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When Bollywood Spoke About AIDS Through Movies

In a country like India, where sex is considered a taboo, a discussion on a condition like AIDS makes people uncomfortable. Let’s just say that a person infected with th...

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Morgan Freeman Joins Stand Up To Cancer And Genentech In New PSA

Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C) and Genentech, a member of the Roche Group, have collaborated on a new public service announcement (PSA) featuring Academy Award-winning actor and SU...

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Delhi’s Going Seriously Green With Their New Plastic Ban

The National Green Tribunal of New Delhi has banned the use of disposable plastic in Delhi and NCR, which should come as a silver lining as reports of Delhi’s sickening ...

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Begum Sahiba Of Lucknow: At The Age Of 100, Hamida Habibullah Lives On As An Iconic Figure

Petite, graceful, confident, determined, tireless, exuding an old world charm… there are many words that can be used to describe the charming Begum Hamida Habibullah, p...

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Health Cost Of Air Pollution In India Assessed At 3 Per Cent Of Its GDP

The cost of serious health consequences from Particulate Matter pollution is estimated to be around 3 per cent of India's GDP, according to a Health Ministry statement in Lok ...

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Programmes For Children Have To Take Centre-Stage In National Policy-Making: Pranab Mukherjee

President Pranab Mukherjee on Saturday said programmes and actions for children have to take centre-stage in national policy-making, adding that there should be commitment to ...

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Watch NASA Launch New Hurricane-Chasing Satellites From A Plane-Riding Rocket

On Monday, NASA plans to launch a constellation of eight hurricane-chasing satellites from a rocket strapped to the underside of a plane. As if that were not metal enough, onc...

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Will The Internet Of Things Sacrifice Or Save The Environment?

The internet of things (IoT) – that ever-expanding ecosystem of digital sensors, home appliances and wearable smart devices – attracts its fair share of attention....

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This Film Festival Celebrates The Best In Drone Cinematography

Some drone owners fly their quadcopters up and down in a park. Maybe their backyard. They might even sometimes make little loops in the air. That’s neat. A select few, h...

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Firefly Becomes First Completely Fan-Curated Music Festival

Firefly Music Festival takes place from June 15-18 in the Woodlands of Dover, Delaware. The festival has announced plans to become the first completely fan-curated music festi...

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FESTIVALS: THREE DAYS OF UNMISSABLE BRILLIANCE

In its final three days, the Prithvi Theatre Festival surges toward a spectacular finish...

November 15 2025

THOUGHT FACTORY: LEGACY, VISION, ART, AND NATION

This article by filmmaker Sharad Raj celebrates Jawahar Lal Nehru’s 126th birth an...

November 14 2025

RETROSCOPE: CELEBRATING THE LEGEND DARA SINGH

On his upcoming 97th birth anniversary, 19th November 2025, Monojit Lahiri revisits the ...

November 13 2025