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Human Rights

Fighting Modern-Day Witch Hunts In India’s Remote Northeast

More than 2,000 people accused of being witches have been killed in Indiaover the last 15 years in poor, remote areas of the northeast.
The victims, nearly all of them...

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Sustainable Development

Idea's Help No One On A Shelf, Take Them To The World

Have you thought of a clever product to mitigate climate change? Did you invent an ingenious gadget to light African villages at night? Have you come up with a new kind of ...

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Festivals

DFW South Asian Film Festival: A Weekend Of Color, Contemplation And Cinema In North Texas

When fans and community members make a beeline for the action second year in a row, it is safe to assume that it has won over the hearts of the local community. Such was th...

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Alternative Entertainment

The First 19 Hour '8 Prahar' Marathon Concert Held In Mumbai

Mumbai witnessed the first 19-hour '8 Prahar' marathon concert, where 19 leading musicians performed. ShashiVyas, son of Pandit CR Vyas, doyen of North Indian classical mus...

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Bollywood

Freida Pinto Turns Producer For Women Empowerment Shows And Films

Freida Pinto is a renowned social activist who essentially works towards the development of women and the actress has taken yet another step in this direction. Freida along...

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Hollywood

Zendaya Says Kesha Is Bringing 'So Much Empowerment To Women'

Many female music acts have stepped out in support of Kesha, currently tangled in alegal fiasco with her Sony label and producer Dr. Luke. While Adele took to the 2016 Brit...

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Trending

President Pranab Mukherjee To Inaugurate Gender Park On Feb 27

'Gender Park', India's first gender equality convergence center, will be inaugurated by President Pranab Mukherjee here on February 27. The park is an initiative of the Soc...

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Gender

Women's Bill Against Sharia, Will Make Men Feel 'Insecure': Pak Cleric

The recently-passed women's rights bill by Pakistan's Punjab Assembly is in direct conflict with Sharia laws and will make men feel "insecure", a top Pakistani religious an...

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Human Rights

Malnutrition, Alcoholism In Tribal Madhya Pradesh Get Baneebai Cure

At first glance, her profile hardly looks newsworthy — a young woman of the poor Bhilala tribe in Madhya Pradesh; a high school dropout.But BaneebaiNingwal has the re...

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Environment

Icelandic Company Cancels Its Summer Hunt For The Endangered Fin Whale

The endangered fin whale will be catching a lucky break this summer, at least off the shores of Iceland. Whaling company Hvalur, the Nordic country’s lone fin whale h...

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