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It’s Funny Because It’s True: Fact-Based Comedy Can Affect Audiences

Can stand-up comedy be a platform for investigative journalism? It may seem like an odd question, but that’s exactly what The Center for Investigative Reporting and W...

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Bollywood

Here Are The 6 Knockout Female Bollywood Performances Of 2016

2016 has been a roller-coaster ride for Bollywood. While there have been seriously outstanding acts from veterans as well as newcomers, there have been equal number of majo...

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Gender

Meet The Woman Who Has Helped Over 10,000 Mentally Challenged Women Live With Dignity

Sonali Mughdar is a 25-year-old Mumbai resident living with hearing and speech impairments and an intellectual disability. Her father passed...

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Human Rights

Cradles In Rajasthan For India's Unwanted Babies

Rajasthan, India - In the early morning hours outside a hospital in the city of Bharatpur in Rajasthan, a newborn baby girl - still with her umbilical cord attached - was f...

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Environment

UK Hits Clean Energy Milestone: 50% Of Electricity From Low Carbon Sources

Half of the UK’s electricity came from wind turbines, solar panels, wood burning and nuclear reactors between July and September, in a milestone first. Official figur...

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Bollywood

Embarrassing That Bollywood Puts Women In A Stereotype: Dia Mirza

Actor-producer Dia Mirza feels there is a need to redefine the concept of perfection in the film industry when it comes to female stars. The Love Breakups Zindagi star shar...

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Gender

These Women Took On Male-Dominated Workplaces And Emerged Inspirational Winners!

Access to sustainable paid employment is the key to women’s empowerment and capacity to exercise control over their lives. The Beijing Platform for Action had underli...

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Health

Why Are Women Worldwide Not Using Contraceptives—Even Though They Don’t Want A Pregnancy?

Significant numbers of women worldwide don't use birth control due to fears of side effects, negative beliefs about contraception, and because they don't think they need it...

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Human Rights

Why Did India's Media Ignore The Disability Bill?

December 16, 2016 will go down in history as one of the landmarks in the history of the Disability Rights Movement in India. After years of discussions, deliberations, deba...

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Sustainable Development

Why 2016 Was The Year Of The Algorithmic Timeline

2016 was the year of "post fact" news, but it was also the year of post-new news. 2016 was the year of the algorithmic timeline, in which tech companies dismantled the conc...

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