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Environment

There’s a New Plan to Save Madagascar’s Lemurs From the Brink of Extinction.

Lemurs are unique to Madagascar and there are around 100 different species, but a 2014 report by International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) found that nearly...

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Health

Tuberculosis Ranks Alongside HIV As Leading Killer Worldwide: WHO Report

In 2014, tuberculosis (TB) killed 1.5 million people, 400,000 of whom were HIV-positive, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Wednesday, ranking the disease alongsid...

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Festivals

Titli' To Open Dharamshala International Film Festival

Yash Raj Films’ “Titli” will open the upcoming fourth edition of Dharamashala International Film Festival (DIFF 2015), which begins onNovember 5. The four...

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Environment

Almost Half Of The World's Ocean Life Has Died Off Since 1970

According to the World Wide Fund for Nature's 2015 Living Blue Planet report, since 1970, Earth has lost a whopping 49 percent of global marine animal species. For their in...

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Gender

How Do We Keep Girls In School?

Following the World Development Report (2012), we discuss policies that can change the price of schooling under three categories: (i) direct costs; (ii) indirect costs; and...

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Festivals

Madison’s First Asian-American Film Festival Kicks Off With Sci-Fi And Thrillers

For his film “Aloha,” writer-director Cameron Crowe wrote a character whose ethnic background was one-quarter Hawaiian and half-Chinese. The actress cast f...

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Festivals

6th Jagran Film Festival Extends Lifetime Achievement Award To Shashi Kapoor, Best Actor To Dulal Sarkar And Best Actress To Bhumi Pednekar At The Starry Festival Closing Night

~ Veteran make-up artiste Pandhari Juker honoured with Outstanding Contribution to Indian Cinema title ~

~ Dulal Sarkar and the film ‘Chotoder Ch...

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Health

Condom-Vending Machines Rust As HIV Cases Increase

Guwahati: Lying unused and unstocked, the state’s condom-vending machines have found no takers. Even as the state records more and more cases of HIV/AIDS, the ambitio...

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Festivals

Special Screenings, Workshops & Celebrities make a cinematic Saturday to remember at 6th Jagran Film Festival

~ Showman Subhash Ghai engages film enthusiasts in a ‘Master Class’ ~

~ Neil Bhoopalam conducted...

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Festivals

Rajkumar Hirani, Imtiaz Ali, Kalki Kochelin, Kundan Shah, Nilesh Maniyar grace Jagran Film Festival Day 3

~ Much awaited Jagran Shorts unfold the ultimate shot of short films.  Screening of ‘Birdman’ brings Country focus on US ~

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