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This Gritty Woman Started Her Crusade Against Child Sexual Abuse When She Was Just 10!

India ranks among the top five countries with the highest rate of child sexual abuse. A 2013 report by the Asian Centre for Human Rights explained the epidemic proportions ...

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Health

The Sterilisation Skew

Sterilisation is simpler in men than women — recovery time and surgical risk are smaller, complications are rare and deaths rarer. Yet, as the national ‘Vasecto...

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Human Rights

Panels Should Be Proactive In Curbing Child Rights Violations

With crimes against children rising every year, a senior Supreme Court judge has urged the national and the state commissions for protection of child rights to play a proac...

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Sustainable Development

An iPhone-Powered VR Headset Promises Positional Tracking Without a Tether

The widely beloved iPhone has so far missed the main currents of smartphone-based virtual reality, thus playing second fiddle to the likes of Samsung's Gear VR headset or G...

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Alternative Entertainment

Fishing For Stories Of The Earth

Four years ago, Scottish geologist Iain Stewart made his first ever visit to Kerala along with a BBC crew in search of karimeen, the backwater fish that’s also a favo...

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Bollywood

Mallika Sherawat: Important To Break Silence About Child Prostitution

Actress Mallika Sherawat says it is important to break the silence in many countries about child prostitution and the need to prosecute the offenders. The 40-year-old actre...

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Health

OPPI Releases ‘Healthcare In India: New Milestones New Frontiers’ With McKinsey And Co As knowledge Partner

‘Healthcare in India: New Milestones New Frontiers’, a publication which highlights some existing and future challenges for poli...

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Gender

This 16-Year-Old Is Changing Attitudes & Promoting Better Sanitation In The Slums Of Mumbai

For an outsider who steps into the slums of Govandi East for the first time, the smell that hits them first. Next they are greeted by the sight of open drainage lines that ...

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Human Rights

Human Rights Day: Here's How India Fares In Human Rights

On the 68th Human Rights Day, we have gathered some facts on the violation of human rights in India and around the world.Human Rights Day is celebrated, every year, on Dece...

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Sustainable Development

This Tool Maps The Spread Of Fake News Online

Fake news, sensationalized media and blatant lies disguised as journalism have, unfortunately become major themes this year. Facebook’s finally stepping up to stop th...

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