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Nobel Prize Winners Point The Way In Battle Against Diseases Of Poverty

What does it take to bring the fruits of scientific innovation to vulnerable patients in the world’s poorest communities? The discoveries recognised by the 2015 Nobel...

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Festivals

In The Age Of Downloads, MAMI Film Festival Is Still A Crowd Puller

The film lovers of the world should rejoice, when the curtains go up on 17th Jio MAMI Mumbai Film Festival on Thursday evening with the Gateway of India as the perfect back...

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Health

Tuberculosis Ranks Alongside HIV As Leading Killer Worldwide: WHO Report

In 2014, tuberculosis (TB) killed 1.5 million people, 400,000 of whom were HIV-positive, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Wednesday, ranking the disease alongsid...

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Gender

That Which Is Rarely Discussed: The Patriarchy With In The Naxalbari Movement

The Naxalite uprising has been since its inception a war waged against the class enemies. Charu Majumder, the frontrunner of the Naxalbari movement declared his “anni...

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Gender

Could Paternity Leave Help Tackle Gender Violence?

What’s paternity leave got to do with violence against women and the sexual exploitation of girls? More than you’d think it turns out. Fathers who are involved ...

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Health

WHO Experts Signal Victory Over One Of Three Polio Strains

GENEVA: The world should stop vaccinating children against one of the three strains of the crippling polio virus as part of a drive to eradicate the disease once and for al...

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Health

Tribal Daughters Get Access To Wealth And Health

Members of the Kishori Mandal in Ranchi district get together once every week to review their micro-credit accounting and then discuss issues like eating healthy meals or s...

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Bollywood

Not A Feminist, But Strongly Voice For Gender Equality: Parineeti Chopra

Actress Parineeti Chopra, the brand ambassador for Haryana’s ‘Beti Bachao Beti Padao’ campaign, says she is not a “feminist” but strongly voic...

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Gender

‘It’s Horrific’: Melinda Gates On Rapes In India

MEXICO: One of the world’s most powerful women – Melinda Gates has for the first time spoken out against the recent spate of rapes and sexual attacks on women i...

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Retroscope

The Portrayal Of Violence Against Women In Indian Cinema

It has become something of a cliché to claim that the 1950s was the golden age of Indian cinema, and that during the 1950s, we had more women-centric films than at o...

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