How A 105-Year-Old Ended Open Defecation In Her Village

On Tuesday, Dhamtari became the first district in the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh to be declared free from open defecation. And the credit for that is being given ...

Zee Entertainment CEO & MD Punit Goenka On Why Ditto TV Is Now For Only Rs 20 Per Month

In a market with no paucity of video streaming apps, Zee Entertainment’s Ditto TV has cut its subscription fees to just Rs 20 per month, from around Rs 150 per month....

Edinburgh Film Festival Waves Flag For Scottish Cinema's Independence

With gala showings dedicated to whisky and golf movies, and strong Scots connections throughout, there’s a buzz about Scotland’s film industry – despite s...

Apple's Siri Calls Ambulance For Baby

A woman from Cairns, Australia, used Siri to call an ambulance for her one-year-old daughter when she stopped breathing. Stacey Gleeson grabbed her iPhone and ran to the ch...

Tom Hiddleston Defends War Zone Children

Hiddleston, star of the recent Night Manager TV drama, says "the strongest have to stand up for the weakest".A visit to South Sudan as a Unicef ambassador accidentally brou...

Retroscope - In admiration

“ You must be the writer?!” The tall man greeted me sitting in the large drawing room .

His unexpected, if direct greeting, knocked me down that night w...

Montclair Film Festival 2016: 'All The World's A Screen,' An American Debut

The Bard, William Shakespeare, turned 400 this past Saturday.
To honor that legacy, BBC's long-standing series of arts documentaries, Arena, commissioned a look at the...

The Archers: 'Realistic' Domestic Abuse Storyline Praised By Charities

Domestic abuse charities have praised the powerful storyline inThe Archers that came to a dramatic climax on Sunday night.The BBC Radio 4 soap’s harrowing plot has be...

Michael Crawford Set To Return As Frank Spencer For Sport Relief.

After nearly 40 years off our screens, Michael Crawfordis set to reprise his role as the iconic Frank Spencer in a special one-off Some Mothers Do ’Ave ’Em sket...