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Increasing Temperatures Trigger a Response in the Plant’s RNA

A new study used rice seedlings to show that the stress of higher temperatures can trigger a response in the RNA of a plant to control the change in its environment. The stres...

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Small Is In

There are so many small performance spaces in the city now that it is possible to experiment with content and presentation. At a show of Love Matters, audiences are invi...

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Increasing Human Activities is leading to Rapidly Decreasing Wilderness

The world’s last wilderness areas are rapidly disappearing. According to a recent study, between the years 1993 and 2009, an area larger than India was lost to settlemen...

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Toxic Air both Indoor and Outdoor kills 600,000 Children Each Year

The World Health Organization has revealed that the exposure to toxic air, indoor as well as outdoor, kills over some 600,000 children under the age of 15 every year.  Da...

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Valuing Girls over Boys puts Young Girls at Greater Risk of Mortality

A new study on child mortality shows that sexism is cancelling out girl’s inbuilt biological survival taken as an advantage since the early years. Researchers at Qu...

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An Insurance Policy to Save Trees from Extinction

The world is losing plants at an unprecedented rate. Trees may have to be grown in test tubes in the future as one in five of the world's species are belie...

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Agricultural Workers are the World’s Hungriest, says UN Expert

“Agricultural workers are among the worlds most hungry and are largely excluded from national legal protective frameworks”, the UN Special Rapporteur Hilal Elver o...

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Rapp vs Russia

These days, a popular fictional character does not die when his (or her) creator does; so when Vince Flynn, writer of bestselling political thrillers passed away in 2013, Kyle...

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UN to protect India’s Intangible Cultural Heritage

Concerned over the "disappearance" of many intangible legacy of India over time, the UN will soon launch a project on creating an "inventory" of art forms, craftsmanship and o...

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Astana Declaration commits to achieve Universal Health Coverage

The United Nations Member States have promised to strengthen primary health care as an ‘essential’ step towards achieving universal health coverage for all.  ...

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DR BHALERAO THEATRE LEGACY REMEMBERED

The Legacy Of Dr Bhalerao Lives On as Prof. Dr. Avinash Kolhe reflects on theatre, medic...

April 27 2026

AI DISRUPTS CINEMA AND IDENTITY

As artificial intelligence reshapes cinema, actors confront the loss of control over ide...

April 26 2026

BOLLYWOOD MODELS VERSUS ACTING DEBATE

From Ramp To Reel: Model Actresses Ki Sexi Kahani!!: Unpacking Bollywood’s obsessi...

April 25 2026