8-Day Kashmir Folk Theatre Festival Starts At Tagore Hall

“The highlight of today’s programme was scintillating performances by artistes of National Bhand Theatre, Wathura, AlamdarBhagat Theatre, Anantnag, and KaramBul...

$1m Prize For Heroic Burundi Woman Who Saved 30,000 Children From War

(CNN)During the brutal Burundi civil war which claimed 300,000 lives, Marguerite Barankitse risked her own to rescue around 30,000 children from persecution.

At the...

Princess Mary Of Denmark Makes Impassioned Plea To Close The Gender Gap

Princess Mary of Denmark has made an impassioned plea for governments and society to do more to achieve gender equality in a speech to open a major conference on women's ri...

Factbox: Women's Health - From Maternal Mortality To Child Marriage

COPENHAGEN (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Over 5,000 delegates from 150 countries arrive in Copenhagen this week for Women Deliver - a major global conference on the health...

New Stem Cell Discovery Could Boost Corn Crop Yields By An Astounding 50 Percent

A newly discovered stem cell signaling pathway could boost yields from corn and other staple crops by up to 50 percent in the very near term, according to a paper published...

It's Already Looking Like 2016 Will Be The Hottest Year On Record

How long can the hot streak last?
Global average temperatures set a seventh straight monthly record in April, and it wasn't even close, according to NASA figures. Last...

No More Lampooning, Bollywood Embraces Gay Characters

There was a time when films such as Pyar Kiya Toh Darna Kya (1998) lampooned people from the LGBT community through characters who were manily sidekicks, had overtly femini...

Killing Norway To Allow People To Change Gender By Simply 'Ticking A Box', With Children As Young As Six Able To Swap w Without Any Medical Procedure Under Proposed Rules

Norway will allow people to change gender by simply 'ticking a box' with children as young
six able to swap without any medical procedure under proposed rules.
T...

ESA’s Swarm Mission Is Mapping How the Earth’s Magnetic Field Is Changing

The Earth’s magnetic field acts as a shield, protecting us from damaging cosmic rays and harsh solar winds. It’s as important to our survival as water and oxyge...