Rhys Ifans Slams Wild Animal Circuses

Rhys Ifans has joined Animal Defenders Internationalto help wild animals forced to perform in circuses, slamming the outdated practice as “cruel”.His passionate...

Bridging The Digital Divide: UP’s Frontline Health Workers Go ‘Smart’

LUCKNOW: In an effort to strengthen data-keeping of rural health indices in UP, the state government will train over 12,000 frontline health workers to report, in real-time...

Over 8 Lakh Medical Shops To Be Shut On 14 October To Protest Online Sale Of Drugs.

As fast growing e-pharmacies eat into the incomes of lakhs of small chemist outlets, nearly 850,000 of them will remain shut on 14 October to protest against the online sal...

Nadia In West Bengal Goes Churu Way, Achieves Open Defecation-Free Tag

The Centre has lauded the involvement of government officials in successfully implementing sanitation programmes across states. A recent communiqué issued by the Min...

Kindle Litfestx Announces National-International Authors Line-Up

Kindle LitFestX announces national-international authors line-up

Mumbai, October 8, 2015: Leapvault, a knowledge media firm that i...

Investing In Health Workforces: The Path Towards The Sdgs Starts Here

Last month marked a transition from one era of global health and development to the next. Seventeen Sustainable Development Goals were agreed by 193 heads of...

Suchitra Sen - Revisiting Icons

Standing at the far end of the room she resembled a house wife in a simple cotton saree. A few gold bangles twinkled musically round her wrist. That plump figure was out of...

What Is The Gender Gap In Graduate Earnings?

A new study using big data has confirmed that those who complete university can expect to earn, on average, a decent premium for their degree. This alone won’t come a...

Shakira And Angélique Kidjo Support A New Development Era For Children

Shakira and Angélique Kidjo celebrated the adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals last week with powerful performances before an audience at the United Nation...