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Human Rights

Indian "Land Bank" Aims To Protect Farmers From Forced Acquisitions

A northern Indian state is setting up a "land bank" to allow farmers to voluntarily sell property in an effort to tackle forced acquisitions for industrial projects that of...

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Festivals

Malayalam Film Sexy Durga Wins At Rotterdam Film Fest

Malayalam independent filmmaker Sanal Kumar Sasidharan’s Sexy Durga has won the The Hivos Tiger Award at the International Film Festival of Rotterdam. The director&rs...

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Trending

“Ugliness Of Girl”: This HSC Textbook Has Shocking Views On Dowry

Indian textbooks always seem to be making headlines for all the wrong reasons. In a previous article we had taken it upon ourselves to unearth some of the ridiculous mistak...

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Gender

Opinion: Want to Empower Women Worldwide? Give Them Access to Contraceptives

Melinda Gates shares why she advocates for over 225 million women around the globe who still lack access to modern contraceptives. Like most women I know, I have used contr...

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Sustainable Development

This Music App Wants To Improve Your Hearing

Here's how it works: First, you put in your headphones—ideally the ones that came with your phone—and go somewhere quiet. Then, take a hearing test for each ear...

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Hollywood

Mack, Jack & McConaughey Announces Miranda Lambert To Perform At Charity Event

Mack, Jack & McConaughey (MJ&M), the joint fundraising effort of ESPN analyst and legendary football coach Mack Brown, ACM award-winning recording artist Jack Ingra...

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Human Rights

India Honours 67-Year-Old Nepali Woman Who Freed 12,000 Girls From Sexual Slavery

A 67-year-old Nepali woman honoured with one of India's most prestigious awards for freeing thousands of girls from sexual slavery said on Friday it was the unbearable pain...

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Festivals

Intl Documentary Film Festival To Be Held In Feb

The Films Division of India will organise a three-day international documentary film festival here from February 24. The event would be organised in collaboration with Raji...

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Health

Public Health: Increased Prescriptions Sign Of Awareness?

Depression, though widespread in India, is rarely accorded priority in the public health system, which is burdened with cases of TB and dengue as well as non-communicable d...

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Alternative Entertainment

Girl Power: A Major Exhibition Features 40 Female Artistes Who Have Elevated Knitting, Weaving, Sewing And Crochet To A High Art Form

It has been a week dominated by politics, with the swearing in of President Trump and huge women’s marches in the US, London and around the world. Many women marching...

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