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Hydro-power plants blamed for deadly floods in India

Badly managed hydro-power projects in northern India were partly to blame for devastating floods last year that killed thousands of people and caused extensive damage, an e...

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Sustainable Development

Indian activist Ramesh Agrawal wins 'Green Nobel'

GARE VILLAGE (Andhra Pradesh): The man walked into Ramesh Agrawal’s tiny internet cafe, pulled out a pistol and hissed, “You talk too much.” Then he fired...

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TV

A New Order

There are a few new shows on daily prime time and the weekend too. Star Plus’ Ek Thi Haseena boasts of a cast of three actors of substance – Simone Singh, Ayub ...

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Hollywood

Zendaya Covers John Legend For Charity

Hollywood Records’ Platinum-selling artist, Zendaya recently released a cover of John Legend’s “All of Me” for charity. Zendaya joined Max and Kurt ...

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Bollywood

Celina Jaitley to be a part of UN's 'Bollywood style' LGBT campaign

Actress and activist, former beauty queen Celina Jaitley, will star in United Nation’s ‘Bollywood style’ global human rights campaign launching on April 3...

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Sustainable Development

Stem Ryots' Suicides with Organic Farming

Non-governmental organisation Praphanjam conducted a food festival — Chennai Parampariya Unavu Thiruvizha — recently, hoping to draw attention to organic farmin...

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Hollywood

Samuel L. Jackson Wants To Kick Male Cancer In The Balls

Samuel L. Jackson has teamed up with innovative London-based fundraising platform MyGoodness.com to raise awareness of male cancer. The Captain America actor tweeted a vide...

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Hollywood

Celebrities March For Babies

Singer and actress Hilary Duff, two-time Super Bowl MVP Eli Manning, supermodel Niki Taylor, and 3 million super volunteers and 20,000 companies have one common goal: they ...

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Bollywood

Sonam Kapoor supports underprivileged children's cause

Actress Sonam Kapoor has lent her support to Rouble Nagi Art Foundation, which runs art camps for underprivileged kids in India. Sonam visited the capital recently to encou...

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Health

Mobile app to be drafted into battle against mosquitoes in Chennai

When traditional methods of using chemical pesticides, fogging and releasing Gambusia fish into water bodies fail to do enough to control mosquito menace, a little out-of-t...

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