vi (Taste) will compete in the category of L’Atelier, which targets and gives production and funding opportunit...

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