This Downton Abbey-Inspired Law Would Finally Allow Women to Inherit Noble Titles

Even the British Parliament is obsessed with “Downton Abbey.”

Traditionally, the English line of succession doesn’t allow men to pass their noble ...

2014 – Technology Wars

31^st December 2012 would have been the day when many of the technological heavyweights would’ve made some resolutions for the year 2013. As 2013 has barely...

Pope Francis preaches peace, love & tenderness in first Christmas message at Vatican

Pope Francis, celebrating his first Christmas as leader of the world’s 1.2 billion Roman Catholics, on Wednesday called for dialogue to end the conflict in ...

Climate Change This Week: The Good, The Bad, The Old, The New in 2013, and More!

Most Important Climate Message: “You CAN Do Something About It” is what people need to hear most, says a new Read More

Bill Gates Looks Ahead

If you measure progress — as I do — by the decreasing number of children who die of preventable causes or by the growing number of people who escape extreme pov...

What's Poverty Got to Do With It?

The world’s poverty benchmark is an income less than US $2 (about 300 Naira) per day and by that statistic about 50 percent of the World’s 7 billion people live...

World needs to invest US $15.5 billion a year on breastfeeding

A global investment of US $15.5 billion each year will be needed to ensure optimal breastfeeding for all children in the world. The cost will cover measures suggested joint...

Bring HIV/AIDS Bill in Parliament this winter session, demand activists

Civil society activists and members of the Indian Network for People Living with HIV/AIDS have demanded that the long overdue HIV/AIDS Bill should be tabled in Parliament d...

$12 Billion Is Pledged to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria

The amount pledged by donor countries over three years to a global fund was more than the amount raised in 2010, but far short of the goal.Click Read More