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India Is Planning Its Own Space Station: ISRO Chief
India is planning to launch its own space station, ISRO chief K Sivan said Thursday.The ambitious project will be an extension of the Gaganyaan mission.“We have to sustain the Gaganyaan programme after...
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Illegal Pills Given To Women Workers In Tamil Nadu Factories To Make Them...
CHENNAI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) — Sudha seldom thought about the pills she took to ease her period pains during 10-hour shifts as a seamstress in southern India.She could not afford to let...
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What Is Happening In Sudan?
Just two months ago, scenes of jubilation filled the Sudanese capital Khartoum after the country’s military overthrew President Omar al-Bashir.His 30-year premiership came to an end following...
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Justin Bieber Says He Was 'Just Playing' When He Challenged Tom Cruise To A...
And now for the latest in the recurring series Sentences We Never Imagined Writing – Justin Bieber has (wisely) retracted his offer to cage fight Tom Cruise. The popstar offered to go up against the...
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What It Means To Be A Parent In 'The Handmaid's Tale'
Bringing new life into the world is complicated in the Republic of Gilead. There are the handmaids, who are tasked with breeding children; the Commanders, who father said children during brutal bedding...
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Why It Matters That Brazil’s President Sided With Neymar On Sexual Assault Claim
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has come out in support of Neymar da Silva Santos Júnior, the national soccer star accused of raping a model in Paris last month, which activists say could further...
View ArticleMindy Kaling Has A Good Reason For Not Talking About Her Daughter's Paternity
Mindy Kaling is vocal on social media, but when it comes to her 1-year-old daughter, the 39-year-old “Wrinkle in Time” actress has been pretty tight-lipped.Kaling not only avoids showing her daughter...
View ArticleHBO Chernobyl Writer Urges Tourists To 'Show Respect' After Selfies Posted...
The writer and producer of HBO’s Chernobyl has asked tourists to show respect for “all who suffered and sacrificed” as a result of the 1986 nuclear disaster, after the hit series prompted a rise in...
View ArticleWhite House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders Is Out
White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders is leaving the White House after a tenure defined by lashing out at reporters for critical coverage of Donald Trump while standing by the president’s...
View ArticleTwitter Users Celebrate Sarah Huckabee Sanders' Exit With Lots Of Snark
Donald Trump may not be happy White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders is leaving her post at the end of the month, but a lot of Twitter users are very gleeful indeed.The president announced...
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Twitter Uses #MeTooIndia For Publicity, While Abuse Thrives On It
Mumbai-based entrepreneur Nisha Bora was not entirely prepared for the vitriol that came gushing at her on Twitter when she accused artist Jatin Das of sexually harassing her. Earlier this year,...
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Harsh Vardhan Blames Mamata As Doctors' Protests Intensify; Says ‘Don’t Make...
Kolkata doctors have found solidarity from counterparts from across the country including in Delhi, Maharashtra, Kerala, Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan even as their protests entered the fourth day,...
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Mamata Banerjee Says Doctors Hurled Abuses At Her In Kolkata
KOLKATA — West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Thursday accused the striking junior doctors of the city’s SSKM Hospital of verbally abusing her during her visit there.The chief minister made the...
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World War II Veteran Reunites With French Woman He Loved 75 Years Ago
It was a reunion 75 years in the making for one 97-year-old World War II veteran and the French woman he loved way back when.Back in 1944, KT Robbins was a 24-year-old U.S. soldier stationed in France....
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Unearthed Emails Appear To Back Suit Accusing Nicholas Sparks of Racism,...
A lawsuit from a former employee accusing Nicholas Sparks of racism and homophobia has been backed up by newly revealed emails reportedly between the accuser and the famed novelist.The emails, recently...
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Telegraph's Fatphobic Take On Nike's Plus-Size Mannequins Receives Backlash
On today’s episode of “How Did This Get Published?” we have a blatantly fatphobic and infuriating essay written for The Telegraph by Tanya Gold.Titled “Obese Mannequins Are Selling Women A Dangerous...
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4 Accused In Malegaon Blasts Case Get Bail
MUMBAI — The Bombay High Court on Friday granted bail to four accused in the 2006 Malegaon blasts case.A division bench of Justices I A Mahanty and A M Badar granted bail to Dhan Singh, Lokesh Sharma,...
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Delhi Metro Needs 8 Months And Rs 1566 Crore To Give Free Rides To Women
NEW DELHI — The Delhi Metro has sent a report on free rides to women to the AAP government, seeking at least eight months’ time to make necessary preparations, including seeking approval from the...
View ArticleFrom Ecuador To Bhutan And Botswana, A Landmark Week For LGBTQ Rights
MEXICO CITY, June 13 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Ecuador’s decision to allow same-sex marriage has topped a landmark week for LGBT+ rights after Botswana decriminalised gay sex and Bhutan took the...
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At Least 43 West Bengal Doctors Resign As Mamata Government Remains Silent
As protests in solidarity with the junior doctors in West Bengal spread across the country, 16 doctors of the RG Kar Medical Hospital In Kolkata and 27 doctors of the North Bengal Medical College &...
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