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Environment

Chernobyl's New and Improved Sarcophagus Will Contain The Disaster's Radioactivity For A Century

Thirty years after the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, engineers are giving the epicenter of the long-defunct facility a facelift. With financial assistance from more than 40 nati...

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Festivals

Jones' L.A. Film Festival 2016 Puts The Focus On Diversity

With Tuesday's announcement of 42 world premieres across five competition sections, the Los Angeles Film Festival, produced by Film Independent, is continuing to make the case...

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Alternative Entertainment

Laura Jones' Label In Response To A Degenerative Disease

Leeds-based producer and DJ Laura Jones has had an celebrated career with releases on acclaimed labels such as Crosstown Rebels, Leftroom andVisionquest. Now Jones, who is dia...

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Bollywood

Akshay Kumar To Felicitate A Young Girl

Actor Akshay Kumar is all set to felicitate Shreya Naik, a 19-year-old girl from Andheri who had apparently beat up a man who tried to molest her. It is reported that Naik is ...

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Hollywood

Reese Witherspoon To Speak At Simpatico Conference Down Under

Reese Witherspoon will speak at the Simpatico Conference in Australia and New Zealand in July.Reese is headlining a formidable speaker lineup of five exceptional speakers and ...

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Kaleidoscope

Kaleidoscope - Glimpses Of Kabul

Western women who do not have to live under oppressive conditions in strictly patriarchal countries like Afghanistan tend to romantisize the country's beauty and the nobility ...

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TV

True Review Television - Balika Vadhu: Change Of The Guard

Generation leaps are the flavours on Prime Time. Coincidentally, both shows which have taken the leap are Colors’ top line shows – Balika Vadhu and Chakravartin As...

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How Traditional Storytelling Is Ruining Virtual Reality Film

The cinematic VR showcased at the recent Tribeca Film Festival ran the gamut from live-action documentary to animated science fiction. Very few of these experiences were any g...

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Gender

The Silence That Still Surrounds Periods

Let’s begin with the obvious: Every woman in the history of humanity has, or has had, a period. Each month, her uterus sheds its lining, sending blood flowing out throug...

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Health

Off-Label Use Of IPV Vaccine To Tide Over Shortage

Due to shortage of Inactivated Polio Vaccine (IPV) globally, India and a few other countries are stretching the supply of the vaccine to cover all children. The IPV vaccine wa...

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OSCARS RETURN INDIA ENTRY EMPTY-HANDED AGAIN HOME

India’s 2026 Oscar hopes fade again as its official entry returns home, sparking d...

February 8 2026

BHARAT RANG MAHOTSAV 2026 OPENS MUMBAI STAGE

The 25th Bharat Rang Mahotsav arrives in Mumbai on February 7, celebrating global theatr...

February 7 2026

TWO-CHILD NORM ENDANGERS CHILDREN AND DEMOCRACY

A shocking murder in Maharashtra exposes the dangers of India’s two-child norm, as...

February 6 2026