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Thought Factory

Apathy, Waste And The Rhetoric Of Concern

Rafi Nagar, Deonar, Mumbai
April 2012

The auto-rickshaw stopped at the corner of the narrow road. A large mound of garbag...

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Gender

UN Official Says Women Paid 24 Percent Less Than Men Globally, 30 Percent Less In Asia

A U.N. agency is mounting a worldwide campaign for equal pay for women, who get 24 percent less than men on global average and around 30 percent less for those in Asia. Rec...

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Bollywood

As Mother, Stress On Immunization For Child's Healthy Future: Madhuri

After lending support to ‘Set Beautiful Free’, Vivek Oberoi and Amruta Fadnavis’ initiative for a rehabilitation centre for girl children born to sex work...

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Festivals

South Africa: Back With a Bang - South African Recovery Film Festival

They say the third time’s the charm, and this might just be true for the Cape Town Recovery Film Festival, rebranded this year as the South African Recovery Film Fest...

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Hollywood

Emily Browning: ‘Hollywood movies are made for white men’

The Australian star explains why playing Reggie Kray’s defiant wife Frances in crime biopic Legend makes a happy change from playing the ‘the hot babe’ Read More

Health

Disease Caused By Reduced Blood Supply To Heart Now Biggest Health Scare In India

Ischemic heart disease or illness in which blood and oxygen supply to heart is reduced is emerging as the main health problem in India. It often leads to heart attacks.

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Sustainable Development

For Teens In Crisis, The Next Text Could Be A Lifesaver

The message to the Crisis Text Line was answered by Aaron Amrich, a volunteer crisis counselor based in California. It was sent by a 19-year-old woman who wrote that she wa...

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Gender

Gender parity in workforce can boost India’s GDP by 27%: IMF chief Christine Lagarde

India’s GDP can expand by a whopping 27 per cent if the number of female workers increases to the same level as that of men, International Monetary Fund’s chief...

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Trending

Medical Testing Is So Hot Right Now. This Startup Wants In

THE CALIFORNIA HEADQUARTERS of Cofactor Genomics is a bright little bungalow a few blocks from downtown Mountain View. Floral vines abuzz with insects and hummingbirds part...

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Gender

Stop Gender Inequality And You Will Stop Domestic Violence

The number of women on company boards might not seem like it has much to do with the number of women who are killed or attacked by their partners at home, but it does.
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