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Cinema reflects progress of women in all spheres: Big B

Analysing the space that women have occupied in Indian cinema, Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan on Friday spoke about how the shifting portrayal of female characters in the...

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Sustainable Development

Why Is It Easier for India to Get to Mars Than to Tackle Its Toilet Challenge?

In 2013, India became the fourth country in the world (after Russia, the US and the EU) and the only emerging nation to launch a Mars probe into space. But it remains part ...

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Health

Increasing male participation, key to the success of India's Family Planning programme

On World Vasectomy Day, 2016 we must reiterate that all methods of contraception need to be voluntary and based on the specific need of each individual opting for it. Dr Do...

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Sustainable Development

Desert 'fog catchers' make water out of thin air

Fog harvesting was devised in South America in the 1980s and there are active projects in various countries including Chile, Peru, Ghana, Eritrea, South Africa and Californ...

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Human Rights

Activist revisits prison diaries

In a session at the Times Celebrate Bandra Festival, activist Arun Ferreira, who was branded a 'Naxalite' by the state and charged with sedition before being acquitted of a...

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Festivals

IFFI 2016: SP Balasubramaniam Receives Centenary Award

Girl power and cinema rooted in reality were buzzwords at the inaugural ceremony for the 47th edition of International Film Festival of India (IFFI) in Goa on Sunday. Hoste...

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Bollywood

Shahrukh Khan & Farhan Akhtar Thank GCFI For Highlighting Social Issues

Shah Rukh Khan and actor-filmmaker Farhan Akhtar recently expressed their gratitude to the conveners and CEO of Global Citizen Festival Hugh Evans, for laying emphasis on i...

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Health

Healthy children build healthy nations

Our country is home to the largest child population in the world. A substantial 41 per cent, around 450 million, are children. But it is incongruent that for their educatio...

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Trending

Sonam Kapoor accepts an award on behalf of Neerja Bhanot

Mumbai, November 21th, 2016: Emotions ran high at the Mother Teresa Memorial International Award for Social Justice 2016, as heroes Combatting Terrorism were honoured for t...

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Human Rights

How Reading Harry Potter Can Reduce Prejudice

A study found that reading the fantasy novels improves tolerance of stigmatized groups across a range of demographics Frequenters of social media may have found a surprisin...

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