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One Indian Woman Dies Every 5 Minutes From Postpartum Hemorrhage

The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that, of the 529,000 maternal deaths occurring every year, 136,000 or 25.7 per cent take place in India (one Indian woman dies ev...

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7 Great Techniques By Which You Can Easily Harvest Rainwater At Your Home This Monsoon

Did you know that if Bangalore manages to recharge even 30% of the rainwater it gets, it will have more that what the Cauvery River is supplying currently to the city, while a...

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Harnessing Local Pride For Global Conservation

The toughest problems to solve are the ones that are hard to detect and require humans to change their behavior. That puts conservation at the top of the list. According to th...

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Life Through A Different Lens: Moscow's Jewish Film Festival

Tomorrow is opening night of the Moscow Jewish Film Festival, a cultural event offering Muscovites the chance to become acquainted with the world of Jewish professional cinema...

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Sonu Sood Raises Awareness About Skin Banking For Acid Attack Survivors

A charitable trust has invited the actor to help them organise a workshop for acid attack survivors and help them develop skills to sustain themselves.The actor, who is tarine...

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Stars Attend Best Friends Animal Society Nkla Super Adoption Weekend

Celebrities came out in full force to support Best Friends Animal Society's NKLASuper Adoption Weekend June 4 and 5 at the Autry Museum in Los Angeles. Hosted by Best Friends ...

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Media, Entertainment Industry To Hit $40 Billion By 2020: Pwc

India currently rules the roost as the largest cinema market in the world, and is expected to remain so till 2020, says PwC report The Indian media and entertainment sector gr...

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Hillary Clinton’s First Speech As Presumptive Nominee Puts ‘Women’s Issues’ Front And Center

In her first speech since she became the first female major party presumptive nominee, Hillary Clinton put several traditionally sidelined “women’s issues” f...

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A Big Boost For Public Health

Maternal and neonatal tetanus (MNT) is no longer a major public health problem in the World Health Organisation (WHO) South-East Asia region. The WHO South-East Asia Region ha...

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Changing Kenya’s Landscape For Wildlife And Jobseekers

Twenty years ago, this wildlife corridor in southern Kenya was in jeopardy. A scarcity of jobs in this impoverished, arid landscape meant people were hunting wild giraffe and ...

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THOUGHT FACTORY: CELEBRITIES AND RIGHT TO PRIVACY

From Mystique to Masses: How Modern Media Transformed Stardom into Spectacle. Monojit La...

November 26 2024

POLITICS: A NATION AT CROSSROADS AND APATHY

India stands at a crossroads, grappling with economic disparity, political polarization,...

November 24 2024

GENDER: HOW PATRIARCHY SILENCES RESISTANCE

Patriarchy persists by co-opting privileged voices, masking systemic exploitation in ind...

November 23 2024