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UN Messenger Of Peace Honoured For Anti-Hunger Efforts

United Nations Messenger of Peace Princess Haya Al Hussein, of Jordan, has been awarded the 2015 Hunger Hero Award by the UN World Food Programme (WFP) during a ceremony at th...

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Femme Fatale: Bollywood women with a difference

Bollywood has experienced presence of women from different strata of society, contributing their generic and niche, as per the times and relevance. The leading ladies have und...

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Angelina Jolie Visits Iraq, Calls For International Leadership To End Suffering

The UN refugee agency’s Special Envoy Angelina Jolie is in Dohuk, Iraq, visiting Syrian refugees and displaced Iraqi citizens in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq to offer su...

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Let’s do our bit to fight cancer: Kamal

Cancer meant death earlier, but not anymore. It can be won over by patients if every person in the society does his/ her bit, say film actors Kamal Haasan and Gautami. Creatin...

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Hillary Clinton spurs ‘gender data revolution’

Through Data2x, Clinton unveiled new partnerships to improve data collection and help address gender issues around the world. There’s not much news in Hillary Clinton ge...

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Artiste Mamta Sen’s Pays Tribute To Poor Farmers Of Sawantwadi Through Her Painting Collection – The Wait

Artiste Mamta Sen (also journalist) showcased her painting collection ‘The Wait’ at Mumbai Art By Artists, Prince of Wales Museum, Coomarswamy Hall, Colaba, betwee...

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NETWORK18 & ORF INITIATIVE – THE INDIA – US DIALOGUES

~Setting the Agenda for a strategic partnership between two great democracies~ New Delhi, January 2015: In the lead up to President Obama’s historic second visit to Ind...

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Emma Watson Launches Next Phase In HeForShe Campaign At Davos Forum

At the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, UN Women – the United Nations entity dedicated to achieving women’s empowerment and gender equality – unve...

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Salman Khan sets up week-long medical camp in Mandawa

Salman Khan who is known for his charitable works, recently set up a week long medical camp for the locals of Mandawa, Rajasthan. The actor is currently shooting for his upcom...

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Melinda Gates has the perfect response to the anti-vaccine movement

On the heels of the measles outbreak at Disneyland, Melinda Gates of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation took aim at the vaccine naysayers who make these types of disease ou...

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STUDENT CITY PART 4

Written by Prof Dr Piyush Roy, Student City Part 4 revisits the emotional rivalries, cam...

May 14 2026

TWO POWERFUL THEATRE REFLECTIONS

Sohaila Kapur reflects on two compelling theatre experiences — the experimental st...

May 13 2026

THE STING BEHIND BOLLYWOOD PAPARAZZI

Khalid Mohamed, without being judgmental, reports on the love-hate relationship of the c...

May 12 2026