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Sustainable Development

On Paper Electrified Villages; In Reality, Darkness

Haldu Khata, a village in Bijnor district of Uttar Pradesh, is one of the 7,008 villages that the government claims to have “electrified” in the last year, unde...

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Trending

Watching Reality Tv Is Linked To High Rates Of Narcissism

The more you watch the Kardashians, the more likely you are to turn into them, finds a new study published in the journal Psychology of Popular Media Culture. A group of Oh...

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Gender

Menstrual Cycle Still A Barrier To Achieve Gender Equality

Adolescent girls in developing countries miss schools for at least five days every month — 60 days in a year during their menstrual cycle due to the lack of access to...

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Environment

Is Climate Change Killing The Great Barrier Reef?

Divers swimming along the Great Barrier Reef off Australia’s northeastern tip witnessed a sobering sight this week.This area, off the coast of Lizard Island near Cook...

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Environment

One Of The Biggest Myths About Beating Climate Change Has Just Been Busted

For the second straight year, the global economy has grown without a corresponding rise in emissions tied to climate change, reversing an almost two-century-old trend and g...

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Alternative Entertainment

Nina Simone's Face

When I was kid, I knew what the worst parts of me were—my hair and my mouth. My hair was Happy. My lips were big. Nearly every kid around me knew something similar of...

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Gender

Mobile Phones: Patriarchy's New Red Alert

Villages are imposing mobile phone bans on young women in order to control their new independence and mobility. It started with KhapPanchayats in Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and...

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Retroscope

Retroscope - Salaam Women

Many of you are familiar with the question of being born female in India. But it will be nice to go through the exercise together –imagine you are a daughter in India...

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TV

True Review Television - Watch TV’s Bestest Shows On Monday

It’s that time of the year, when television has to be at its bestest. Next week, two   focal events will take centre stage on Indian television channels. On...

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Human Rights

This App Is Helping Young Iranians Dodge the Morality Police

Anonymous developers in Iran are making people’s lives just a little bit easier with Gershad, an app that helps Iranians identify (and avoid) locations where officers...

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