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Thought Factory

Television and beyond

The recent BARC ratings place KBC at Numero Uno position amidst a fierce ratings war in a multi-channel environment…but it wasn’t always like this.

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Health

How loss of sense of smell is related to the loss of memory

Around 47 million people around the world are living with dementia, with 4.1 million of them in India, according to a new report, which also found that nearly half of all p...

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Gender

Writers of Colour

Women, as a collective, have always faced discrimination through the ages, and women of colour even more so as their stories get subsumed within the larger narratives of wh...

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Health

Therapy Could Stop Superbugs On Farms

Researchers at Leicester University have shown that it might be possible to develop an alternative to antibiotics for treating diseases in pigs. They have identified a rang...

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Health

Statins Could Reduce Risk Of Breast Cancer Deaths By 38%, Research Shows

Chinese research shows statins associated with reduction in death Analysis prompts calls for further clinical trials of cholesterol-reducing drugs Statins – drugs tha...

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Festivals

Hot Docs Announces Awards, Human Rights Watch Festival Unveils Lineup

The Human Rights Watch Film Festival will be presented June 9 – 18, with 21 topical and provocative feature documentaries and panel discussions that showcase courageo...

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Health

India- Bimek SLV - The Next Possible Male Contraceptive

In a fresh development, a German company has designed the Bimek SLV - a valve that diverts sperm back to the testicles. It is much simpler than a vasectomy - there's no nee...

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Hollywood

Cycle For Survival Raises A Record-Breaking $34 Million In One Year To Beat Rare Cancers

Cycle for Survival, the movement to beat rare cancers, raised $34 million in 2017 through its indoor team cycling events — the most raised in a single year in the his...

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Health

A New Kind Of Male Birth Control Is Coming

Doctors are on the cusp of launching the first new male contraceptive in more than a century. But rather than a Big Pharma lab, the breakthrough is emerging from a universi...

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Sustainable Development

Rhesus Monkeys Took Male Birth Control And They’re Just Fine

Male birth control options are scarce right now, and don't really extend beyond condoms or vasectomy. Researchers are inching toward making them more available, at least in...

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