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SpaceX Is Finally On Its Way Back To The ISS After Historic Launch

On Sunday morning, SpaceX successfully launched and landed a Falcon 9 rocket carrying a Dragon spacecraft loaded with over 5000 pounds of supplies and experiments bound for...

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Gender

After Kalpana Chawla & Sunita Williams, Here’s The 3rd Indian-Origin Woman Go To Space

In November 1997, Kalpana Chawla became the first woman of Indian origin to travel in space as the mission specialist and primary robotic arm operator aboard the US space s...

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Gender

#HowToDressLikeAnIndianWoman – Here’s How Women On Twitter Stood Up To An Educator’s Sexist Statements

When women dress like men, they run the risk of getting Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome, a gynaecological disease that occurs due to hormonal imbalance, and this in turn reduce...

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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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Gender

This Chennai NGO Helps Women Who Have Been Victims Of Violence With Counselling, Protection & More

There’s a story that Dr. Prasanna Poornachandra, the founder of The International Foundation for Crime Prevention and Victim Care (PCVC), likes to tell that is equal ...

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Health

Need To Take Emergency Contraception? Check With Your Doctor First

When Kripa* decided to start using contraceptives five months ago, she turned to Google to figure out which one to buy. “I didn’t want to go to a gynaecologist ...

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Festivals

Democracy-Themed Film Festival To Portray Myanmar’s Present

This festival will both examine and celebrate democracy – an event that would have been unthinkable in Myanmar just a few short years ago. Union Minister for Informat...

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Environment

All That Glitters Is Not Green: Costa Rica's Renewables Conceal Dependence On Oil

Unless you’ve avoided social media for the last week, you probably know that last year, Costa Rica was able to produce 98% of its electricity without oil – a fe...

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Sustainable Development

How NASA’s Longest Space Dweller Sees Earth

Now, over 70 years later, spaceflight and imaging technologies have rocketed to new heights, and the human conception of Earth as one interlinked planetary entity has also ...

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Gender

This Terracotta Invention Is Easing Periods For Young Rural Girls

In India, anything related to menstruation is treated like a state secret, whispered about behind closed doors and wrapped in brown paper. As a result young girls across th...

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