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Sustainable Development

In Kenya, Phones Replace Bank Tellers

Pauline Kimari is a pharmacist in Ndaragwa, Kenya, a small town several hours’ drive north of Nairobi. She moved there from rural Muranga, several hours away, to open...

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Thought Factory

So Long, Farewell, It’s Hard To Say Goodbye!

The last time I spoke to Piroj was two days before Nina Goel, her friend called me from Piroj’s mobile phone to inform me of her hospitalization and to tell me that P...

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Alternative Entertainment

This Is Why Israeli Fashion Is So Political

As civil war gripped Ethiopia, an entire community of Ethiopian Jews was airlifted out of the country by the Israeli government in an audacious 1984 covert operation to res...

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Sustainable Development

Teenagers' Sleep Quality & Mental Health At Risk Over Late-Night Mobile Phone Use

Researchers advise ‘physical boundaries’ over devices in bedrooms after study finds poor sleep associated with phone use linked to depressed moods Teenagers&rsq...

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Bollywood

Shruti Haasan Says She Is Proud To Have Produced A Film For Social Cause

Daughter of veteran actor Kamal Haasan and Bollywood actress Shruti Haasan feels proud to have backed an ad film for a social cause in her maiden production venture. Daught...

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Gender

9 Other Superheroines Who Need Their Own Movie Adaptations

This week, director Patty Jenkins made history. She became the first woman director to head up a summer blockbuster ― a big-budget sector of the film industry typically r...

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Gender

Children Of Queer Parents Don't Have It Easy

For Megan McKnight, the natural first step after registering for classes at DePaul University in Chicago was to align herself with the school's queer community. McKnight wa...

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Bollywood

Empower Women To Make Society Progress: Shabana

Celebrated actor vouches for creating support groups Celebrated Bollywood actor Shabana Azmi said she learnt an important lesson from her father which stays with her. She s...

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Health

Seventieth World Health Assembly Opens In Geneva

In her final opening address to the World Health Assembly as Director-General, Dr Margaret Chan offered some advice to delegates "as you continue to shape the future of thi...

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Bollywood

Raveena Tandon’s Social Message Will Surely Leave An Impact On You!

Raveena Tandon has devoted a lot of time and money to social causes like (PETA), People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals and (UNICEF) The United Nations Children’...

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