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Chennai Film Fest To Screen Films Of Jayalalithaa

The Chennai International Film Festival, which will be held in the city between January 5 and 12, will be screening films of former chief minister J Jayalalithaa, who passe...

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Bollywood

Shah Rukh Khan On Receiving Honorary Doctorate For Promoting Urdu: It Is A Very Big Responsibility

Indian film superstar Shah Rukh Khan on Monday received an honorary doctorate from Maulana Azad National Urdu University (MANUU) for his extraordinary contribution in promo...

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At 13, Indian Girl Invents Revolutionary Band-Aid That Bags Her Google Science Prize

While some professions rely on the skill and experience of their workers, the tech industry thrives on constant growth and innovation. None exemplify this better than the p...

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Festivals

Deaf Film Festival Gives Voice To Silence

They may not be able to hear, but they are out to make themselves heard, and that too through the big screen. In its fourth edition, the India International Deaf Film Festi...

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Alternative Entertainment

Speaking Truth To Power: The Revolutionary Potential Of Theatre

Soho theatre’s pop-up soapbox inspired a raft of brief yet pointed speeches. The project’s 2017 tour of London venues couldn’t come at a better time The d...

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Hollywood

Taylor Swift Surprises 96-Year-Old Fan With “Christmas Miracle”

The singer left 96-year-old grandfather Cyrus Porter speechless when she made the trip to New Madrid, Missouri, to meet the World War Two veteran, who was diagnosed with ca...

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Gender

This Terracotta Invention Is Easing Periods For Young Rural Girls

In India, anything related to menstruation is treated like a state secret, whispered about behind closed doors and wrapped in brown paper. As a result young girls across th...

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Health

Healthcare A Mix Of Highs & Lows

The Raghubar Das government focused on development of healthcare infrastructure in 2016 but services did not improve on the ground level. Shortage of doctors remained a big...

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Human Rights

Corruption, Caste Keep Poor From Owning Land In Northern India

For decades, Kunta lived in a hut outside Kachhidih village in India's northern Uttar Pradesh state, enduring the insults of higher-caste villagers who claimed her land - w...

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Alternative Entertainment

A Tribute To The Artist who Sketched And Illuminated India’s National Emblem

Next time you see the national emblem of India, think of a young artist shuttling a hundred kilometres a day for about a whole month, braving the crowds, dust and grime of ...

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