India’s Good Women Rights’ Laws Need Better Execution: UN

“India has a robust judiciary and there are good laws that can protect rights of women and improve gender equality but it needs to be implemented better,” said ...

Humour In Adversity

It would be difficult to imagine how a divorce could be turned into a comedy--but this is what writer-director Imran Rasheed has done with his new play Phir Se Shaadi!...

The Future Of Healthcare In India

Estimates indicate that healthcare costs drive an additional 4% of Indian families, over 50 million people, into poverty each year Nachiket Mor is the India Country Directo...

Born Free USA And Ian Somerhalder Foundation Partner To Support Fur For The Animals Campaign

This week, Born Free USA and the Ian Somerhalder Foundation (ISF) announced a partnership to support both organizations’ efforts to educate youth on wildlife conserva...

Bypassing Bollywood, a Filmmaker Focuses on Wildlife Conservation

Most filmmakers want their work seen by the widest audiences possible. Shekar Dattatri is more interested in reaching influencers who can catalyze wildlife conservation in ...

Australia is blowing its carbon budget, projections reveal

Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions are rising despite global reduction efforts, according to detailed projections made by the consultants NDEVR Environmental.
...

A Catastrophic Amount of Carbon Could Leak From the Soil By 2050

The term “snowball effect” is an unfortunate way to describe climate change, but a new study is predicting just that.

Climate scientists war...

'You Can't Stand by and Watch People Die': The Woman Developing an HIV Vaccine

In the 1990s, Dr. Glenda Gray was an activist and medical student, fighting to end segregation in the hospitals of apartheid South Africa and mobilize communities around he...

Trees may increase air pollution on city streets

City trees, popularly thought to remove pollutants and improve urban life, may also increase the amount of foul air that people breathe, says the UK body which gives indepe...