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India's Health Budget Among The Smallest Globally; Maternal Mortality Rate One Of The Highest In South Asia: WHO

India grapples with one of the highest Maternal Mortality Rates (MMR) in South East Asia, has one of the highest incidences of Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTD) but has one...

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Human Rights

Naxalbari At 50

It’s a ramshackle bus, lit inside by a naked bulb hanging from the roof. It leaves Warangal’s Ghanpur station market, where a series of shops sell fat chickens....

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Sustainable Development

A Tricky Path To India's Solar-Powered Future

The falling solar power tariffs should be welcomed—but it remains to be seen whether producers can deliver at those rates on a sustainable basis A new tariff war is p...

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Environment

We Hardly Notice Them But Street Trees Are Monuments To City Life

Every three years, the surgeons come to our street and operate on the plane trees. Their nonchalance is remarkable. First, they loop ropes over the highest branches that th...

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Festivals

Cannes Talk: Vanessa Redgrave On 'Sea Sorrow'

Vanessa Redgrave’s glorious film career kicked off in Cannes in 1966 when she won the best actress award for “Morgan – A Suitable Case for Treatment,&rdqu...

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Alternative Entertainment

How Jimi Hendrix Set Black Artistes Stone Free

“I get a kick out of playing. It’s the best part of this whole thing, and recording too. I wrote a song called ‘I Don’t Live Today,’ and we go...

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Bollywood

Ayushmann Khurrana-Parineeti Chopra DEBATE On The Idea! For Gender-Neutral Awards?

This year the MTV Movie & TV Awards created history by opting for gender-neutral performance categories. Emma Watson won Best Actor award for Beauty and the Beast, whil...

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Hollywood

Bill Bellamy to Host Sugar Ray Leonard Foundation's 2017 Charity Boxing Night

Sugar Ray Leonard Foundation has announced actor and comedian Bill Bellamy will host the 8th Annual “Big Fighters, Big Cause” Charity Boxing Night presented by ...

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Trending

Designers On Acid: The Tripping Californians Who Paved Our Way To The Touchscreen Universe

Ever wondered why email, trash cans, Google Docs and desktops look the way they do? The answer lies in 1960s hippie culture and LSD-taking creatives  Next time you dra...

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Gender

Gender Equality: Facts Or Alternative Facts

The question posed above is a disturbing one and it refers to gender parity. So, what better day to breach the subject than on Mother’s Day! Only a few months ago, on...

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