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Environment

Villagers Say They Lost Their Lands As Yamuna Changed Course

It used to be an almost 2-kilometre-long walk to the water, said Nakshatra Nagar as he pointed to the Yamuna river flowing right next to his village, Kambakshpur. Over the ...

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Hollywood

Emma Thompson Backs Campaign To Empower Women

Emma Thompson has backed a campaign to support and empower women and girls living in poverty around the world.
The 57-year-old actress is working with ActionAid UK to ...

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Festivals

Curtains To Fall On Patna Film Festival Today

PATNA: Intense cold failed to deter cine lovers from thronging the two venues of Patna Film Festival - Regent Cinema and Rabindra Bhawan - in the last six days. The weeklon...

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Bollywood

Madhuri Dixit Adds Star Power To AIF’s Women-Child Health Care Symposium

The American India Foundation partnered with Stanford Medicine to host a symposium on maternal and child health care in India Oct. 14, an event which saw a string of high-p...

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Kaleidoscope

Criss-crossing Families

Seven books in the Clifton Chronicles, and the story could still go on. Only a master storyteller like Jeffrey Archer could have woven such an intricate plot about family d...

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Alternative Entertainment

This Hearing Impaired Artist Paints With Coffee. And Her Work Is Amazing.

Dressed smartly in a lemon green top and blue jeans, Amita Dutta sat inconspicuously at her stall like any other person. It was the brilliant array of coffee paintings disp...

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Bollywood

Salman Khan Joins Hands With BMC To Fix Open Defecation Problem

Salman Khan is reportedly worried about people defecating in the open outside his posh Carter Road residence and has complained about it in the recent past. The Brihanmumba...

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Sustainable Development

The Hype Around Medical Genetics Could Be Bad for the Public

Science has always issued medical promissory notes. In the 17th century, Francis Bacon promised that an understanding of the true mechanisms of disease would enable us to e...

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Gender

Pillar Of Strength: Meet Triveni Acharya, A Woman Who Has Been Fighting Sex-Traffickers Since 1993

In 2007, Trivani Acharya spent sleepless nights trying to track down two girls who had disappeared after expressing their desire to be rescued from the field of sex trade. ...

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Alternative Entertainment

Library Of Dreams: How Dhapara Village In Rajasthan Hopes To Tackle Alcoholism With A Books Library

Dhapara village, located in the remote district of Bhilwara, Rajasthan, is infamous for its long history of rampant alcoholism. The elders and even children of the village ...

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