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Colombians Turn Out En Masse For Spencer Tunick's Nude Photo Shoot

Thousands of Colombian men and women disrobed on June 5 for Spencer Tunick's latest mass nude...

8 Jun 2016 7:40 AM GMT

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Explainer: The science behind leap years and how they work

Wondering why we have leap years? Without them , June would soon fall in winter. Most of the time, a year is made...

24 Feb 2016 10:03 AM GMT

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The New York Times Editorial: India’s Crackdown on Dissent

The Modi government has come under sharp criticism by two of the world’s leading newspapers which have called it 'autho...

23 Feb 2016 9:45 AM GMT

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Post Mortem Of NitiCentral.com

Right-wing digital news platform Niti Central announces 'retirement' and former editor-in-chief opens up about wanting no...

16 Feb 2016 6:39 AM GMT

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Will India’s Economy Live Up To Expectations?

Unlike other emerging economies, strong investor sentiment and the meltdown in crude oil prices bolstered India’s growth ...

8 Feb 2016 1:39 PM GMT

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To Cut Delhi’s Air Pollution, Pinpoint The Source

As Delhi's Odd-Even Formula trial to reduce pollution came to an end followed by contradictory air quality results, exper...

19 Jan 2016 11:12 AM GMT

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Adapt Or Perish: The New Normal For Civil Society

As space for civil society closes, donors and civil society leaders are realizing they cannot take public support for g...

14 Jan 2016 9:38 AM GMT

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Elegiac, Melancholic – Spectre Would Be A Fitting, If Strange, End To...

[video type='youtube' id='z4UDNzXD3qA' height='365']The most engaging element of Spectre is, indeed, its elegiac, melanch...

13 Nov 2015 9:58 AM GMT

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At HT Media, Journalists Will Now Be ‘Content Creators’

The re-designation of journalists as 'content creators' reflects in the new contracts that some of the freshly-hired repo...

9 Nov 2015 8:40 AM GMT

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Not Just Badal And Mandela: Many Other Historical Figures Have An...

Twitterati had a field day recently when Prime Minister Narendra Modi compared Prakash Singh Badal to Nelson Mandela. Her...

15 Oct 2015 10:39 AM GMT

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While The World Watches

The world is talking about Europe's refugee crisis but, what is less known and even less debated is the plight of intern...

7 Oct 2015 11:49 AM GMT

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Gujarat Easiest For Business, But Maharashtra Gets Most FDI, Delhi...

Gujarat may have emerged, in a recent report, as the best state to do business, but it is Maharashtra that receives the...

18 Sep 2015 12:45 PM GMT