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Human Rights

Internet Freedom: Why Access Is Becoming A Human Right

When most people think or speak about internet freedom, they are often concerned with the right, for example, to say what you want online without censorship and without bei...

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Festivals

Revamped Los Angeles Film Festival Opens With An Aim To 'Bring Diversity To The Mainstream'

When the Los Angeles Film Festival announced plans to move from its hub in Westwood to downtown L.A. six years ago, the news was met with skepticism. Would industry types d...

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Alternative Entertainment

Bengaluru Theatre Groups Go For Trailers To Attract Tech-Savvy Audience

Unless one is a regular theatre goer, chances are that one does not know which play to watch. Information available is usually about the cast or a brief plot summary. Theat...

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Health

High Death Rate Mars Health Score

After the dust of the political campaigns and victory rallies settles, as the government begins to set the agenda for the next five years a look at the health status of the...

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Human Rights

No Middle Ground: The Risks Of Being A Human Rights Defender In India

The middle ground for human rights work throughout India is eroding fast. Social activists, civil society leaders and “right to information” activists—who...

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Festivals

FilmOut, San Diego’s LGBT Film Festival, Kicks Off Friday

San Diego’s LGBT Film Festival, FilmOut, kicks off its 18th year Friday at the Observatory in North Park. This year, FilmOut had nearly 900 film submissions that had ...

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Alternative Entertainment

Ontario Place To Host Arts And World Music Festival In September

For the first time since 2012, Toronto's Ontario Place will be fully open to the public later this year for the staging of an arts and world music festival.
Ontario Pl...

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Health

World No Tobacco Day 2016: WHO Appeals For Plain Packaging Of Tobacco Products.

The World No Tobacco Day is observed on May 31 every year, and this year, the World Health Organization (WHO) is calling for governments across the world to enact policies ...

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Human Rights

Bonded Labourers, Sex Workers, Forced Beggars: India Leads World In Slavery

India has the largest population of modern slaves in the world with more than 18 million people trapped as bonded labourers, forced beggars, sex workers and child soldiers,...

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Bollywood

'Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao' Is The Way Towards Women Empowerment: Amitabh Bachchan

The government's 'Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao' campaign is a way towards women empowerment, Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan on Saturday said as he stressed on the importan...

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