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Amnesty International Backs Decriminalising All Sex Work In Historic Vote.

Amnesty International has voted in favour of a proposal that would mean adults who buy sex from prostitutes would not face criminal sanctions. The human rights organisation...

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Sustainable Development

Chinese Research Will Fly On The International Space Station For The First Time

The International Space Station is a bit like an orbiting United Nations composed of 16 different countries. But it has yet to welcome China into its ranks. That could be s...

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Bollywood

Sonam Kapoor, Sania Mirza Support 'BETI' Cause At IIJW 2015.

Bollywood actress Sonam Kapoor and Tennis star Sania Mirza today featured at the inauguration of India International Jewellery Week (IIJW) 2015 in Mumbai. The sixth edition...

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Environment

Obama’s Clean Power Plan, And Lessons For India’s Own Climate Change Strategy

?The biggest, most important step we have ever taken to combat climate change?. ?That is how President Barack Obama described the Clean Power Plan he unveiled last week. Th...

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Hollywood

Angelina Jolie To Direct An Unflinching Portrayal Of War Through The Eyes Of A Child.

Angelina Jolie Pitt will direct an adaptation of First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers, a harrowing and poignant memoir from Cambodian author and hu...

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Bollywood

Vivek Oberoi To Sponsor US Education For Girls From DEVI

“Vivek Oberoi has previously extended his support to many causes he believes in. Now, the actor has decided to sponsor girls from his own NGO ‘DEVI’ (Deve...

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Health

How To Turn Big Health Data Into Big Health Action

Mobile technology has revolutionized data-collection tools for health workers, but unless that data creates meaningful change, the “data revolution” will strugg...

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Festivals

Venice Film Festival Reveals 2015 Juries

Competition jury includes Elizabeth Banks, Lynne Ramsay, Diane Kruger and Hou Hsiao-hsien. The Venice Film Festival (Sept 2-12) has revealed the members of its three intern...

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Health

A New Report Identifies 30 Technologies That Will Save Lives In The Next 15 Years

President Obama wasn’t the only head of state visiting Ethiopia this summer. In early July, the United Nations brought global leaders to Addis Ababa, for the third an...

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Festivals

Serbia’s High-School Drama ‘Next To Me’ Wins at Croatia’s Pula Film Festival

The Golden Arena award for best film in the international program at the 62nd edition of the Pula Film Festival, Croatia’s leading movie event, went to Serbia&rs...

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