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Human Rights

India Abstains At UN Vote On LGBT Independent Expert

India avoided taking a position on the need to end discrimination based on sexual orientation at the Human Rights Council of the UN, as the Supreme Court is yet to “pron...

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Sustainable Development

NASA's New X-Plane Is An Anyplane Prototype For The People

Given this ancestry, perhaps what makes NASA's newly announced X-plane, the X-57 Maxwell, so striking is that the concept is built around what's kind of just a normal-ass gene...

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Environment

Paris Bans All Cars Made Before 1997 To Reduce Pollution

The ban, which aims to reduce air pollution in the City of Light, came into effect Friday and makes Paris the first city in the country to officially establish a "limited traf...

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Gender

Women Tour Guides In India Are Showing The Route To Gender Equality

Indian women have been working as tourist guides since the 1970s, undeterred by the long hours in the outdoors and the responsibility of managing tourists from diverse backgro...

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Health

Bangladesh Teens Stop Child Marriage

Adolescent girls in Bangladesh face severe threats to their health: Two-thirds marry by age 18, and a third of girls are mothers before age 20. A national network of teen girl...

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Human Rights

UN Makes History On Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity

The United Nations Human Rights Council, in a defining vote, adopted a resolution on June 30, 2016, on “Protection against violence and discrimination based on sexual or...

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Sustainable Development

A New Type Of Dune Has Been Found On Mars

Led by Caltech planetary geologist Mathieu Lapôtre, the new research confirmed the existence of this third type of “bedform,” the term for sedimentary struct...

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Environment

Leaving EU Will Make It Harder For UK To Tackle Climate Change, Says Minister

“While I think the UK’s role in dealing with a warming planet may have been made harder by the decision last Thursday, our commitment to dealing with it has not go...

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Gender

Ecological And Social Implications Of Trans And Climate Change

We are biological creatures, part of an ecosphere, living in communities. Like any other organism, our genetic code sets parameters within which we live. The ecosphere is gove...

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Health

Adolescent Sexual Health: Time To Invest In A Healthy Future Generation

Good adolescent sexual health is the cornerstone of future healthy families and is essential for the development of optimal intimate and social relations including gender equa...

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ALTERNATIVE ENTERTAINMENT: GHATAK, JUNG, BRECHT & PARTITION

In this profound essay, writer and filmmaker Sharad Raj explores how Ritwik Ghatak merge...

November 12 2025

POWERFUL PEOPLE: JUST DO IT

In a conversation, Khalid Mohamed draws out the eventful life and film adventures of wri...

November 11 2025

TV: A JOURNEY THROUGH GOD’S OWN COUNTRY

Part 2 of Surabhi Diaries by filmmaker Suhail Tatari continues his vivid recollections f...

November 10 2025