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Bollywood

7 Revelations By Priyanka Chopra Which Will Make You Feel PROUD Of Your Homegirl!

Priyanka Chopra is sure making us proud with Baywatch and Quantico. Read on to know what it takes for her to stay on top.  She bindaas, badass and is truly making the cou...

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Hollywood

Stars Sign Letter Urging Leaders To Tackle Poverty By Addressing Gender Inequality

Sir Elton John was one of the more than 70 celebrities who urged world leaders to tackle poverty by addressing gender inequality, adding his name to an open letter to governme...

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Kaleidoscope

Kaleidoscope : Killer Docs

Doctor-cum author Robin Cook, is an expert writer of medical thrillers—he wrote his first novel, The Year of the Intern, while he was on board the Navy’s...

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Gender

India's First Transband: Don't Hide Us Away, Don't Keep Us In A Cage

KomalJagtap used to work as a wedding singer in India. For about 5,000 rupees (£52), she would dance and sing when people got married or wanted to celebrate a birth. But...

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Health

Rotavirus Vaccine Launched Under Immunisation Drive

The health ministry on Saturday launched the rotavirus vaccine as part of its universal immunisationprogramme to prevent diarrhoeal deaths due to the virus which claims lives ...

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Human Rights

Tackling Inequality As Injustice: Four Challenges For The Human Rights Agenda

Over the last three months, openGlobalRights has brought together leading practitioners from various fields to debate economic inequality from a human rights perspective. In f...

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Sustainable Development

The Recycling Reflex

What if there were something that could create 1.5 million new jobs, reduce carbon emissions equal to taking 50 million cars off the road, cut dependence on foreign oil, incre...

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Environment

Ecuador Creates Galapagos Marine Sanctuary To Protect Sharks

Ecuador has created a new marine sanctuary in the Galápagos Islands that will offer protection to the world’s greatest concentration of sharks.Some 15,000 square ...

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Festivals

Freep Film Fest: What You Need To Know This Weekend

The Freep Film Festival is back for its third year!Last year's celebration of Michigan-based films and documentaries drew more than 6,000 people to various venues across Metro...

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Alternative Entertainment

Images Of David Beckham Are Being Auctioned For UNICEF

David Beckham gets the highbrow treatment tonight, with a charity gala auction at Phillips that's selling off collected photographs of the great man in aid of Unicef. It's a s...

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ALTERNATIVE ENTERTAINMENT: MAINSTREAM VS. ALTERNATIVE PERSPECTIVES

A comprehensive understanding of mainstream and alternative movements enrich discussions...

April 19 2024

KALEIDOSCOPE: A TALE SET IN THE TIMES OF ANARCHY

With Kahini: A Story of Our Times, Om Books International’s recently published Eng...

April 18 2024

BOLLYWOOD: FRANK & FEARLESS, GULZAR…UNCUT!

Monojit Lahiri recalls an amazing conversation with a dear, cherished and hugely respect...

April 17 2024