Haiti Charities Backed by Hollywood Luminaries in for the Long Haul

Four years after a 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck Haiti, it may appear as if the poorest nation in the Western Hemisphere fell off the planet, as other natural disasters a...

India defeats polio, global eradication efforts advance

NEW DELHI: India marked three years since its last reported polio case Monday, meaning it will soon be certified as having defeated the ancient scourge in a huge advance fo...

Garry Lyons – Writing For Society

No one can see beyond the horizon of their own lives. We are threads in the great tapestry of time. Have faith. Every stitch has a reason – Anon

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Odisha Sustainable Sugarcane Initiative Boon for Farmers

Report by Odisha Diary bureau, Bhubaneswar: The state level workshop on Sustainable Sugarcane Initiative (SSI) was successfully organized by Nirman with support from AgSri,...

Central Falls HS gets $60K in honor of Viola Davis

CENTRAL FALLS, R.I. (AP) — Central Falls High School has received a $60,000 grant from Hollywood’s leading charity in honor of Oscar-nominated actress Viola Dav...

Salman Khan to produce a film only for charity in 2014

Rising ticket prices hurt Salman as he wants his fans to go and see a film at a cheaper price, which is more affordable.

Even in the case of Jai Ho, his brother Soh...

5 ways to accelerate global health in 2014

Future gazing is tempting. In 2013, the global health community talked a lot about the future. We debated what would happen in 2015 and beyond — about how we would se...

YES BANK and TERI sign MoU to Promote Sustainable Development in India

Report by India Education bureau, New Delhi: YES BANK, India’s fourth largest private sector Bank, and TERI BCSD, an independent CEO-led industry body main streaming ...

Climate change could be worse than anyone thought

Expressed in the language of science, the paper does not generate a feeling of great alarm: “Equilibrium climate sensitivity refers to the ultimate change in global m...