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Here's Why Even Teachers Want To Get Rid Of Homework

It’s the kind of news that generations of kids have been waiting for: At long last, homework might be on the way out. We’ll probably never get rid of it complet...

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Sustainable Development

The Art Of Water Recycling

Imagine that you run a company that sells bottled water. You spend lots of money, and use lots of energy, pumping the water out of the ground, purifying it and transporting...

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Festivals

Three Indian Movies To Travel To Cairo Film Festival

Three Indian movies will be part of the Cairo International Film Festival, running from November 15 to 24. What is most remarkable is that one of them, The Narrow Path (Ott...

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Environment

The Hydropower Paradox: Is This Energy As Clean As It Seems?

In July, UN Secretary Ban Ki-Moon highlighted the role of hydropower in boosting the use of renewable energy globally, when he visited a nonprofit institute in China that h...

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These Ingenious IIT Students Are Using Scrap Tyres To Build A Library And Playground For Needy Kids

How an architecture company founded by IITians is using scrap tyres as construction material to build playgrounds and a library for underprivileged children in Bangalore. I...

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Alternative Entertainment

#Traveltales: Exploring Naya, Bengal’s Village Of Singing Painters

An intricate tapestry of music and visual art is what makes Naya more than just a village in West Bengal’s Paschim Midnapore district. A quaint little village, Naya i...

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Catch Manipuri Human Rights Activist Irom Sharmila This Week On ‘Off Centre’

In this week’s episode of Off Centre, Anuradha SenGupta speaks to Manipuri Human Rights Activist Irom Sharmila who ended her almost ...

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Sustainable Development

Why Robots Need To Feel Pain

Pain is a fundamental fact of life for many organisms on our planet; a crucial mechanism for identifying what kinds of actions pose serious threats to our physical and ment...

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Health

It’s 2016. Why Don’t We Have A Male Contraceptive Pill?

It’s a question that scientists have been trying to solve for decades - with promising developments, new research, new methods, and terms like “dry orgasm&rdquo...

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Human Rights

Fighting Sex Abuse, Kids Sketch Life Left Behind

"When I was young, I used to be a rag picker. I also begged on the streets near the old Delhi railway station. There were many children there who used to do drugs. Staying ...

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