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Human Rights

Stopping the Red-Light District

Prostitution, called the oldest profession in the world is making new news today as questions regarding its moral, ethical and legal issues are being debated over.

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Human Rights

Decriminalising Sex Work Is At The Frontier Of Workers Rights

It's been called the oldest profession in the world, but despite centuries of labor sex work still gets a bad rap. Whether or not you agree that sex work should or shouldn'...

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Health

Malaria-free India?

Malaria is one of the oldest diseases known to mankind. In India, it is an ongoing national health burden. To curb the disease, globally, the World Health Organization (WHO...

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Festivals

What's In Store At This Years Cannes Film Festival

The lineup at each year’s Cannes Film Festival typically includes a few surprise entries. But the announcement of this year’s offerings brought the first, grudg...

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Gender

Indian-American Teen Indrani Das Bags The ‘Junior Nobel’ And $250,000 In Cash Prize

Indrani Das, an Indian-American teenager, has just walked away with the top prize in one of the most prestigious science competitions in the world – the Regeneron Sci...

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Festivals

Lipstick Under My Burkha To Open The New York Indian Film Festival

Lipstick Under My Burkha, which has failed to get clearance from India’s censor board, will open the 17th edition of the prestigious New York Indian Film Festival her...

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Aajibaichi Shala Is India’s Only School For Grandmothers!

We take so many things for granted as part of our daily routine. Little do we know, however, how much people value the things we consider blasé. This dawned on Yogen...

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Hollywood

Hasty Pudding Theatricals Announces Octavia Spencer As 2017 Woman Of The Year

The Hasty Pudding Theatricals, the oldest theatrical organization in the United States, announces Oscar winning actress, Octavia Spencer as the recipient of its 2017 Woman ...

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'World's Oldest Man' Celebrates 146th Birthday And Says Patience Is Key For Long Life

An Indonesian man who claims to be the oldest person ever to have lived has celebrated his 146th birthday. Mbah Gotho, from a small village in the Central Java province, ha...

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Gender

How A 105-Year-Old Ended Open Defecation In Her Village

On Tuesday, Dhamtari became the first district in the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh to be declared free from open defecation. And the credit for that is being given ...

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