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Rajasthan Revolution: In 30 Panchayats, More Girls Born Than Boys

Dolatpura Kotda, Rajasthan: Mali Devi, a 27-year-old daily wage labourer in Dolatpur Kotda, 35 kilometers north-east of Jaipur, was married at 13 as a part of a tradition c...

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‘Masaan’ And Other Indian Films Steer Away From Bollywood Escapism

MUMBAI — At the beginning of “Masaan,” the most acclaimed Indian movie of the year, two lovers meet at a ramshackle motel in the holy northern city of Var...

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Festivals

San Sebastian Film Festival Kicks Off In Spain

The festival, which boasts one of the most picturesque seaside towns in Europe, offers an international mix with a lot of Latin spice. The 63rd San Sebastian International ...

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360-Degree Video Lets You Step Inside The Devastation Of Syria's Civil War

A Syrian news agency has published a new report that allows viewers to see the devastation of Syria’s civil war in 360-degree video. As French newspaper Le Parisien r...

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Sustainable Development

A Weather Tracking Black Hole Is Helping Uncover The Mysteries Of Tornadoes

Humans still make up our most reliable tornado sensor network, and in the north, that network is especially weak because of how few people live there, compared to the more ...

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Environment

Historic Floods in Japan Force More Than 100,000 People From Their Homes

The rain came as a result of tropical storm Etau, which battered Japan's main island of Honshu and caused 20 inches of rain in some areas. The rainfall levels were twice Se...

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Gender

UN Official Says Women Paid 24 Percent Less Than Men Globally, 30 Percent Less In Asia

A U.N. agency is mounting a worldwide campaign for equal pay for women, who get 24 percent less than men on global average and around 30 percent less for those in Asia. Rec...

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Environment

The Ten-Year Mission To Study All The Ways The Arctic Is Doomed

Called the Arctic Boreal Vulnerability Experiment, or ABoVE for short, the large-scale study will combine on-the-ground field studies as well as data from remote sensors?su...

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Environment

Why Big Corporations Like Gap And eBay Are Mobilizing Against Climate Change

This week, California legislators received a pair of letters signed by dozens of corporations in support of two bills that would require the state to further reduce its gre...

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Environment

Is The Global Warming ?Hiatus? Over?

There are many ongoing signs that the planet is heating up, even ?on fire.? In the western region of North America, the prolonged drought has led to high temperatures and m...

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