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Child, Bride, Mother

In Guatemala, the legal age of marriage is 14 with parental consent, but in Petén, in the northern part of the country, the law seems to be more of a suggestion. Und...

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Hollywood

Cheryl Cole donating perfume profits to charity

British pop star Cheryl Cole is to donate $160,000 (£100,000) from her perfume sales to the new charity she has launched to help youngsters in her hometown. The forme...

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Bollywood

Manisha Koirala walks 'for life'

Actress Manisha Koirala, a survivor of ovarian cancer, took part in CanSupport’s Walk for Life 2015 here Sunday to create awareness about the disease. The purpose of ...

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‘Writers must not have any kind of judgementalism’

Gautam Benegal is an incredibly talented writer, cartoonist and artist, who grew up in Kolkata. In the past, he’s contributed articles and illustrations for several p...

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Health

Injectable polio vaccine to be introduced from October

India will introduce injectable polio vaccine in its universal immunisation programme from October. This is a part of the World health Organisation’s polio endgame st...

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Sustainable Development

The gender of a sound byte

Dear Barkha, This is taking up from where we last left off. The last time we met at a dinner party in Mumbai, you had enquired why I always turned down requests to appear o...

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Bollywood

Alia Bhatt joins charity fundraiser

Actress Alia Bhatt has joined a charity fundraiser to support proper nutrition for cancer-stricken children. The Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania star has associated herself with ...

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Follow Narendra Modi On Climate Change, Says Arnold Schwarzenegger

Hollywood action-movie star and former California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger today said he would be a “terminator” for climate change and asked state govern...

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Health

The Dangers of Vaccine Denial

First, a word on vaccines: They have revolutionized public health. Can you name the discoverer of the smallpox vaccine? Probably not: Edward Jenner is little known today. H...

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Health

TN aims to bring down maternal mortality rate, says TNHSP Director

The Tamil Nadu Health Systems Project (TNHSP) is working towards reducing Tamil Nadu’s maternal mortality rate (MMR) to 45 per one lakh live births by 2017 from the c...

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