Message to India from UN: empower city mayors to curb emissions

Global Compact of Mayors announced at New York climate meet to make cities sustainable; India out of the picture Making cities sustainable was one of the eight action areas...

Malnutrition, related diseases a major issue in India: Health Minister Harsh Vardhan

Malnutrition and related diseases is a very serious issue in 184 deprived districts across the country and the Centre will launch a campaign to check it, Union Health Minis...

Why India Isn't So Keen to Fight Climate Change

When President Barack Obama said "nobody gets a pass" on fighting climate change in a speech last week, he might as well have been speaking directly to India. India?s willi...

Nargis Fakhri to raise funds for Jammu and Kashmir flood victims

While a majority of the young crop of talent in Bollywood is too busy focusing on their career, their looks and making loads of moolah, there are also some, who take effort...

Nargis Fakhri to raise funds for Jammu and Kashmir flood victims

While a majority of the young crop of talent in Bollywood is too busy focusing on their career, their looks and making loads of moolah, there are also some, who take effort...

Can the world meet its hunger reduction target?

One in every nine persons in the world goes hungry: UN State of Food Insecurity Report Asia houses 526 million of the 805 million chronically undernourished people in the w...

Kerry Washington Launches Major New Domestic Violence Campaign

Emmy- and Golden Globe-nominated actress and advocate Kerry Washington has joined with The Allstate Foundation to raise awareness about domestic violence and the critical r...

True Review: The Maze Runner

Critics Rating: 3 Stars*

Cast: Dylan O’Brien, Ki-Hong Lee, Will Poulter, Thomas Brodie-Sansgter, Kaya Scodelario

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New drug target could prevent major global cause of maternal death

Postpartum haemorrhage (PPH) occurs when the uterus fails to contract vigorously after childbirth and the mother loses 500mls or more of blood in the 24 hours after deliver...