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Dam The Drought

A village in Jharkhand has been hiding a secret for more than 30 years. The state government has declared all its 24 districts drought-affected. But Sato in Gumla district is ...

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Earth Hour: What Is It And Why Is It So Important?

On Saturday night, cities across the world will go dark as the globe comes together in the fight against climate change.The voluntary power cut marks Earth Hour, a grassroots ...

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2016 Dallas International Film Festival Drops Full Lineup

The 10th edition of the festival, which kicks off on April 14, will include 113 films, eight world premieres, and a handful of awards for filmmakers. The Dallas Star Award wil...

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Priyanka Chopra On Her Charity: No Child Should Be 'Denied A Dream'

You may recognize Priyanka Chopra as the leather-tough FBI recruit from ABC’sQuantico. But, to the girls of The Priyanka Chopra Foundation for Health and Education, she ...

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Estelle To Perform At Human Rights Campaign Los Angeles Gala

Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organization, announced that Grammy Award-winning...

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Katie Holmes Playing A Bipolar Poet

The solution to Katie Holmes’s present predicament would appear straightforward.Can she deliver a performance that will re-ignite her career and go some way to offsettin...

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Activists Call On World Leaders To Make Gender Equality Pledge A Reality

World leaders must back up their pledge to end gender inequality with concrete commitments on how they plan to empower women, said activists preparing for the UN Commission on...

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Contraception And Family Planning Around The World – Interactive.

A record number of women now use contraception. The latest figures from the UN’s Department of Economic and Social Affairs show 64% of married and cohabiting women used ...

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Tomatoes Could Be Turned Into Major Source Of Green Energy

Tomatoes considered so ugly that they are not fit for shop shelves could be turned into a major source of green energy, according to scientists.Researchers working on a ground...

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Paying The Price Of Climate Change In Human Health

Increasing frequency and severity of deadly typhoons in the Pacific, flooding in Chennai, India, the total desiccation of Lake Poopó, the second largest lake in Bolivia...

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PRESERVING JAMSHEDPUR'S LIVING LEGACY

The Parsis of Jamshedpur: Prof. Dr. Avinash Kolhe explores the rich legacy of Jamshedpur...

June 22 2026

THERE IS ALWAYS ROOM AT THE TABLE

As debates around immigration, citizenship and belonging intensify worldwide, Vinta Nand...

June 21 2026

AI, CREATIVITY AND PURPOSE UNITE

From AI-powered filmmaking education and innovative talent recruitment to empathy-driven...

June 20 2026