Prince Charles's Bahrain Visit 'Backs Human Rights Abuses', Says Activist And Torture Survivor

A Bahraini human rights activist and torture survivor claims Prince Charles's visit to the Arab kingdom is being used to "whitewash" its record on civil liberties.
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Climate Change In Pictures: Photographs From Around The World Show Droughts, Floods And Melting Ice

An exhibition of photographs showing the effects of climate change around the world is currently on display at the United Nations climate summit in Morocco.
The images...

How Reading Harry Potter Can Reduce Prejudice

A study found that reading the fantasy novels improves tolerance of stigmatized groups across a range of demographics Frequenters of social media may have found a surprisin...

Rumour has it Disney is going to purchase Netflix

If you were looking for proof Disney has serious intentions of taking over the world - here it is.A report from TechCrunch claims Disney is currently eyeing up Netflix as t...

Unicef Is Funding Blockchain And Health Tech To Solve The World’s Biggest Problems

The United Nations has announced the first five startups to receive investment through its $9 million (£7.2m) innovation fund. UNICEF, the UN's children's charity, wi...

Ditzy Divorcee

Suchitra Krishnamoorthi’s one-woman show, Drama Queen may not advance the cause of women, but at least it turns one woman’s loneliness and bafflement ...

Television’s Caught Them Young!

At 9 pm Monday to Saturday, Star Plus viewers have been struck by a young protagonist in Naamkaran; Arsheen Namdaar makes a debut as Avni Mehta. A gifted actor, she commend...

Do We Know What Our Children Want?

"There's always room for a story that can transport people to another place."

J.K. Rowling

Over the last one century or so, ordin...

Air Pollution Is Driving Us All Down A Road To Ruin

That the government is now at last being forced to do more to reduce the dangerous levels of nitrogen dioxide air pollution is welcome news (Court defeat for government on ...