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Sustainable Development

A Scorecard For Companies With A Conscience

Eleven years ago, the Vermont-based ice cream-maker Ben and Jerry?s found itself in a position other companies might have found enviable. Several firms were bidding to buy ...

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Environment

Get Used To Blackouts And Higher Electric Bills As The Climate Changes

Researchers evaluated the likely impact of more frequent and more severe heat waves on 24,515 hydropower and 1,427 thermoelectric power plants around the world. They found ...

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Trending

How To Raise A Billionaire: An Interview With Bill Gates' Father

Microsoft MSFT +1.82% founder and philanthropist like when his own operating system was still in development? His father, Bill Gates Sr., reminisces. What sort of child was...

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Festivals

Santa Barbara Film Festival TO Host U.S. Premiere OF ‘The Little Prince’

The 31st annual Santa Barbara International Film Festival (SBIFF) will kick off with the U.S. premiere of Paramount Pictures’ “The Little Prince.” Based o...

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Bollywood

Aishwarya, Kangana And More: Girlpower To Take Centrestage In 2016

When Kangana Ranaut-starrer Tanu Weds Manu Returns and Piku starring Deepika Padukone ranked among the top films of last year, they broke the notion that female-centric fil...

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Health

Nigerian Woman Develops App To Reduce Mortality Rate In Africa

Miss Kesandu Nwokolo, a young Nigerian, has developed a mobile phone application to help reduce infant and maternal mortality in Africa. In a statement obtained by the News...

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Gender

A Kabaddi Tournament Helps Break Gender Barriers

For many of the families of Shivaji Nagar, even the idea of girls entering the playground without an accompanying male family member was alien. When Sabiya Sheikh tried to ...

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Festivals

Palm Springs Film Fest Awards Gala Brings Depp, Blanchett, Damon And More To The Desert

The Palm Springs International Film Festival Awards Gala took place Saturday night at the Palm Springs Convention Center. It made for an evening of unusual juxtapositions, ...

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Hollywood

Gweyneth Paltrow On Wage Gap In Hollywood

The drastic wage gap between male and female actors was a hot topic in Hollywood in 2015. About her ‘Iron Man’ co-star, also the year’s highest paid male ...

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Bollywood

Huma Qureshi Visits Haryana To Support Women Empowerment

Huma Qureshi recently attended the closure event of Breakthroughs ‘Mission Hazaar’ initiative. The event took place on 28th December in Rohtak, Haryana. The act...

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