More young people are watching Planet Earth 2 than The X Factor

It seems the nation’s younger citizens are finally favouring the beauty of the natural world over the wailing of amateur singers.

The BBC has confirmed ...

Former Independent Editor Amol Rajan Named BBC's News Media Editor

Rajan leaves his role as editor-at-large of The Independent. He became the newspaper’s editor in June 2013 and remained there after it closed its print operation in M...

Do We Know What Our Children Want?

"There's always room for a story that can transport people to another place."

J.K. Rowling

Over the last one century or so, ordin...

How A 105-Year-Old Ended Open Defecation In Her Village

On Tuesday, Dhamtari became the first district in the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh to be declared free from open defecation. And the credit for that is being given ...

Zee Entertainment CEO & MD Punit Goenka On Why Ditto TV Is Now For Only Rs 20 Per Month

In a market with no paucity of video streaming apps, Zee Entertainment’s Ditto TV has cut its subscription fees to just Rs 20 per month, from around Rs 150 per month....

Edinburgh Film Festival Waves Flag For Scottish Cinema's Independence

With gala showings dedicated to whisky and golf movies, and strong Scots connections throughout, there’s a buzz about Scotland’s film industry – despite s...

Apple's Siri Calls Ambulance For Baby

A woman from Cairns, Australia, used Siri to call an ambulance for her one-year-old daughter when she stopped breathing. Stacey Gleeson grabbed her iPhone and ran to the ch...

Tom Hiddleston Defends War Zone Children

Hiddleston, star of the recent Night Manager TV drama, says "the strongest have to stand up for the weakest".A visit to South Sudan as a Unicef ambassador accidentally brou...

Retroscope - In admiration

“ You must be the writer?!” The tall man greeted me sitting in the large drawing room .

His unexpected, if direct greeting, knocked me down that night w...