India?s Top Court Orders Measures To Curb New Delhi?s Worsening Smog

New Delhi's runaway pollution has put it on a par with the notoriously smoggy Chinese capital Beijing Appalling levels of pollution in the Indian capital have prompted the ...

Shonda Rhimes And Tim Gunn Speak At Massachusetts Conference For Women

“Plenty of people know the feeling of being first, only or different,” Shonda Rhimes told a sold-out audience of more than 10,000 at the 11th annual Massachuset...

NITI Aayog To Soon Unveil Policy On Important Sectors

Taking forward its project of creating a national agenda in consultation with the states, the NITI Aayog will soon come out with policy papers on critical sectors such as a...

Changing The World Frame By Frame: Syrian Teen Wins Two Awards For Her Short Film

Sixteen-year-old Wala’a is haunted by a terrifying memory—being assaulted by a soldier as she fled the war in Syria. One of more than 700,000 refugees...

New Report Signals Country Progress In The Path To Malaria Elimination

9 DECEMBER 2015 ? BRUSSELS -?New estimates from WHO show a significant increase in the number of countries moving towards malaria elimination, with prevention efforts savin...

Bollywood Celebs And Doctors Raise HIV - AIDS Awareness Campaign

1st December Tuesday marks 29 years of commemorating World AIDS Day, and in that time HIV has gone from a “death sentence” to a manageable and treatable chronic...

Here’s How To Not Get Pulled Up Like ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ For ‘Denigrating’ Women On Indian TV

Sex is to Indian television, what nuclear warheads are to life on earth. And then it so happened that Grey’s Anatomy dared to showcase an episode on Star Wo...

Maternal Mortality Declining But Still Above Goal

Maternal mortality rates have dropped substantially over the past quarter century but still are not declining fast enough to meet ambitious international goals for eradicat...

VEER & NCPEDP Celebrate World Disability Day With ‘Walk To Freedom’