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The perfume you wear could be polluting the environment: Study
EnvironmentThese man-made fragrances act as potential contaminants which may also impact our ecosystem in the long run.IANSLove to wear designer perfumes? Be careful, as certain molecules produced in...
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McDonald's and the global revolution of fast food workers
LabourThe workers are literally hungry for change and they are making change happen.Image for representationAnnelise Orleck, Dartmouth CollegeWhen it comes to their wages, McDonald’s workers around the...
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Asteroid named after Queen’s Freddie Mercury on his 70th birthday
MusicMercury, who was born Farrokh Bulsara, died in London in 1991 at age 45 from complications of AIDS. IANSNico7martin via FlickrAn asteroid soaring between Mars and Jupiter has been named after...
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Pa.Ranjith's bold speech on how the film industry portrays women is a must-watch
Cinema"Women are objectified in films and are treated like property."Sowmya RajendranNews 18Tamil cinema loves lecturing to women on how they should behave while happily giving the hero a hall pass for...
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Blue testicles? The internet may tell you it's cancer but it needn't be
Internet/HealthType "headache and vomiting" into the search bar and everything from migraine to pregnancy to brain aneurysm show up. Enough to freak anyone out. Geetika MantriImage for...
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Money, talk and sex: How newer expectations are changing Indian marriages
Suhail* and Priya* have been married for a little more than a year-and-a-half and one of their persisting arguments is about Suhail being too engrossed in his phone or laptop to register what she is...
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From an office at a church to realizing the GSLV dream: ISRO's journey in images
India’s first operational GSLV flight using an indigenous cryogenic engine took off from the second launch pad at India’s rocket port at Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh on Thursday. The rocket on which...
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They love to scribble: Youngsters earning a living by drawing quirky doodles
Chennai-based Srirama Santosh has always loved to draw and has kept a doodle diary for a decade now. “It allows me to express myself,” he says. But in April, the 32-year-old decided to do something...
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Oozham: This Prithviraj-starrer is all about bombs and bombastic English
Malayalam director Jeethu Joseph has been playing down expectations for "Oozham", warning the audience not to expect another "Drishyam". He was right to do so.If "Drishyam", a tightly-knit thriller...
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This Bengaluru NGO is teaching people one sign-word a day
EnAble India, which works for the empowerment of persons with disabilities, launched the "One Sign Per Day" campaign earlier this month. Following a simple online-registration process, interested...
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Oppam review: Mohanlal nails the role of a blind man in this well-executed...
After a series of uninspiring films, director Priyadharshan returns to Malayalam cinema with a delicious cat and mouse thriller starring Mohanlal, Samuthirakani, Vimala Raman, Nedumudi Venu and others....
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The unattainable heights of Nadigar Thilagam Chevalier Sivaji Ganesan
The report on the conferment of the Chevalier Award by the French government on actor Kamal Haasan has been received with jubilation by the Tamil film industry and the actor has been receiving...
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Miss America 1968: When civil rights and feminist activists converged on...
Paige Welch, Duke UniversityAt this year’s Miss America pageant, the first openly lesbian contestant, Erin O'Flaherty, will compete for the crown in Atlantic City. Flaherty’s participation will...
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How 'Star Trek' almost failed to launch
Stephen Benedict Dyson, University of ConnecticutFifty years ago – on Sept. 8, 1966 – TV viewers were transfixed by the appearance on screen of a green-hued, pointy-eared alien called Spock. But...
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Radhika Apte interview: 'The female body isn't just sexual'
The door of Room No.122 is slightly ajar, and a makeup suitcase is wheeled out hastily. Photographers are pacing up and down the lobby, muttering about the confusion over when and where the photoshoot...
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Was Helen really to blame for the Trojan War – or just a scapegoat?
Jan Haywood, University of LeicesterThe legend of Troy is one of the oldest stories ever told, but reached a new audience through Wolfgang Petersen’s 2004 Hollywood epic Troy. The film is a loose...
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Photo Essay: Geology and history come together at Bhongir near Hyderabad
Many parts of the Deccan are peppered with gneissic granite rocks that are hundreds of millions of years old, attracting geologists from all over the world. In the town of Bhongir, at a distance of...
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1990's Bengaluru, and the heart-warming story of a woman and a woman falling...
1990s Bangalore.The phone rings. A young woman rushes to answer the impatient landline. She answers and says, “We just met.”“I know, but I wanted to say thank you,” says the voice on the other end…“Has...
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Destigmatizing sexual dysfunctions: The facts about impotence to premature...
Although there has been no study conducted in the Indian populace, the prevalence of sexual dysfunctions seems to be quite high. It is estimated that at least as many as one in four to five of us is...
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Anti-terror architecture: How building design changed after 9/11
Shih-Ho Chao, University of Texas ArlingtonWhen buildings collapse killing hundreds – or thousands – of people, it’s a tragedy. It’s also an important engineering problem. The 1995 collapse of the...
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