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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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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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Bill and Melinda Gates get Padma Bhushan

Microsoft founder Bill Gates and his wife Melinda Gates, who are also big philanthropists, were on Sunday chosen for Padma Bhushan award this year under the social work catego...

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Our Big Bet For The Future

2015 GATES ANNUAL LETTER BILL AND MELINDA GATES Forty years ago, Bill and his childhood friend Paul Allen bet that software and personal computers would change the way p...

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Censoring of cinema is a sociological, not a creative, issue: New censor board member

Filmmaker Pahlaj Nihalani was appointed the new board chairperson after Leela Samson, appointed in early 2011, quit protesting clearance to MSG, and alleging political interfe...

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Short film from India in global vaccination awareness campaign

Filmmaker Rakesh Omprakash Mehra’s new short film, which aims to raise awareness on polio vaccination, is now part of a global campaign where over 30 world artists attem...

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Longtime Enemies Art and Science Unite to Promote Vaccination

Louis Pasteur, the father of the germ theory, probably didn’t pick up a paint brush in his spare time. And its unlikely Andy Warhol was very concerned about potential ba...

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“Media will be different in 10 years from now”: Dr. Subhash Chandra

“Failure is only when you accept it,” said Essel Group and Zee chairman Dr. Subhash Chandra, right before he stepped on to the stage to address more than 200 entre...

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Expected topline growth for next fiscal is at least a 25-30%: N P Singh

“My mantra to everyone is that we are winners, start believing like winners and let’s post some big wins on board” says an optimistic N.P. Singh, CEO, Multi ...

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Mumbai Home to Most Indian Philanthropists

The list of philanthropists from Mumbai includes names like Ratan Tata, ranked number 4 with donations of Rs 620 crore, Mukesh Ambani at number 5 with donations of Rs 603 cror...

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MOVIES: FAIRY TALE FALTERS IN AJOGYA

"Despite the charm of a fairy tale reference, Kaushik Ganguly's Ajogya struggles with a ...

June 11 2024

ALTERNATIVE ENTERTAINMENT: SHYAM BENEGAL’S MANTHAN

Thanks to the efforts of the Film Heritage Foundation, Shyam Benegal’s masterpiece...

June 9 2024

THOUGHT FACTORY: SILENCE IN THE FACE OF OPPRESSION

In an era of unprecedented division, the gap between mainstream and alternative opinions...

June 8 2024