“Sister Didi is not a normal nurse, she is an amazing one….she believes in treating diseases with love more than medicine” says Bhavna Vyas in her exclusive interview with us

1. What inspired you to take up writing? 

It’s an interesting story…I was working at an event management company in Bhopal after ...

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...

Geena Davis Institute New Research Shows That Girls and Women Are Missing Onscreen and Behind the Scenes Worldwide

New research released today from the Geena Davis Institute on Gender and Media shows that we have a long way to go in our depictions of girls and women onscreen in family-f...

Can the world meet its hunger reduction target?

One in every nine persons in the world goes hungry: UN State of Food Insecurity Report Asia houses 526 million of the 805 million chronically undernourished people in the w...

Mahesh Bhatt bats for Indo-Pak cultural ties, girl child

Filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt has urged for the utilisation of cultural space as a means to foster ties between India and neighbour Pakistan. “I have always crusaded for Ind...

Of Mirth And Soaps

There was this scene in Thakan, last week, where the newly married bride Sadaf goes into the kitchen to make tea. Foxed by an unfamiliar kitchen in the lavish house of her ...

Get hooked with some exciting films on Prime Talkies with Pocket Films this week

Mumbai, September 2014:“Prime Talkies with Pocket Films” is a very popular show on NDTV Prime.They showcase short documentary films each with a meaningful messa...

Now climate change is affecting jobs NGOs need to nurture 'green-skills

A report shows extreme weather is affecting youth unemployment in south-east Asia. Is training the answer? Climate change is making it more difficult for young people in so...

A Pot-Pourri Of Shows

Instead of feeling jaded with the rounds of the same old shows, one is feeling buoyant. Two new channels ? Zindag, which has settled well into selective living rooms in the...