‘Chhattisgarh Balloon’ To Bring Down Maternal Mortality

In a significant innovation, a team of doctors in Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College here has developed a device christened the Chhattisgarh Balloon, which promises to br...

Telangana Becomes First State To Make Gender Education Compulsory

Telangana has become the first State to introduce compulsory gender education at the graduate level; without repeating gender stereotypes in its bilingual textbook titled, ...

At This Home For Juveniles, Inmates Get Training In Gender Sensitivity And More

AT A time when the country recalls the ghastly December 16 rape case in New Delhi and people are debating over whether or not the juvenile involved in the crime should have...

Announcement Of 6th National Science Film Festival 2016

It is our pleasure to bring to your attention: the 6th National Science Film Festival & Competition 2016 (NSFF 2016) has been announced by Vigyan Prasar, Department of ...

Curtain Raiser

“Everything is a celebration in the garden of childhood”
- Pablo Neruda

A question which frequently haunted me raises its head as I write...

Why India Needs Its Writers, Historians, Entertainers, Scientists

Since Pandit Nehru every prime minister has talked about films and music being India’s soft power. We all know of Raj Kapoor’s following in the Russia, east Eur...

Announcement Of 6th National Science Film Festival 2016

It is our pleasure to bring to your attention: the 6th National Science Film Festival & Competition 2016 (NSFF 2016) has been announced by Vigyan Prasar, Department of ...

Mega Urbanization Drive: Govt. Approves Rs 48k Cr for 100 Smart Cities!

In one of the biggest ever push for creating a world class urban structure in India, the cabinet has approved a mega urbanization drive which involves total budget of Rs 1 ...

These 9 Young Women Are Changing India Through their Work

You can never do too much good in this world; definitely not in the direction that this world is taking. (For all we know, good deeds might just be banned in the near futur...