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India’s soft power has grown, but no thanks to the government

We are all aware that India is fast emerging as a major economic power. Although there is talk of India also being an important “soft power” the fact is we are ...

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How Data Can Improve the Impact of Stories

‘Our ancestors created their myths and told their stories for a human purpose. Any good story, any good novel, should have a message’, wrote Chinua Achebe, the ...

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PIL IN HC SEEKS A SAFETY NET FOR THOSE WHO TOIL BEHIND THE SCENES

The Bombay High Court on Thursday admitted a public interest litigation seeking guidelines for the safety and social security of people working in the film industry but rem...

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Modi was silent when he had to speak and spoke when he needn’t have

The BJP’s troubles began when the prime minister continued in the sloganeering and promise mode of electioneering for too long.

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Jupiter Ascending

Critics rating: 1.5 Stars

Cast: Mila Kunis, Channing Tatum, Eddie Redmayne, Sean Bean.

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Now there’s a way to diagnose HIV with a smartphone

Researchers at Columbia University have developed a gadget that can test for syphilis and HIV via a smartphone or tablet. Here’s how it works: The “dongle&rdquo...

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Fossil fuel companies are the greatest threat to life’s party – not greens

People who argue it’s a good idea to respect nature’s thresholds get labelled spoilsports, but the real party-poopers are those who recognise no limits at all &...

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CAN MOBILE BANKING REVOLUTIONIZE THE LIVES OF THE POOR?

IN THE VILLAGE OF Sori along the banks of Kenya’s Lake Victoria, fishing has long been the lynchpin of the local economy. Jobs here are largely divided by gender: men...

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Jennifer Garner And Save The Children Feature On New Documentary

The low-cost, Save the Children home-visiting program that actor/advocate Jennifer Garner and journalist Nicholas Kristof explored last night in the new PBS documentary A P...

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India 'walking the talk' on climate change, says environment minister

Prakash Javadekar says India will not limit itself to ?business as usual? on global warming, following pressure from Barack Obama for climate action India?s government on T...

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