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Cigarette Butts are not just killing you, but the Environment too

Plastics are finally being recognised as the major pollutant in use and have resulted in ban in many countries as of now. Yet another, bigger p...

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Gender

‘Period hut’ kills a mother and her two sons in Nepal

Age-old practices have considered women to be impure during menstruation. The illegal practice of Chhaupadi is a tradition associated with the me...

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Kaleidoscope

Home and Heart

Reading Barbara Kingsolver’s Unsheltered, the thought that passes through the mind is: there but for the grace of...

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Gender

A Record 102 Women create history after being sworn into the US Congress

A record of 102 women elected to US Congress made history on Thursday. The new congresspeople who took the oath of office in the US House of Re...

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Health

A Call for Taxes on Unhealthy Food high in Salt and Sugar

 “Junk food should be taxed”, says England's top doctor, calling on unhealthy food high in sugar and salt. Professor Dame Sall...

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Environment

Non-recyclable Tetra Paks destroying the Beautiful Beaches of the World

In Vietnam, a Southeast Asian country on the South China Sea known for its beaches and rivers, milk consumption has almost doubled up in the pa...

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Human Rights

UN Security Council meets to discuss Impact of War on People with Disabilities

The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities came into force in May 2008, and has so far been signed by 130 countries. It enshr...

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Human Rights

‘East West Street’: A Musical on Human Rights

The 92nd Street Y’s Tisch Centre for the Arts is all set to launch the North American premier of East West Street: A Song of...

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Gender

Survey shows Kids still hold Sexist Attitude, especially Boys

In the past few years, gender equality has resurfaced as a major issue in the public sphere. The 2016 United States presidential election fuell...

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Thought Factory

The Little Time Machine of Arambol, Goa

In a small part of Goa called Arambol lays a quiet and peaceful wellness retreat called Read More