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Festivals

Winners and Losers From Sundance 2017 (So Far)

Winter storms weren’t the only things causing headaches during the first week of the Sundance Film Festival. Buyers were griping that the movies being screened at thi...

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Gender

Blank Noise Movement Speaks Out Against Sexual Harassment

When the clock struck midnight, and we welcomed the New Year, Bengaluru had another tale to tell — a mob of men caused utter chaos as they sexually harassed women who...

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Human Rights

Street Children To Get Access To Health Services, Education By Providing Them Aadhaar Cards

Street children will be provided Aadhaar cards to enable them to take admission in schools and access government health services. The Standard Operating Procedure for Care ...

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Health

Medical Care Ventures Don't Have To Be In The City To Be Commercially Viable

When you traverse the streets of rural Karnataka, you are likely to encounter several girls called Vaatsalya (Sanskrit for ‘affection’). Many of them have one t...

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Bollywood

Here Is How Amitabh Bachchan's Films Become 'Cleanliness Rage' In Varanasi

In a bid to promote sanitation program in Varanasi, the Municipal Corporation has come up with a filmy idea by putting up posters of Amitabh Bachchan films with a cleanline...

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Hollywood

Sir Roger Moore Urges British Prime Minister To Ban Wild-Animal Circuses

In a moving article written on behalf of PETA, Sir Roger Moore – the beloved actor, humanitarian, and animal advocate – urges Prime Minister Theresa May to intr...

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Environment

Beijing Creates Anti-Smog Police To Tackle Air Polluters

Beijing will create an environmental police force aimed at tackling deadly smog, after the Chinese capital spent the first week of 2017 mostly shrouded in a thick haze of p...

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Alternative Entertainment

From Sidewalk To Catwalk

The documentary-maker tells her friend, actress and writer Margo Stilley, how the Young and Homeless Helpline will be there for those who – like she once did – ...

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Retroscope

Renaming Places And Roads!!!

The practice of renaming is often a political gimmick. Or it may be some individual politician’s fetish to grab mileage. The familiar ritual has existed for year...

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Sustainable Development

Life On The Loom

The cacophonic Old Natham Road gradually gives way to the desolate streets of Valluvar Colony, lined with rows of tiled-roof houses. It’s noon and the entire hamlet i...

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