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The Inspiring Story of How Sikkim Became India’s Cleanest State

This record was reiterated in the recently conducted Swachhta (cleanliness) survey undertaken by the National Sample Survey Office (NSSO) on the condition of sanitation in ...

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Environment

2015 Had Hotter Temperatures And Higher Sea Levels Than Ever Before

By several measures, the earth is cooking and getting steadily hotter.That's according to a new report that takes the earth's temperature each year, citing data from more t...

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Kaleidoscope

The Law Cannot Be Blind Kaleidoscope

12 Angry Men, written by Reginald Rose in 1957 was a teleplay, converted to a film by the great Sidney Lumet. The play is one of the classics of modern theatre&mda...

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Gender

Menaka Gandhi Asks Women Facing Online Abuse To Use #IAmTrolled

In a move welcomed by women, especially active users of social media like Facebook and Twitter, Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi announced on Tuesday that...

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Sustainable Development

In The World’s Biggest City, The Past Offers Lessons For Surviving The Future

A major campaign, “Cool Japan”, is underway to promote the nation as a “cultural superpower”. As part of a resurgence of interest in the Edo era (th...

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Alternative Entertainment

Theatre Will Shrink, Like Cinema Viewing Has: Naseeruddin Shah

Last weekend, veterans Ratna Pathak Shah and Naseeruddin Shah (right) — as Mrs Patrick Campbell and George Bernard Shaw, respectively — staged the play, Dear Li...

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Health

Trichy Switches To IPV In Polio Fight

On the first day of inactivated polio vaccine (IPV) immunization drive in Trichy district, 436 children below the age of 1 in urban and rural areas were administered the in...

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Gender

New York Makes History, With Tampons And Pads

New York City made history today with passage of the nation’s first legislative package to ensure access to menstrual products in public schools, shelters and correct...

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Hollywood

Gillian Anderson Speaks For Orcas At Seaworld Annual Meeting

X-Files star Gillian Anderson spoke up for orcas during SeaWorld’s online annual meeting this week. She will submited a question on behalf of PETA — which owns ...

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Human Rights

Over 900 Human Rights Violation Cases Pending

Over 900 cases of human rights violation in various forms, including that of by men in uniform, are still pending before the Assam Human Rights Commission (AHRC). This can ...

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