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Environment

Farmers' battle to cope with climate change could spark rural renewal

Shifting world agriculture to a "climate-smart" approach will not only help prevent future food security crises but holds the promise of sparking economic and agricultural ...

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Sustainable Development

A mobile-based rural distribution network

Ramilaben Parmar, a farm labourer in Rasnol village in Gujarat’s Anand district, is elated. She has just bought a new sewing machine worth Rs.10, 000 for her daughter...

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Hollywood

Lego Mixes It Up With Female Scientist Mini-figure Set

In an effort to make the Lego franchise popular with more girls, Lego is releasing a new mini-figure set featuring female scientists that will be part of its regular Lego p...

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Hollywood

Kids Have Their Wishes Come True At Film Premiere

Wish Wizard” is a short film that was made in connection with Make-A-Wish to fulfill the wishes of four kids to have movie related experiences. It is about two kids w...

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Sustainable Development

About 1.6 Billion People Of The World Depend On Forests For Living

First-ever survey on forest genetic resources by FAO calls for urgent measures to protect the precious resources which provide a range of economic, health and ecological be...

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Bollywood

Richa Chadda, Kalki Koechlin To Train In Indian Martial Art Form Kalaripayattu

Bollywood’s powerful female talents Richa Chadda and Kalki Koechlin are apparently undergoing training in the Indian martial art form Kalaripayattu for a play product...

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Hollywood

Online Sale of Props From Disney’s Maleficent to Benefit Boys & Girls Clubs of America

One Kings Lane, a leading online destination for the home, will sell 150 props from the set of Disney’s live-action epic Maleficent and all the proceeds from the sale...

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Health

Treating tobacco-related diseases cost India Rs 16,800 crore in 2011

Spending on treating such diseases is just a little less than revenue from tobacco products; Union health minister, Harsh Vardhan, says he would press for increase in tax o...

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There's No Need For The Govt To Intervene In Self-regulation

In his first address at Goa fest 2014 after taking charge as Minister for Information and Broadcasting, Prakash Javadekar came across as a champion of freedom of press, co-...

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Bollywood

Amitabh Bachchan & Aamir Khan To Launch Dilip Kumar's Biography 'Substance And Shadow'

Come June 9th and the long wait for the biography of Bollywood thespian Dilip Kumar will be over! The biography ‘Substance and Shadow’, which was earlier schedu...

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