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Gloria Steinem Helps UN Women Unveil Beijing Campaign

At the historic Apollo Theatre in New York, UN Women last week launched a year-long campaign to spark global dialogue and actions on women’s rights and gender equalit...

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Sustainable Development

These nine laws make Indian women less equal than men

A recent UN report studying India’s legal code lists all the ways laws officially support men over women. In Goa, a Hindu man can remarry if his previous wife does no...

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TV

Get On The Dance Floor

?Jhalak?s more sensuous, less dance,? was a barrage of opinions from the more conservative and traditional viewers during its first few weekends.? Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa, the I...

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Health

HIV patients with social protection stay in jobs longer: ILO

New report calls for wider social protection net to include HIV patients HIV patients with access to social protection are more likely to have jobs or be involved in some p...

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Hollywood

Why The Body Diversity On 'Orange Is The New Black' Is So Important

“Don’t forget, ladies. Your usual meal is 1500 calories. Beware of overeating.” Listen closely, and you’ll hear that announcement play in the backgr...

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Bollywood

Madhuri Dixit joins MP government’s Mamta Abhiyan

The Madhya Pradesh government has recently launched several initiatives to help different sections of the society. It is also using noted celebrities to strengthen the rela...

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Health

More education among women helps reduce maternal and child mortality in Bangladesh

Bangladesh is a classic case of a low- and middle-income country achieving the unachievable which many others failed to. It reduced its maternal mortality by 66 per cent be...

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Health

Swine flu in India: fatalities caused by ignorance?

Doctors cite late reporting of symptoms for rising number of deaths; Bengaluru, Rajasthan, and Kerala report high number of fatalities Swine flu is back in news with one mo...

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Environment

Creating the climate for India’s low carbon growth story

Buried under the din of the changing electoral climate, India took an important step in its fight against climate change this summer. The ‘Expert Group on Low Carbon ...

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Sustainable Development

Addressing climate change and sustainable energy is crucial to meet India’s energy shortage

“While India has made major progress in the supply of electricity and modern forms of energy, a large part of the population still lives in a state of energy deprivat...

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