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Health

Targeting Old Scourges

The reference in the Union Budget to new elimination targets for some major communicable diseases barely hints at the enormous burden carried by millions in India with tube...

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Human Rights

A Lesson For Bollywood: How Regional Films Are Tackling Land Rights, Championing Farmers

A villainous company. Corrupt government officials. A heroic defender of farmers emerging victorious from a fight over land. This is far from a typical storyline for Indian...

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Festivals

Human Rights Watch Film Festival

The Human Rights Watch Film Festival will be presented in London from 6 to 17 March, 2017, featuring 16 award-winning international documentary feature films that grapple w...

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CORO and and Photography Promotion Trust (PPT) co-host ‘Right to City’ photography exhibition at Kala Ghoda Arts Festival 2017

Together, CORO and PPT hope to tackle the crucial issue of the exclusion of marginalized populations in India. The emphasis of this project is to highlight the value of div...

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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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Bollywood

Actor Kajal Aggarwal Spreads Awareness About Cancer

Actor Kajal Aggarwal, basking in the success of her Telugu action film Khaidi No 150 opposite Megastar Chiranjeevi, on Saturday said it’s every individual’s soc...

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“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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Health

Only 19 Per Cent Specialist Doctors In India's Health Centres

India's elemental healthcare infrastructure seems to be in a critical condition' with a meagre 19% availability of specialist doctors in the community health centres (CHCs)...

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Alternative Entertainment

Hip Hop Engages Indigenous Teenagers In Social Change

Indigenous teenagers from across Australia are using hip hop and social media to bring attention to social issues affecting their communities. The B-Town Warriors, from Bou...

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