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Avoid wrapping food in newspaper, it's harmful: FSSA

Wrapping food items in newspaper is bad for your health as its ink has multiple bio-active materials with known negative health effects, FSSAI said on Friday. "Wrapping foo...

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Festivals

Mumbai To Host A Film Fest Dedicated To Nomadic Tribes Of India

Few might be aware that back in 1871, the colonial British Government in India had introduced an act — Criminal Tribes Act where around two hundred (mostly Nomadic Tr...

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Health

Health Cost Of Air Pollution In India Assessed At 3 Per Cent Of Its GDP

The cost of serious health consequences from Particulate Matter pollution is estimated to be around 3 per cent of India's GDP, according to a Health Ministry statement in L...

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Health

Child-Health Spending Soars, But 40 Million Indian Children Stunted

This in a country that boasts a 40-year-old national child-health programme– now among the world’s largest–and increased spending on child health 200% ove...

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Gender

No More Khatna: Meet The Five Women Standing Against The Ritual Of Female Circumcision In India

I was browsing through Facebook while sipping chai when a video caught my attention. I hit the play button. “A cut that pierced my life…A small nick, just a pi...

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Health

The Future Of Healthcare In India

Estimates indicate that healthcare costs drive an additional 4% of Indian families, over 50 million people, into poverty each year Nachiket Mor is the India Country Directo...

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Alternative Entertainment

MY VIEW: English Theatre Has A Loyal Fan Base In India. But Is It Easy To Make A Career In Theatre?

Students in India are often introduced to English theatre in the form of Shakespeare’s plays. And it usually ends there. Indian dramatists like T P Kailasam, Habib Ta...

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Bollywood

Katrina Kaif: India Got Female Head Of State Before UK, US. Still, We Have Gender Inequality

Katrina Kaif lamented that India still has gender inequality even after having a woman head of state way before UK while US never even had one. Speaking at the We Unite con...

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Alternative Entertainment

These Indian Transformers Illustrations Are Making Traffic Bearable Today

As you’re sitting in a haze of exhaust fumes and incessant honking, with dreams of a soft bed and a cold beer perhaps you’ve let your imagination stray. Hoping ...

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Human Rights

"Disability rights must be strengthened legally"

"The legal framework of India itself discriminates against people with disabilities," said Rajiv Rajan, Human Rights Law Network, here on Wednesday. He was addressing an or...

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