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Human Rights

Rape as a Weapon of Destruction

Rape and sexual slavery are actively being used as means of warfare in Central African Republic, with armed forces on both sides guilty of it.

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Gender

Dalit women in Rajasthan tortured, beaten and killed after being branded ‘Witches’

A sting operation was carried out in September by Ms. Ahluwalia, chairperson of Baal Evum Mahila Chetana Samiti, along with two women volunteers and a team of jour...

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Sustainable Development

Are Non-vegetarians destroying the Planet?

A new report, Appetite for Destruction, launched at the Extinction and Livestock Conference at London, says the consumption of animal products is leading to a vast...

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Health

How loss of sense of smell is related to the loss of memory

Around 47 million people around the world are living with dementia, with 4.1 million of them in India, according to a new report, which also found that nearly half of all p...

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Environment

Can Hollywood change People’s view on Climate Change?

Research published in the International Journal of Sustainable Development suggests that purportedly entertaining films that feature global warming and climate cha...

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Kaleidoscope

Archie's Four Lives

Paul Auster’s 4321 has made it to the Man Booker Award shortlist this year—the extraordinary 880-page tome that is as much about its protagon...

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Human Rights

Hatred and harassment online is harder to supress than sex

Ever since a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, on the 12th August 2017, news developments have continued at a torrid pace. The Daily Stor...

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Generation Z: Don't genders other than homosexuality and heterosexuality exist?

There has been a generational shift in sexuality, shows research carried out by polling company Ipsos Mori for the BBC. As confusing as this might sound to some - and at ti...

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Sustainable Development

Earthquakes are inevitable, disaster is not. Should India not learn preparedness from Californians?

In the National Earthquake Conference that happened in May 2016 at the Hilton Long Beach, California, Tom Jordan, the director of the Southern California Earthquak...

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The Theory of Why Teenagers Take Risks More Than Adults

Research has always said that teens might be making bad and risky decisions because their brain is not fully developed at that age, but Dr. Dan Romer and his colleagues at ...

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