In The News

Beating The Odds To Become First Female Chief Nuclear Officer

There are nine men for every woman in nuclear engineering. NPR’s Rachel Martin talks to Maria Korsnick, the first female chief nuclear officer in the U.S., about her exp...

Read More

Lights, camera, inaction: women directors cut out of British TV

New report finds that a third of popular TV shows have never hired a female director – and the total may even be falling In a recent research project, Directors UK analy...

Read More

Bob Geldof And Kofi Annan Launch Africa Progress Report

On Thursday, May 8th 2014 at 2PM GMT, the Africa Progress Panel (APP) launched its annual Africa Progress Report during a press conference held at the Tate Museum in London, E...

Read More

Ralph Lauren's Drive To Fight Breast Cancer

Ralph Lauren has been committed to the fight against breast cancer for more than 20 years. The Royal Marsden, one of Princess Diana’s favourite charities, is the largest...

Read More

Rumer Willis Raises $12,000 With Charity Date Offer

Bruce Willis’ daughter Rumer Willis helped to raise $12,000 (Gbp7,500) for a gay and lesbian charity event on Sunday (11May14) by offering up a date to the highest bidde...

Read More

Gauging the Real Effects of Media

What if we knew that the fictional rapes in HBO’s mega-hit “Game of Thrones” caused real rapes in the real world? What if we knew that the portrayals of gay ...

Read More

Film makers throng to Jagran Film Festival 2014

14th May 2014: Hardly had Jagran Film Festival opened its call for entries, it ended up receiving hundreds ofentries in the first phase itself. The Festival to open on 10 July...

Read More

Brian Grazer And David O. Russell Speak Up For Kids

On May 8th, the Child Mind Institute and Academy Award-winning producer Brian Grazer hosted a special Speak Up for Kids panel discussion at the Paley Center for Media in Los A...

Read More

Vivek Oberoi hosts 'The Amazing Spiderman 2' special screening for cancer patients in Mumbai

Vivek Oberoi recently hosted a special screening of ‘ The Amazing Spiderman 2’ for kids suffering from cancer in Mumbai The 37-year-old actor, who is the brand am...

Read More

Leaders From Three Continents Join Fellowship To Bring New, Local Perspectives On International Development To Global Dialogue

“This year’s class of fellows is an impressive crowd that will match the incredible work we saw in the first class of New Voices,” said Andrew Quinn, directo...

Read More

ALTERNATIVE ENTERTAINMENT: TRUTH IN THE POST-TRUTH ERA

Namrata Datta’s Lakshahira is a powerful documentary that preserves the life and l...

September 22 2024

POLITICS: WHO TRULY BENEFITS FROM CONFLICT?

As violence and political tensions escalate in the Middle East, the global community wat...

September 21 2024

FESTIVALS: DIVINE WISDOM UNVEILED AT COSMIC ART GALLERY

An art exhibition celebrates Ganesha’s wisdom through the spiritual masterpieces o...

September 20 2024