Doordarshan Looks To Offer TV channels On Smartphones; Prasar Bharati Writes To I&B Ministry With Blueprint

NEW DELHI: Public broadcaster Prasar Bharati is experimenting with a pilot project to let people watch TV channels directly on their smartphones, without using Internet or ...

Climate Change: Paris 'Last Chance' For Action

Scientists are calling on world leaders to sign up to an eight-point plan of action at landmark talks in Paris.

The key element is the goal to li...

Do We Need a Global Tax On Wealth?

Taxes have always been politicized. In modern times, no election passes without each campaign's position on taxes being thoroughly scrutinized. And with economic inequality...

Government To Hire Professional Agency For Swachh Bharat Campaigns; Chalks Out Rs 200-cr Budget

NEW DELHI: The government has decided to outsource the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan publicity campaign to a professional agency for the next four years and has earmarked nearly Rs...

You Are Ruining the Environment By Throwing Away Your Smartphones and Computers

Even if your phone freezes up every time you open Snapchat, it’s far from a piece of junk. The gold, silver, and plastics contained inside it are highly valuable, and...

Zindagi TV, We Never Want To Watch These Regressive Plotlines Again

Now that our remotes are stuck on Zindagi TV, watching Pakistani ‘draame’, let’s be clear: many of them are as regressive as their Indian counterparts. Th...

Lack Of Political Will To Address Complex Health Issues: Vikram Patel

Vikram Patel, an Indian psychiatrist and global mental health researcher, has been dubbed a “wellbeing warrior: by Time magazine, which recently listed him among the ...

12% Pregnant Women In West Bengal Diabetic: Study

KOLKATA: It is believed to be one of the least known and rarely detected routes through which diabetes has been spreading in the country. Gestational diabetes — a for...

TMC may rope in pvt hosps for delivery cases

In the wake of a rise in delivery deaths, the public health department of the Thane corporation is pushing for a complete overhaul of its five maternity clinics by involvin...