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Gender

India’s Female Scavengers Enslaved By Caste, Gender Discrimination

New legislation in India to crack down on the practice of forcing mainly the poorest women to clear other people’s excreta will have little impact unless deeply entre...

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Human Rights

Policy Shame: Sick, Rare And Ignored

Rare diseases are a diverse set of over 7,000 different conditions that afflict an estimated 1 in 20 Indians and 350 million people worldwide. Put simply, it means that eve...

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Kaleidoscope

Kaleidoscope - The Power Of One

Two diverse and interesting solo performances took place in Mumbai recently. Pankaj Kapur had audiences spellbound with a reading enactment of his story ‘Dopehri&...

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US School Girls Develop App 'Pharm Alarm' To Help Alzheimer's, Dementia Patients

Six young school girls in the US are currently developing an app to help patients suffering from Alzheimer's and dementia, remember to take their medications.
The seve...

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Gender

Women Transform Societies - Melinda Gates

When Neelam Bhengra’s husband wakes up before she does, he makes the tea. It wasn’t always this way,Neelam told me when i met her last year in Jharkhand. Things...

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Environment

Global Warming Prompts Farmers To Plant Fewer Crops

Rising global temperatures may have a far bigger impact on food production than previously thought according to a study of how farmers in Brazil have actually reacted to a ...

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Zee's Punit and Amit Goenka Awarded MIPTV's Meddialles D'Honneurs

Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd (ZEEL) managing director and CEO Punit Goenka and his younger brother Amit Goenka, who is CEO of the Zee group’s international broad...

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Human Rights

More Than 40 Percent Of India's Women Confined To Domestic Work, Report Says

Women are among the most excluded groups in India, with almost 43 percent of working-age women confined to domestic work, while many who do work outside the home face explo...

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Hollywood

Annie Lennox Joins Mother's Day Walk In London

Dr Helen Pankhurst, great-granddaughter of suffragette Emmeline, Annie Lennox and Bianca Jagger led a mass walk through London on Sunday 6 March, ahead of International Wom...

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Retroscope

Retroscope - Salaam Women

Many of you are familiar with the question of being born female in India. But it will be nice to go through the exercise together –imagine you are a daughter in India...

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