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Shabana Azmi’s charity gets star treatment

Amitabh Bachchan and son to help promote Mijwan Welfare Society at fashion show Years after Kaifi Azmi wrote the moving poem Aurat, envisioning women’s empowerment, h...

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TV

Life OK: The Challenger

Television viewers in India  are now jostling each other for the remote and couch space to watch their preferred show at prime time i.e.: 8pm to 11pm. With Star Plus, ...

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Health

Contraceptive protects against HIV

Scientists have developed a new contraceptive for women that protects against HIV as well as unwanted pregnancies. The device, which lasts for up to three months, delivers ...

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Health

Delivering Hope is a labour of love

For some women it will be a day of celebrating achievements. For many others, though, International Women’s Day will offer no respite from the absence of even the mos...

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Bollywood

Asin becomes face for Women's Empowerment Program

Asin who is extremely passionate when it comes to giving back to society has been associated with several charities over the years but chooses to be tight-lipped about her ...

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Sustainable Development

Empowering Girls Is A Human Right and Part of Sustainable Development

Many of us are shaped by what we experience as a child. In high-income countries, girls have lives often full of possibilities and choices, while for those girls in low- an...

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Health

India’s child mortality rate may worsen despite govt efforts

India’s child mortality rate may worsen despite the government’s efforts to lower it because of a dearth of funding, according to the India Philanthropy Report ...

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Bollywood

Bollywood stars support Tata Medical Centre charity fundraiser

Bollywood stars Waheeda Rehman, Shabana Azmi, Javed Akhtar and Vishal Bhardwaj were in London yesterday (February 28) in support of The Tata Medical Centre charity fundrais...

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Hollywood

The Job Of A Filmmaker Is To Afflict The Comfortable And Comfort The Afflicted

MUMBAI, March 14, 2014 – On Saturday, acclaimed Indian filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt, blockbuster Nigerian director of note Tunde Kelani, and Oscar-nominated American produc...

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Bollywood

Madhuri voices support for women's empowerment with poems

Madhuri Dixit, who has been busy promoting ‘Gulaab Gang’, a film with the powerful message of ‘women empowerment’, strongly feels about the cause. T...

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