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Big B: Important To Educate Women

Megastar Amitabh Bachchan feels to increase awareness regarding education, it is an absolute must to make women and daughters of the country educated. The 73-year-old actor sa...

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Annie Lennox Joins Global Leaders To Fights Hiv/Aids

Annie Lennox joined more than 30 mayors and health officials from around the world to discuss a new Fast-Track Cities Initiative aimed to end HIV/AIDS on a city-by-city level ...

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Drone Data Sparks a New Industrial Revolution

Businesses are learning that sometimes the best way to boost the bottom line is by reaching for the sky.Commercial drone usage across a wide variety of industries is exploding...

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UN Plans To End AIDS Threat By 2030

Speaking at a high-level meeting on HIV/AIDS at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on Thursday, Health Minister J.P. Nadda reiterated India’s commitment to fast ...

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Is It Ethical To Grow Human Organs Inside Animal Chimeras?

Scientists are now working on a technique that would allow human organs to be grown inside pigs. The DNA within a pig embryo that enables it to grow a pancreas is deleted, and...

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Society Holds 182nd Theatre Festival

The monthly garden theatre movement, which was launched by the National Theatre Arts Society (NTAS) 15 years ago, held its 182nd festival today. The event was organised in coo...

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Randeep Hooda And Kajal Aggarwal Pledge To Donate Their Eyes

Playing a visually-challenged girl in the upcoming romance, 'Do Lafzon Ki Kahani', has been the most challenging role for Kajal Aggarwal. In fact, the actress, who worked with...

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Sheryl Crow Named Spokesperson For New Breast Cancer Educational Campaign

Hologic, Inc. announced today that nine-time Grammy award-winning singer, songwriter and breast cancer survivor Sheryl Crow will serve as national spokesperson to educate wome...

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Bill Gates Launches Chicken Plan To Help Africa Poor

Microsoft founder Bill Gates has launched a campaign to help extremely poor families in sub-Saharan Africa by giving them chickens.The billionaire and philanthropist says rais...

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The Best Countries For Gender Equality May Also Have A Domestic Violence Problem

The Nordic nations are frequently held up as countries that have come as close to any in creating true gender equality. Case in point, in the World Economic Forum's 2015 Gende...

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ALTERNATIVE ENTERTAINMENT: 50 YEARS OF GARM HAWA

On Balraj Sahni’s birth anniversary, Shantanu Ray Chaudhuri looks at the lasting l...

May 1 2024

GENDER: A WIFE'S HILARIOUS TALE DURING IPL FEVER

Monojit Lahiri hilariously recounts the rollercoaster ride of being an IPL victim, with ...

May 1 2024

FESTIVALS: OPENING AND CLOSING FILMS AT KASHISH 2024

KASHISH 2024 unfurls Diversity with Gender-Queer and Transman focused films as its Openi...

April 30 2024