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MAMI Film Festival To Award ‘Best Film On Gender Equality’

MAMI has instituted an award for 'Best Film on Gender Equality' to honour sensitive depiction of women in cinema. The JIO MAMI 18th Mumbai Film Festival has instituted an a...

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Health

Maternal Mortality Rate In Five Districts 55% Higher Than State Average

A 13-year-old girl in Koppal who was married off at the age of 12 and got pregnant when she was 13, died even before she could get a grasp on life. While her body couldn't ...

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Health

Indian Women Facing Early Menopause: Survey

Nearly 4 per cent of Indian women experience signs of menopause between 29 and 34 years of age, says a recent survey conducted by The Institute for Social and Economic Chan...

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Human Rights

Campaigning To Make India’s Roads Safer

Nine years ago, Piyush Tewari was managing operations in India for a Los Angeles-based private equity firm when tragedy struck his family. While returning home from school ...

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Alternative Entertainment

Kolkata Is Churning Out Short Filmmakers, But Where Is It All Leading To?

A survey reveals diverse styles, motives and views on the future of the scene. Over the past ten years or so, there has been a surge in the number of short films being made...

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Environment

Air Pollution Now Major Contributor To Stroke, Global Study Finds

Air pollution has become a major contributor to stroke for the first time, with unclean air now blamed for nearly one third of the years of healthy life lost to the conditi...

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Gender

Geena Davis To Produce Documentary About Hollywood Gender Inequality

Actor and campaigner says feature-length film will highlight data collected by her gender and media institute, along with testimonials from women in the industry Geena Davi...

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Sustainable Development

American Scientists Want To Manufacture Synthetic Human Genomes

It’s only been 13 years since scientists at National Human Genome Research Institute finished sequencing the human genome, but now another group of American scientist...

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Gender

Geena Davis On Why Hollywood Is At A Turning Point In Gender Equality

At Fast Company's FCLA event, the actor and activist discussed Hollywood's gender influence, how far equality still has to go, and more.
In 2005, Oscar-winning actres...

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CNN-News18 Marks a Milestone: Announces 10th Edition of ‘INDIAN OF THE YEAR’

New Delhi, 9 June, 2016: After nine glorious years of honouring individuals and organisations that embody the spirit of excellence, CNN-News18 Read More