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Parliament Clears Landmark HIV Bill

With Parliament passing the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) (Prevention and Control) Bill, 2017, on Tuesday, people living...

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Health

Depression And Mental Health: How India Can Stop These Silent Deaths

Health has been defined by the World Health Organisation (WHO) as the "state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or inf...

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Human Rights

‘Serious Breach Of Trust In Sports In Disability Rights Bill’

Citing “serious breach of trust”, an NGO that works on Paralympics issues, has said the draft rules of the Rights of Persons With Disabilities Act fail to menti...

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Alternative Entertainment

Film Review: Mukti Bhawan

Thithi and Mukti Bhawan would make an excellent double bill. Both are indie comedy-dramas – even if Thithi, in both style and process, is indie-er than Shubhashish Bh...

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TV

MTV: Bold, Sensitive

In 1995, Ashish Balram Nagpal, an art connoisseur, made a film called Adha Adhura which was way too progressive. In the film, Ashish Balram Nagpal, a billionaire businessma...

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Health

24-Year-Old's Suicide Is A Warning That The Mental Healthcare Bill Needs To Expand Its Scope

The provision that decriminalises suicide in the Mental Health Bill is welcome, however, the absence of a complementary provision requiring educational institutions and emp...

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Festivals

The Indian Film Festival Of Los Angeles

This spring Los Angeles will be home to quality cinema from India. And like spring, it will bring the colors of India—its culture and languages, its people, their str...

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Health

The Ambitious Mental Healthcare Bill Is A Step Closer To A Progressive India

Breaking away from ‘institutionalised care’, India on March 27, 2017 took a progressive step towards implementing a rights-based approach to safeguarding and pr...

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Bill And Melinda Gates Foundations Sunset Claus Is To Ensure That Inequality Is Reduced In This Generation

We are often asked why Bill and Melinda Gates and foundation trustee Warren Buffett have pledged to give away more than 95% of their wealth. Indeed, it can be difficult to ...

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Gender

Fearless Girl Will Stay In Wall Street, And Not Everyone Is Happy

It’s official: The Fearless Girl will continue her face off with Charging Bull, the famed three-and-a-half-ton bronze bull that is an internationally recognized symbo...

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