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16th Mumbai Film Festival Set To Rise Like A Phoenix

  •  Over 185 films from more than 65 countries to be screened
  •  USD 200,000 to be awarded as cash prizes Read More
Health

Some hard truths on safe motherhood

Maternal deaths should be treated as a human rights issue and governments need to focus on best antenatal practices and provision of emergency obstetric care to bring down ...

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Sustainable Development

IDBI Bank to construct toilets at 300 schools

Following the announcement of ‘Swachh Bharat Mission’ by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, IDBI Bank today announced plans to build toilets in schools in the rural ...

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Sustainable Development

These nine laws make Indian women less equal than men

A recent UN report studying India’s legal code lists all the ways laws officially support men over women. In Goa, a Hindu man can remarry if his previous wife does no...

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Sustainable Development

Hindustan Zinc to spend Rs. 8.6 crore to build 30,000 Toilets in Rural Rajasthan

Hindustan Zinc, a Sesa Sterlite company in Zinc-Lead-Silver business has signed MoU with the State Government of Rajasthan to build 30,000 rural toilets for BPL families un...

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Health

Malaria deaths put Tripura on alert

At least 17 people died and several hundred were admitted to rural hospitals as malaria gripped tribal hamlets in remote Dhalai district in Tripura. Health Minister Badal C...

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Bollywood

Hindi media should do away with preconceptions and stubbornness : Mrinal Pande

Mrinal Pande, veteran journalist, author and TV personality was honoured with Lifetime Achievement Award at Red Ink Awards 2014. In her acceptance speech, Pande said that i...

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Sustainable Development

Marketers look beyond traditional mix as rural consumers flex muscles

With the Modi Government at the Centre, there is a buoyancy seen in the market. The expectation of ‘achche din’ extends beyond urban areas, with the rural hinte...

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Environment

Heat wave due to climate change

The persistent heat wave sweeping through most parts of West Bengal this summer has triggered concerns among climatologists, who feel that this is actually the harbinger of...

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Environment

Global warming behind loss in area of glaciers in Himalayas

The area coverage of the glaciers in the Nepal Himalayas has decreased by nearly 1,266 km due to global warming, raising serious concern for the environmental balance of th...

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