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Kind World: 6-Year-Old Devises Plan To Cure Best Friend's Rare Disease

Dylan Siegel was 6 years old when he hatched a plan to cure his best friend's rare disease. He ended up raising more than $1 million. Erika Lantz of the Kind World ser...

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Gender

Gutsy Women Sarpanchs & Teachers In Haryana Come Together To Lift The Veil On Regressive Practices

In Haryana, which has the worst sex ratio in the country and where khap panchayats often flout the laws of the land, women remain underrepresented in al...

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Health

Weighing In On Sugar Tax

The World Health Organisation’s recommendation that nations tax sugary drinks is a well-meaning one, but the needs of local communities cannot be left out If, some ye...

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Human Rights

In Telangana, It Takes A Village To Update Tattered Land Records

KONGARAGIDDA, India (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Poorly educated and with few resources, Kanasari Veeraswami had no way of ...

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Sustainable Development

What It’s Like To Live With A Bionic Hand

Nicky Ashwell was born without her right hand, but that’s never held her back. She tried a few different prosthetics in the past—mainly realistic-looking hands ...

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Environment

Prehistoric Trees Could ‘Future-Proof’ Forests Against Climate Change

As you walk through the landscape, you pass through a patchwork of forests that were logged at different times. You may go from bushwhacking through a dense thicket of youn...

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Festivals

Mumbai Film Festival: Day Five Highlights

The Palme d’Or-winning I, Daniel Blake is urgent and distressed, while the new Jodorowsky film is winningly weird. I, Daniel Blake
Ken Loach’s 50...

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Alternative Entertainment

How India Is Raking In The Moolah While Upcycling Its Waste Into Bags, Shoes & Even Pieces Of Art!

Unlike most people Arzan Khambatta and Debanjan Roy do their best work when they are surrounded by waste, whether it’s from construction zones, offices or industrial ...

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Bollywood

Akshay Kumar Roped In As The Ambassador Of Jaan Bachao Health Campaign

Akshay Kumar, who is known for his fitness, has been roped in as the ambassador of Jaan Bachao health campaign.
Actor Akshay Kumar, who is known for his fitness,...

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Hollywood

Starlight Children's Foundation To Host 2016 Dream Halloween

Starlight Children's Foundation will host LA’s iconic Dream Halloween costume party and fundraiser at the historic Park Plaza in downtown Los Angeles on October ...

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