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Spending On Child Healthcare Soars, But 40 Mn Children Stunted

Here are some health statistics for Indian children five years or younger: 38.7% are stunted (below normal height for the age), 19.8% are wasted (underweight and short) and...

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Environment

There's A Heat Wave Going On In The North Pole ? And That's Not Good News

Temperatures at the North Pole may not have topped the freezing mark ? there are mixed reports from different weather buoys ? but it was an unseasonably warm Wednesday at t...

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Hollywood

Women In Hollywood: Plenty Of Talk But Little Change On Equal Pay

When Patricia Arquette strode on stage to collect her Oscar for best supporting actress in February it was no surprise. She had been the favourite for her performance in Bo...

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Environment

It May Be 70 Degrees Fahrenheit Above Average This Week In The North Pole

As winter storms continue to wreak havoc in much of the United States, a system is building in the North Atlantic that some weather watchers say could push temperatures in ...

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Bollywood

Bollywood Unfair To Fair Sex: Huma Qureshi

Gender-based discrimination is prevalent in all spheres of our society and Bollywood is no exception. The film-industry treats the male and female artistes differently and ...

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Environment

A String Of Orca Deaths At San Antonio's Seaworld Renews Concern About Captive Whale Conditions

Unna is the third whale to have died at SeaWorld San Antonio since mid-2015. A beluga whale named Stella died in November of gastrointestinal complications and a premature ...

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Kaleidoscope

Eliza By Any Other Name

December 2015 marked the end of the year long birth centenary celebrations of pioneering theatre personality Begum Qudsia Zaidi. To her goes the credit for translating and ...

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Environment

Your Birth Control Pills And Hamburgers Might Be Making These Fish Intersex

A strange thing is happening to male smallmouth and largemouth bass swimming in waterways in parts of the Northeast: They are increasingly showing up with characteristics o...

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Festivals

Undefined Sets New Record At Plateau Film Festival

A 2014 Lebanese short film, Undefined, has set a new festival record at the fifth Plateau International Film Festival, winning three of the ten awards: Festival Best Direct...

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Health

Mumbai: 'No Gynaecs In Rural Areas To Provide Basic Delivery Services'

Mumbai: An audit carried out by the state government of all maternal deaths, including those during medical termination of pregnancy (MTPs), have found three main causes be...

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