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Sustainable Development

Does India need a bank for women?

India’s government thinks so. Plans for such a bank – the first state-run one of its kind in India – were announced in the annual budget. Finance Minister...

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Bollywood

Priyanka Chopra And Kareena Kapoor To Act Together For UNICEF

Not since Aitraaz have Bollywood divas Priyanka and Kareena shared screen space together. But thanks to UNICEF, that is about to change. Both work very closes with UNICEF &...

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TV

A Complete Network, Almost

Has the time come for Indian Television to move into genre specific channels? On a visit to Canada, I discovered that there were pay channels dedicated to Westerns and war ...

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Sustainable Development

India brides leave husbands' homes for lack of toilets

Six newlywed women in a village in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh have returned to their parents because their husbands’ homes had no toilets. The women, all from ...

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Hollywood

America’s Celebrity Obsession Shouldn’t Dictate What Causes Get Attention

Business and political celebrities like Bill Gates and Bill Clinton have drawn unprecedented attention for life-changing efforts around the world through the work of their ...

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Movies

True Review: The Expendables 3

Critics Rating: 2 Stars

Cast: Sylvester Stallone, Mel Gibson, Jason Statham, Wesley Snipes, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Dolph Lundren, Randy Cou...

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Health

Less than 500 days left, can India meet its MDG targets?

Going by current trends, the target for reducing infant mortality and improving other human development indices seem near impossible to achieve Less that 500 days are left ...

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TV

Tough Acts To Follow

It’s that time of the year, when a few odd serials have drawn their curtains, and new shows are up for grabs. Last week television audiences witnessed the closure of ...

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Health

8 states report 71% of total infant deaths

Have you ever wondered why child death (IMR) and mother death (MMR) are going down so slowly in India? Part of the answer can be found in a recent survey report put out by ...

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Hollywood

Christopher Reeve's Family Remembers Robin Williams

Christopher Reeve’s children have released the following statement via the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation on the death of Robin Williams. “The Reeve fa...

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