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Will 2014 Be a Breakthrough Year for Women Directors at the Academy Awards?

In 86 years, only four women have been nominated for a best director Oscar. Only one, Kathryn Bigelow, has won. Lina Wertmuller was the first woman nominated for the 1976 f...

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Sustainable Development

India to be Land Degradation Neutral by 2030

Environment minister Prakash Javadekar says the government is working on a plan to `stop and reverse’ the serious threat With India’s food security under threat...

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Hollywood

Peter Dinklage Wants The Trade Of Ivory Banned In New York

Actor and New York resident Peter Dinklage released the following statement urging state lawmakers to ban the trade of ivory in New York: “I recently learned from my ...

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Sustainable Development

Empowering India?s Women Through Community groups

When 60 women in Edamalakudi in India’s southern state of Kerala recently carried about 100 solar panels on their heads across 18km (11 miles) of hill, forest and wil...

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Hollywood

Matt Sorum Drums Up Musicians’ Support for U.S. Ivory Ban

Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame inductee, legendary Grammy Award-winning drummer of Guns N’ Roses, Velvet Revolver, The Cult and Kings of Chaos, and International Fund For...

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Hollywood

Celebrity Art Auction Supports Tigers In The Wild

The David Shepherd Wildlife Foundation’s TigerTime campaign has launched its 2014 Stars & Stripes celebrity art auction to raise awareness and funds for tiger con...

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Health

Polio Cases Rattle WHO

Of the 74 cases reported worldwide this year, 59 were from Pakistan. No case in India so far The world has witnessed a sudden spurt in polio cases this year. The World Heal...

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Hollywood

Roger Moore Asks The Queen To Help Stop Wild Animal Circuses

Actors Sir Roger Moore KBE, best known as James Bond, and Imelda Staunton OBE, who stars in new Disney film Maleficent, have joined Animal Defenders International’s (...

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Bollywood

Celina Jaitly files police complaint against MLA for animal abuse

Actress Celina Jaitly has always been active when it comes to social causes and the actress filed a police complaint against MLA Vinay Kore on behalf of PETA for cruelty an...

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Environment

Forest fires now more frequent across the globe

Given strong relationship between climate and fire, these fires are expected to occur more frequently, says US climate assessment reportOklahoma in the US declared a state ...

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