Scarlett Johansson, Oxfam charity part ways in dispute over Israeli settlements in West Bank

JERUSALEM – Scarlett Johansson has parted ways with the international charity Oxfam because of a dispute over her work for Soda Stream, a company operating in a West ...

Small concerns: The Local train

There local train platform is filled with people as I reach it around 8.30 am every day.  Carrying laptops, handbags and lunchboxes, everyone is set for the day. Newsp...

Who said playing games is waste of time?

Throughout the last twenty or thirty years, parents around the world have been putting limitations on the amount of time their children spend playing games. Many a times, p...

India ranked 155th in global environment performance list at World Economic Forum

India has been ranked at a low 155th position in a global list that places countries on how well they perform on high-priority environmental issues.

The 2014 Enviro...

Nepal clinches 139th position in environment index

KATHMANDU: Nepal has been ranked 139th in the Environmental Performance Index 2014, which assessed 178 countries across the world.

The EPI assesses nine parameters,...

Pakistan worst affected by climate change

KARACHI: Agriculture is extremely vulnerable to climate change globally and in Pakistan, which is the one of the worst hit countries of climate change, agriculture is badly...

Less than 12 percent of children use toilets in India

According to a study, the use of toilets by children in rural areas is less than 12 percent as against 47 percent in urban areas.

Against this background, social sc...

Konjo The Fighting spirit by Sandeep Goyal to be launched at 2nd India Non Fiction Festival

Books to be launched at the India Non Fiction Festival

New books with interesting tales will be launched at t...