Elton John and Russell Brand perform at charity show

Sir Elton John and Russell Brand put on special performances in London on Thursday (19June14) to raise money for Palestinian refugees. The Rocket Man star took to the stage...

Anti-rabies vaccination camp held

In order to control the spread of rabies, the health wing of the Trichy Corporation and the department of animal husbandry held a vaccination camp to vaccinate both stray a...

Fixing India?s Sanitation Problem Requires More Than Toilets

Here is a number most of you know: more people practice open defecation in India than anywhere in the world – more than 600 million individuals. Moreover, 60% of hous...

Cost of growth: Global natural resources depleting by 45% a year

Analysis of data by World Bank from 136 countries shows poor countries are losing natural resources fast without gaining much by way of human resource capital or gross weal...

Bridging the gap: a school below Delhi Metro line

Rajesh Kumar Sharma, an owner of a general store in east Delhi, runs a school under the Akshardham Metro Station Bridge, free of cost, for students of nearby villages belon...

Hollywood’s Humanitarians: David Koechner helps fight cancer with “trash talking,” bowling

A MAN OF CHARITY

We loved David Koechner as the obnoxious Todd Packer in The Office and as Champ Kind in the Anchorman movies. The fact that he’s co-hosting a...

Hollywood's Humanitarians: David Koechner helps fight cancer with

A MAN OF CHARITY

We loved David Koechner as the obnoxious Todd Packer in The Office and as Champ Kind in the Anchorman movies. The fact that he’s co-hosting a...

Agra bans plastic bags to curb pollution

With an aim to curb the rising pollution in Yamuna, the Agra district administration has decided to strictly implement the ban on use of polythene in the city. For the same...

Why do millions of Indian defecate in the open?

Its early morning and local commuters are queuing up for tickets at the Kirti Nagar railway station in the Indian capital, Delhi. Along the tracks, another crowd is gatheri...