Michelle Obama And Stars To Highlight Importance Of Arts Education

First Lady Michelle Obama, the President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities (PCAH), the U.S. Department of Education, the National Association of Music Mercha...

True Review: Children of War - Nine Months to Freedom

Critics Rating: 3.STARS*

Cast :Indraneil Sengupta, Raima Sen, Pavan Malhotra, Farooque Sheikh, Riddhi Sen Rucha Inamdar, Victor Benerjee,

Direction: Mrityun...

Gauging the Real Effects of Media

What if we knew that the fictional rapes in HBO’s mega-hit “Game of Thrones” caused real rapes in the real world? What if we knew that the portrayals of g...

Global warming will impact beach tourism, says expert

Beach tourism of 51 countries would be critically affected and temperature may increase by 4.8 degree Celsius by 2100 if no measures are taken to curb global warming, said ...

Climate change research gets Norwegian aid

Research on climate change and biodiversity in India received a boost on Tuesday with a Rs. 14-crore grant from the Norwegian Embassy to Bangalore-based Ashoka Trust for Re...

Extreme wet, dry spells up drought, flood risks in India

In an alarming research, a team of scientists at Stanford University have identified significant changes in the patterns of extreme wet and dry events that are increasing t...

Hugh Jackman Creates Charitable Foundation With Wife

Hollywood actor Hugh Jackman and his wife Deborra-Lee Furness have launched a charitable foundation for performing arts in their native Australia.

The Wolverine sta...

Empowering the kings and queens of the roads

The year 2010 turned out to be unexpectedly special for Aishwarya Raman (23) and Anubhav Agrawal. Aishwarya, a student of sociology at MOP Vaishnav College, was in her fina...

Women of Substance walk the ramp for Designer Salim Asgarally and Smile Foundation

“Children being children, are unable to ask for and take what is rightfully theirs. Child rights aren’t simply child rights. They are women’s rights, ...