Less than 500 days left, can India meet its MDG targets?

Going by current trends, the target for reducing infant mortality and improving other human development indices seem near impossible to achieve Less that 500 days are left ...

Tough Acts To Follow

It’s that time of the year, when a few odd serials have drawn their curtains, and new shows are up for grabs. Last week television audiences witnessed the closure of ...

Nepal to legalise homosexuality and same-sex marriages, says law minister

This assurance comes amid fears that the government would confirm a 2011 proposal to recriminalize same-sex relationships. Nepal’s law ministry will soon present a bi...

Vaccination Success against HPV

MARK COLVIN: Australian medical researchers are hailing the success of the campaign to vaccinate against the Human Papillomavirus, or HPV. After just four years, there&rsqu...

Global warming is moistening the atmosphere

Human-caused global warming is causing the upper troposphere to become wetter We have long suspected that greenhouse gases which cause the Earth to warm would lead to a wet...

Christopher Reeve's Family Remembers Robin Williams

Christopher Reeve’s children have released the following statement via the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation on the death of Robin Williams. “The Reeve fa...

Cotton Candy

The train was late the third day in a row. It meant that there would be a crowd again and I wouldn?t get to stand with my back to the wall. Of course it is just a 30 minute...

True Review: Guardians of the Galaxy

Critics Rating: 3.5 STARS*

Cast: Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, VIN Diesel, Bradley Cooper, Dave Bautista

Direction: Ja...