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How Reading Harry Potter Can Reduce Prejudice

A study found that reading the fantasy novels improves tolerance of stigmatized groups across a range of demographics Frequenters of social media may have found a surprising l...

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The Fact and Fiction of the NASA EmDrive Paper Leak

The EmDrive has been dismissed as “impossible” on more than one occasion because it appears to violate Newton’s Third Law of Motion, which states that for ev...

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Can Mars' Bid To Publish Genetic Maps Of Historic African Crops Boost Nutrition?

A Multi-Million Dollar Research Group Co-Founded By The Confectionery Company Mars Is Set To Publish The Genetic Maps To Five Traditional African Crops As Part Of An Ambitious...

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Cairo Film Fest Pays Tribute To Bollywood Stars

The 38th Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF) kicked off on Tuesday at the Cairo Opera House with an opening show which paid a special tribute to Bollywood celebrities, wh...

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Hear Leonard Cohen's Final Interview: Recorded by David Remnik of the New Yorker

e’ve heard very few details about Leonard Cohen’s death this week, and that is by design. The Cohen family requested privacy for his funeral and received it. While...

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What Do TV Channels Have In Store For Children's Day?

Television channels and kids brands have a treat for the little one this Children's Day. It's that time of the year when the channels will thrive on their kids viewers. Markin...

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Caitlyn Jenner And M·A·C Aids Fund Announce Support To Transgender Community

Caitlyn Jenner and the M·A·C AIDS Fund, the philanthropic arm of M∙A∙C Cosmetics, announced last month that the fund’s Transgender Initiative will prov...

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Rumour has it Disney is going to purchase Netflix

If you were looking for proof Disney has serious intentions of taking over the world - here it is.A report from TechCrunch claims Disney is currently eyeing up Netflix as thei...

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Right To Be Gay: New Show On NDTV Prime From 25th November

Director and writer Amit Khanna, who created the first ever LGBT web-series called All About Section 377, has added one more feather in his cap. The series which won hearts in...

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Why no woman should die giving birth

Lazarus Moses, 40, and a father of three lost his wife during childbirth at a government hospital in Abuja.His late wife, Sarah, was a nurse at the hospital where she died. Sh...

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FESTIVALS: KASHISH 2024 WITH DEEPA MEHTA, NANDITA DAS AND MEENAKSHI SHEDDE

KASHISH 2024 to host ‘Fire’side chat with Meenakshi Shedde. Internationally ...

May 9 2024

FESTIVALS: IS MOM YOUR BEST FRIEND?

On Mother’s Day, Monojit Lahiri  chooses a provocative and informative path -...

May 8 2024

ALTERNATIVE ENTERTAINMENT: CRAFTSMANSHIP AND FORM

Towards the non-bourgeoise tales from screen and stage: Amar Singh Chamkila and Lavani k...

May 5 2024