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Sustainable Development

Empowering women is good for the economy

Last month, the Gujarat state government in India instituted a two-week celebration on the empowerment of women. The celebration quickly subsided when the police took actio...

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Sustainable Development

India’s Mars mission successfully enters red planet’s orbit

India’s Mars Orbiter Mission successfully entered the red planet’s orbit on Wednesday morning. Scientists from the Indian Space and Research Organisation fired ...

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Health

Experimental vaccine shows promise against dengue fever

An experimental vaccine against dengue fever being developed by Sanofi proved about 60 per cent effective in its second large clinical trial. The results could clear the wa...

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Health

Taking healthcare to India’s remote tribes

The right to good healthcare must be addressed using modern technology, innovative approaches and by involving tribals in developing solutions for their problems in his add...

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Sustainable Development

Indian women show indomitable power

I visit India about once a year. The reason I come so regularly is that the foundation I started with my husband, Bill, works with Indian partners to help advance the count...

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Environment

Record CO2 emissions committing world to dangerous climate change

Global greenhouse gas emissions on course to reach record high of over 40bn tonnes in 2014, study in Nature Geoscience says Children born today will see the world committed...

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Health

Vandrevala Foundation to improve mental health in India, world’s suicide capital

Following the report published by the World Health Organisation (WHO), revealing that India is the suicide leader of the world, the Vandrevala Foundation, whose charitable ...

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Sustainable Development

India gets its first transgender TV news presenter

Coimbatore, Sep 21 (ANI): A television news station recruited the country’s first transgender news anchor, five months after the court ruled that transgender people b...

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Hollywood

Akon To Headline Peace One Day Concert In Democratic Republic Of Congo

Peace One Day will make history on September 21 by holding a concert at Goma International Airport in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). This celebration will be headl...

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Hollywood

Kerry Washington Launches Major New Domestic Violence Campaign

Emmy- and Golden Globe-nominated actress and advocate Kerry Washington has joined with The Allstate Foundation to raise awareness about domestic violence and the critical r...

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