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Tiny Marine Organisms At The Base Of The Food Chain Are Eating The Plastic We Toss In The Oceans

Tiny marine organisms sitting at the very bottom of our food chain are ingesting the plastics that humans are tossing by the ton into the world's oceans, say researchers in...

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Festivals

Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Passes Away: Watch The Legend’s Biography By Mallika Sarabhai

Former Indian President Dr APJ Abdul Kalam passed away on July 27, 2015, of a heart attack. Also known as Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam, he was a scientist with the D...

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Environment

As Many As 11,000 Sharks Are Killed By Humans Every Hour

Since early June, sharks have attacked eight people off the coast of North Carolina. The victims range in age from 8 to nearly 70, and two people ? teens attacked on June 1...

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Festivals

Women Set To Dominate At London Indian Film Festival 2015

From the tale of a persecuted rights activist hounded from her home to Shabnam Sukhdev’s moving study of her father, this year’s programme foregrounds work by a...

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Health

Immunisation Coverage Crosses 70 Per Cent Mark

Improvement represents significant gain in child survival
The child immunisation coverage in the country has reportedly gone up from 65 per cent to 70 per cent this ye...

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Festivals

Denis, Jia, Holland To Lead First TIFF Platform Jury.

Festival selects trio to judge first competitive section, aimed at ‘auteur films’; Cameron Bailey talks strand. The Toronto International Film Festival (Septemb...

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Hollywood

Julianne Moore Named As Ambassador For Key To The Cure Campaign.

Saks Fifth Avenue and the Entertainment Industry Foundation (EIF) announced today that Oscar-winning actress Julianne Moore has been named ambassador for Saks Fifth Avenue&...

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Health

Indian Private Hospitals Biggest Beneficiaries Of International Aid Programmes

The biggest recipients of investment through aid programmes of rich nations have been the large commercial hospital chains in the emerging economy countries. Limited to a f...

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Health

WHY OSCARS SHOULDN’T COMPROMISE What Happens When The Playground Is Also The Potty?

Imagine you are a busy mother scrubbing your laundry next to the public water stand near your yard. You realize your two year old — who is playing in the dirt —...

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Health

AIDS Epidemic Can End By 2030: UNAIDS

India has achieved a reduction of more than 20 per cent in new HIV infections between 2000 and 2014, according to a report released by UNAIDS, the Joint United Nations Prog...

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