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Twitter embraces Modi’s #SelfieWithDaughter call, skips grim gender gap

Social media platforms were flooded with father-daughter selfies thanks to a message from Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his monthly radio address on Sunday. “In...

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Health

A Depression-Fighting Strategy That Could Go Viral

When Ebola ends, the people who have suffered, who have lost loved ones, will need many things. They will need ways to rebuild their livelihoods. They will need a functioni...

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Environment

After Two Big Triumphs For Obama, The Supreme Court Declines To Give Him A Trifecta On Climate Change

The US Supreme Court today backed away from delivering president Barack Obama another big triumph, ruling against one of his primary tools to combat climate change.
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Gender

Dear Vogue, ‘Gay’ Is Not A Phase.

Thirteen thousand people want the magazine to apologize after the author of a Cara Delevingne profile suggests her being gay is just a ‘phase.’ Some 13,000 peop...

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Hollywood

John Oliver Explains Why Online Harassment Of Women Is A Problem.

John Oliver in his video discusses how women in the US have faced death threats on Twitter John Oliver’s videos have gained a steady following on the Internet, given ...

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Health

GLOBAL HEALTH VIS-À-VIS DIPLOMACY

Global health diplomacy is the interdisciplinary field where health sciences, including medicine, meet policy-making. A simple definition would struggle to capture the broa...

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Gender

Despite International Pressure, Paraguay Denies Abortion for 10-Year-Old Girl

Paraguay’s government has rejected the recommendation of the Inter-American Commission for Human Rights regarding a 10-year-old girl raped by her stepfather, once aga...

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Hollywood

Pink Urges NYC Council To Vote On Horse-Drawn Carriage Bill.

Pink is encouraging her 26 million Twitter followers to join her in urging New York City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito to bring Intro 573 — the bill to retire...

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Bollywood

Vidya Balan Voices Her Support For World Ethnic Day.

One of India’s largest online ethnic products marketplaces, Craftsvilla.com, has roped in actress Vidya Balan as the face of its new initiative – World Ethnic D...

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Festivals

New York Asian Film Festival Features Ringo Lam, Hong Kong Crime Master

It’s been not quite 30 years since a group of young Hong Kong-based moviemakers, now in or near their 60s, reinvented the gangster film, infusing the motifs of the Am...

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