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U.S. Consulate General Mumbai to hold Fourth Annual Short-Film Contest on Women’s Safety and Empowerment

The U.S. Consulate General Mumbai launched its fourth annual short-film contest on the theme of women’s safety and empowerment in Mumbai. The yearly contest is part o...

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Sustainable Development

Investing in our Future

India has the world's biggest youth population, and is pinned to become home to the largest working-age population within the next two decades. A population of 1.2 billion ...

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Health

India's Failing Healthcare System

India's failing healthcare system, with latest tragedies from Gorakhpur and Farrukhabad in Uttar Pradesh, makes one question the system and the options involved, especially...

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Health

Centre Plans Saas-Bahu Meets To Promote Family Planning

In a bid to promote family planning, the Union Health Ministry plans to organise Saas-Bahu Sammelans in 146 districts where the fertility rate is 3 or more. The national av...

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Human Rights

One Step Forward, Two Back – India’s Uneven Progress In Correcting Gender Imbalance

India’s sex ratio at birth – or the number of girl children born for every 1,000 boys born – has improved slightly over the last 10 years. But there are n...

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Bollywood

Akshay Kumar Meets Minister Narendra Singh Tomar, Digs 'Two Pit Toilet'!

Bollywood superstar Akshay Kumar will next be seen in 'Toilet Ek Prem Katha' starring Bhumi Pednekar as the female lead opposite him. The Khiladi Kumar is known for extendi...

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Human Rights

Revised National Building Code Should Bring Down Barriers For The Disabled

It struck a disparate note with the country’s 26.8 million disabled. On February 12, the very day the Indian cricket team was making us proud by winning the Blind Wor...

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Alternative Entertainment

A Tribute To The Artist who Sketched And Illuminated India’s National Emblem

Next time you see the national emblem of India, think of a young artist shuttling a hundred kilometres a day for about a whole month, braving the crowds, dust and grime of ...

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Health

Growing Up Stunted

Shivraj, namesake of the chief minister of Madhya Pradesh, lost his one-year-old son Dharmraj in August this year. “His growth was extremely slow, and he was getting ...

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Gender

A 16-Year-Old Tribal Girl From MP Is Going To An Oxford School To Learn English

16-year-old Asha Gond is a tribal girl from a little known village called Janwaar in Madhya Pradesh. When she swings by on her skateboard, you’d be hard pressed to re...

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