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Sustainable Development

From Droughts TO Disease, 2015 Highlighted Our Food System's Shortcomings

2015 was a bit of a news roller-coaster when it came to the things we eat. We?ve made some progress over the year in some areas but struggled to cope in others as we faced ...

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Eliza By Any Other Name

December 2015 marked the end of the year long birth centenary celebrations of pioneering theatre personality Begum Qudsia Zaidi. To her goes the credit for translating and ...

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Top 6 Landmark Judgments From The Judiciary That Stirred India In 2015

World’s largest democracy is India; and there are three pillars which constitute this democracy: Executive (comprising of President, PM and Cabinet Ministers); Legisl...

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Sustainable Development

The Eight Best Extinct Species Discovered In 2015

2015 was an exceptionally productive year for paleontology. Brontosaurus made a comeback. Paleontologists further decoded the coloration patterns of long extinct animals. J...

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Festivals

Undefined Sets New Record At Plateau Film Festival

A 2014 Lebanese short film, Undefined, has set a new festival record at the fifth Plateau International Film Festival, winning three of the ten awards: Festival Best Direct...

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Famed Architect Shigeru Ban Builds Quake-Proof Homes From Rubble In Nepal

TOKYO – After twin earthquakes in April and May claimed 9,000 lives and left vast swathes of Nepal in ruins, survivors worried if they reused the brick rubble, they w...

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Health

Mumbai: 'No Gynaecs In Rural Areas To Provide Basic Delivery Services'

Mumbai: An audit carried out by the state government of all maternal deaths, including those during medical termination of pregnancy (MTPs), have found three main causes be...

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Environment

This Is What China Looks Like When Its Cities Are On A 'Red Alert' For Smog

A red alert is the highest of a four-level warning system aimed at communicating to the public the amount of hazardous particles in the air. The alert is triggered when the...

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Sustainable Development

Could A Big Cosmic Mystery Be Caused By Asteroids Slamming Into Dead Stars?

Since 2010, radio astronomers have been contending with a mystery: a handful of very intense, very short lived signals have been detected, and disappeared just as quickly. ...

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Festivals

Film Festival-2016 To Showcase Cinema Of The Northeast

Arunachal Pradesh is all set to host ‘Film Northeast-2016,’ a film festival of the region from February 17 to 20 here to promote understanding and appreciation ...

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