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Two Champions of Children Are Given Nobel Peace Prize

??ho is Malala???shouted the Taliban gunman who leapt onto a crowded bus in north western Pakistan two years ago, then fired a bullet into the head of Malala Yousafzai, a 1...

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Thought Factory

Candid Conversations

‘Everyone you meet has something to teach you’, goes a saying.

Travelling multiple modes of transport on a regular basis allows for sharing space with a...

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Sustainable Development

The human cost of sex trafficking

In the sex trade, the demand for young girls is high due to a belief that sex with children holds less risk of HIV infection, and, in fact, can cure the disease As the cust...

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Sustainable Development

Half of India's missing children last year were sold into prostitution

The laxity of authorities has allowed child-trafficking syndicates to thrive, especially in the eastern states of India. Between 2013 and 2014, at least 67,000 children in ...

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Hollywood

Aaron Paul Shout-Out Crashes Charity Website!

Breaking Bad just about swept the drama categories at the 2014 Emmy Awards (the show won every acting category except for Best Actress – a field in no one from BB was...

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Movies

True Review: Mardaani

Critics rating: 2.5 STARS*

Written by: Gopi Puthran
       
Cast:...

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TV

Don't Reinvent The Wheel

How inured have we become to the over the top interiors and the same old locations (Gateway of India and Chatrapati Shivaji Terminus) at prime time, is unimaginable. We don...

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Hollywood

Hollywood human trafficking summit slams Roman Polanski, says stars can do more

If Hollywood wants to do more than give lip service to the issue of human trafficking and a worldwide pandemic of child rape, it can start by disowning Oscar-winning direct...

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Sustainable Development

Delhi High Court bans e-rickshaws in city

While the Central government plans to bring e-rickshaws under the ambit of local municipalities, Delhi High Court bans them citing safety and lack of regulations Even as Ce...

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Sustainable Development

In India, the rate of children dying in accidents has improved slightly in a decade

They are most likely to die from drowning, building collapses and traffic accidents. Ten years after a fire killed 94 school children in Kumbakonam in Tamil Nadu, India&rsq...

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