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Environment

Smart Energy Technology 'Stymied By Current Policy'

Smart technology that could shave £90 off household energy bills and curb carbon emissions is being stymied by government policy, a leading thinktank has said. In a w...

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Alternative Entertainment

Underprivileged Children In Jaipur Can Now Sell Their Paintings Online. Thanks To A 17-Year-Old.

Manav Kedia, a 17-year-old resident of Jaipur, has launched a website to sell paintings made by underprivileged children. An aspiring artist, Manav is motivated towards wor...

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Bollywood

Kalki, Somy Ali, Rekha: Brave Bollywood Stars Who Spoke Up About How They Were Sexually Abused

Bollywood divas are very proficient in their art to bring to the screen just about any emotion; from love and despair to agony and anger. We might think that their lives ar...

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Health

Contraceptive Ads Get A New Look Thanks To A Group Of Designers

For many women, birth control has become a normal part of life, but contraceptive ads still tend to be patronizing and outdated. That’s why two designers, Erin Knutso...

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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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Alternative Entertainment

American-Indian Duo Bring Vintage Studio Photography To Life Through Hand Coloured Studio Photos

Photographer Waswo X Waswo and artist Rajesh Soni talk to The Better India about A Studio in Rajasthan – a hand coloured series of black and white photographs that pa...

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Gender

This UP Girl’s Hard Work And Dedication Catapulted Her From Being A Newspaper Vendor To An IIT Graduate

Anand Kumar’s highly successful initiative Super 30 coaches children from disadvantaged backgrounds for the IIT-JEE examination. Many inspiring stories of hardworking...

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Festivals

22nd Kolkata International Film Festival To Focus On China

China will feature as the focus country in the 22nd edition of the Kolkata International Film Festival (KIFF), organisers said on Thursday, emphasising cinema’s reach...

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Alternative Entertainment

Flash Mob Enthralls Visitors At Gateway Of India On Rashtriya Ekta Diwas

Visitors to one of India’s most iconic monuments, Gateway of India in Mumbai, were in for a treat on Monday when the site became the backdrop for a flash mob on the o...

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Why An IIT Graduate Left His Cushy Job Abroad To Set Up Digital Classrooms In Rural Bihar

When Pramod Kumar, who belongs to a small village in Bihar, decided to prepare for engineering exams, he was struck by the lack of educational resources like textbooks in r...

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