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Ads For Thought: Six Heartwarming Commercials That Project The Changing Face Of Indian Advertising

The advertising sector in India has been showing several signs of having evolved for the better, these days. There has been a spurt of recent commercials that manage to sel...

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TV

2017: Year Of Change

Star Plus brought in 2017 with a telecast of the Star Screen Awards. The other channels continued with their weekend programming. The fallout of demonetization, I wonder? E...

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Health

Rajasthan Govt’s Gift To Newlyweds: Contraceptives And Vanity Kits

Newlyweds in 14 Rajasthan districts will soon get unusual gifts from the government: a pack of condoms, strips of oral contraceptive pills and a vanity kit as part of a pro...

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Gender

A Guide to the Social Factors That Put Transgender Lives at Risk

News coverage of transgender issues frequently includes devastating stories of violence and loss. Every year, we read about trans women who are brutally murdered, or trans ...

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Health

Why India’s Healthcare Trends In 2016 Do Not Bode Well For The Future

India should not persevere with its focus on privatising healthcare or relying on health insurance.The image that would haunt me for a long time from this year is that of D...

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At 13, Indian Girl Invents Revolutionary Band-Aid That Bags Her Google Science Prize

While some professions rely on the skill and experience of their workers, the tech industry thrives on constant growth and innovation. None exemplify this better than the p...

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Health

Why Are Women Worldwide Not Using Contraceptives—Even Though They Don’t Want A Pregnancy?

Significant numbers of women worldwide don't use birth control due to fears of side effects, negative beliefs about contraception, and because they don't think they need it...

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Festivals

It’s time for the Jewish Film Festival

It’s the 18th year of the annual Jerusalem Jewish Film Festival, a number that promises luck for movie lovers. The festival, which runs from December 24 to 29 at the ...

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Sustainable Development

France Becomes First Federal Postal Service To Use Drones To Deliver Mail

Who needs mailmen when you've got drones? That's what France thinks, anyway. The French postal service is beginning an experimental drone delivery program to deliver parcel...

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Health

The Sterilisation Skew

Sterilisation is simpler in men than women — recovery time and surgical risk are smaller, complications are rare and deaths rarer. Yet, as the national ‘Vasecto...

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