Two Champions of Children Are Given Nobel Peace Prize

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Polio eradication by vaccination: good news and bad

A clinical trial gives hope that the right vaccination scheme could eradicate polio worldwide by 2018. Another study, though, warns that mutated viruses could jeopardize th...

Yudh, A Trend Setter?

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That's My Story

Short stories are that form of popular literature which challenges the writer to succinctly and completely narrate what he/she would take a few hundred pages to say. Likewi...

Zindagi – Jodey Dilon Ko: A New Beginning

At 8 pm on Monday June 23rd, a new channel presented itself on an already crowded platform of General Entertainment Channels. Zindagi - Jodey Dilon Ko is Zee TV?s new value...

Will global polio eradication miss yet another deadline?

When the world embarked on polio eradication 26 years back, the goal was to complete that task by the year 2000. That target was not met, nor did the two deadlines set afte...

True Review : Filmistaan

Critics Rating: 2.5 STARS*

Cast: Sharib Hashmi, Inaamulhaq, Kumud Mishra, Gopal Dutt

Direction: Nitin Kakkar Read More