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Years Of Living Dangerously: Merchants Of Doubt hiding An Inconvenient Truth

The Climate Change debate has been active for close to thirty years now. James E Hansen was the first scientist to expose to dangers of climate change when he decided to of...

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Thought Factory

Apathy, Waste And The Rhetoric Of Concern

Rafi Nagar, Deonar, Mumbai
April 2012

The auto-rickshaw stopped at the corner of the narrow road. A large mound of garbag...

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Gender

UN Official Says Women Paid 24 Percent Less Than Men Globally, 30 Percent Less In Asia

A U.N. agency is mounting a worldwide campaign for equal pay for women, who get 24 percent less than men on global average and around 30 percent less for those in Asia. Rec...

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Gender

Women Suffer Gender bias Even 60 Years After Independence: Delhi HC

A bench of justices Kailash Gambhir and Sunita Gupta made the observations while perusing reports of the Centre, Delhi government and various agencies on implementation of ...

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Health

Vaccination Is Not Just For Children

Immunisation is always associated with children, but doctors warn that protection from some childhood vaccines can wear off over time.
Adults can also be at risk for v...

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TV

True Review TV - Intrigues And Valour At Prime Time

I, a history buff, have been drawn to two current shows on weekdays at Prime Time -- Chakravartin Ashoka Samrat on Colors and Bharat Ka Veer Putra Maharana Pratap on Sony. ...

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Health

The United Nations Must Acknowledge That Mental Health Is A Development Goal

Around the world, some of the “treatments” for mental illness include being chained, isolated in a prison cell and physically abused. These human rights violati...

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Sustainable Development

The UN’s Sustainability Plan Is ‘Doomed,’ According to Linguistic Analysis.

The UN will launch its 2030 Sustainable Development agenda at the end of this month in New York City, where it will be formally adopted by over 150 world leaders after year...

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Festivals

Imagine SLS Disability Film Festival Announces Date

Imagine Supported Living Services, a local nonprofit, announces the 4th year of its Annual Disability Short Film Festival. Imagine serves the Santa Cruz community by empowe...

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Pyaasa – Guru Dutt’s Cult Classic Becomes The Only Indian Restored Film For World Premiere At The 72nd Venice Film Festival In September 2015 In The Competition Section (E)

“Pyaasa” – A timeless masterpiece by Guru Dutt becomes the only Indian film restored by an Indian company for a world premiere in the competition section ...

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