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WATCH OUT FOR MAHA ACTION

What?s interesting on television is the presence of authentic firang actors playing firang roles. Earlier, Tom Alter was invariably cast as the foreign hand in Hindi films;...

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Health

The World May No Longer Know These 4 Deadly Diseases By 2030

In all of human history, we’ve only ever been able to completely wipe out one disease: smallpox. Declared eradicated by the World Health Organization in 1980, smallpo...

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Sustainable Development

Child, Bride, Mother

In Guatemala, the legal age of marriage is 14 with parental consent, but in Petén, in the northern part of the country, the law seems to be more of a suggestion. Und...

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Hollywood

Sam Simon Named As Honorary Director Of PETA

Sam Simon – co-creator of The Simpsons and renowned philanthropist- has been named an honorary director of PETA. Simon was diagnosed with terminal cancer in...

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Health

The Dangers of Vaccine Denial

First, a word on vaccines: They have revolutionized public health. Can you name the discoverer of the smallpox vaccine? Probably not: Edward Jenner is little known today. H...

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Environment

Fossil fuel companies are the greatest threat to life’s party – not greens

People who argue it’s a good idea to respect nature’s thresholds get labelled spoilsports, but the real party-poopers are those who recognise no limits at all &...

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Movies

SHAMITABH

Critics rating: 3.5 Stars

Cast:  Amitabh Bachchan, Dhanush, Abhishek Sood, Akshara Haasan.

Directio...

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Festivals

Chaitanya Tamhane's 'Court' Acquired By Zeitgeist Films For U.S. Distribution

–Zeitgeist Films has distributed films such as Abbas Kiarostami’s ‘Taste Of Cherry’, Christopher Nolan’s ‘Following’, and ...

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Health

India’s maternal mortality rate drops further

According to the recent data from the registrar general of India, ministry of home affairs, Kerala continues to register the lowest MMR at 61 per one lakh live births, foll...

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Sustainable Development

The business case for improving human lives: David Kiu

Helping deliver on sustainable social development outcomes that drive human progress should be the topmost priority for businesses, says David Kiu, vice president of sustai...

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