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War Is Hell – For The Natural World Too Michael Mccarthy

The human suffering inflicted by war is so terrible that we may naturally overlook the environmental damage which large-scale conflict causes. Sometimes, of course, it is a...

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Festivals

Dubai Film Festival To Honour Rekha

Indian actor Rekha will be honoured by the upcoming Dubai International Film Festival with a Lifetime Achievement Award. The festival runs from December 7 to 14, and is now...

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Alternative Entertainment

Broadway Artists Are Aligning To Make Social And Political Change

The Broadway Advocacy Coalition is a new platform for artists to speak up and fuse arts with activism. Following the August 1 Broadway for Black Lives Matter event, in whic...

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Bollywood

Fight Hunger Foundation To Reach Out To 1 Million People Nationally By 2018

Fight Hunger Foundation (FHF), the NGO leading the drive against malnutrition in India, today announced its pledge to eradicate the nation’s acute malnutrition crisis...

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Gender

Gender Jump With Warts - India Overtakes China But Trails Bangladesh

India was today ranked 87th in the world on gender equality out of 144 countries, a jump of 21 places from last year. It beat China, which is ranked 99th, and Pakistan, ran...

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Health

11 Health Innovations To Drastically Cut Maternal And Child Mortality Rates

Achieving the ambitious target to end maternal and child deaths, enshrined in the sustainable development goals (SDGs), will require ingenuity. The good news is that 11 hea...

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Human Rights

Situating Law In The Land

Instead of a blanket ban, the Supreme Court can delegitimise polygyny in India for not being in consonance with the Koranic procedure, just as it invalidated instant triple...

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Sustainable Development

The City That Was Saved By The Internet

The “Chattanooga Choo Choo” sign over the old terminal station is purely decorative, a throwback. Since the Southern Railroad left town in the early 1970s, the ...

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Bollywood

Akshay Kumar, Aamir Khan Wish Soldiers And The Video will Bring Tears To Your Eyes

Aamir Khan, Akshay Kumar and Salman Khan took to social media and posted their heartfelt message to soldiers ahead of Diwali. The #Sandesh2Soldiers initiative was started b...

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Gender

Three Women Leaders Are Leading The Sanitation Revolution In Kanpur. Find Out How

Kanpur, the largest city in Uttar Pradesh, is the hub of industry and a thriving urban centre. The civic amenities here, however, have not been able to keep up with the sca...

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