Bollywood pays tribute to Nelson Mandela

South Africa’s first black president Mandela, who died on Thursday, was an icon for ending the much-reviled apartheid system, a colossus who strode over world politic...

Karan Johar contributes to girls pride initiative

Filmmaker Karan Johar joins the movement to empower the girl child. He says women have always played an important role in his life and work and if he ever adopts, he will a...

FOR A CAUSE: SRK, Aamir, Kajol, Priyanka, Anushka, Alia, Karisma Come Together

Bollywood actress Karisma Kapoor was among the star performers. Karisma, who looked beautiful in a red outfit, paid tribute to the strong and independent women of the Kapoo...

Has climate change contributed to cyclone Haiyan’s ferocity?

Based on the estimate by the US military’s installation on Hawaii, the Joint Typhoon Warning Centre, Haiyan was the most powerful recorded cyclone to make landfall. I...

Igniting Minds for a Brighter Future

Reading the newspaper has become a troubling ordeal of late. Page after

page narrates incidents of crimes against women, communal tension and cases
of corrupti...

3 Indian enterprises win UN award for sustainable development

UN Economic and Social Council set to tackle new sustainable development agenda

The United Nations Economic and Social Council has embarked on a timely slate of far-reaching reforms that will make it a stronger, more issues-oriented body, as Secretary-...

Global Waste on Pace to Triple by 2100

The amount of garbage humans throw away is rising fast and won’t peak this century without transformational changes in how we use and reuse materials, write former Wo...

BLOOD ON THE DIGITAL DANCE FLOOR

It’s hard to steer clear from the political process in India any longer, hard to ignore the shrill cacophony that dominates as well as overpowers sensibilities and wi...