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British Council brings the world’s largest LGBTQ+ digital campaign to Indian audience Tuesday, 26 March 2019: British Council has revealed the film line-up for the 5 th season of #FiveFilms4Freedom , the world’s widest-reaching LGBTQ+ digital campaign.The project, a partnership between the British Council and BFI Flare: London LGBTQ+ Film Festival, will see five short films from the BFI Flare programme made available to Indian and global audiences through the British Council’s global digital platforms, free of charge.                           India physical screenings schedule : * Please note, the festival is restricted to individuals aged 18 years and above. Date and time Venue Description 29 March 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm British Council Chennai Inauguration of the Art exhibition 'SH...

LATEST TINY TARGETS STUDY REVEALS SCHOOLS IN TAMIL NADU EXPOSED TO ADVERTISEMENT AND PROMOTION OF TOBACCO PRODUCTS Chennai: Consumers Association of India , Chennai along with Consumer Voice, New Delhi organised a stakeholders’ workshop to release the findings of a new report that revealed tobacco companies are systematically targeting children as young as eight year olds   in Tamil Nadu   through their advertisements near schools premises. Mrs.Nirmala Desikan, Chairman, Consumers Association of India, Chennai addresses the Gathering The study was undertaken by Consumer Voice and its partner organisations in 20 cities across 6 states of India. Despite the prohibition on sales of tobacco products near educational institutions, numerous shops/vendors/points of sale sell & advertise tobacco products around schools.   To gather additional evidence regarding tobacco products being sold around educational institutions in violation of the law, Consumer...