Children: A Policy, A Charter and A Plan of Action. Are They Enough

India has the largest child population in the world.  More than 40 of India’s children are under 18 years.

India is armed with a policy, a charter and a ...

James Cameron, Charlize Theron, Bill Clinton Among Participants In New Oscar Week Charity Events

Fame and Philanthropy is the name of one of two ambitious new charity events planned around this year’s Academy Awards. It will take place on Oscar night and will fea...

True Review: HER

Director: Spike Jonze

Cast: Joaquin Phoenix, Scarlett Johansson, Amy Adams

Rating: 4 stars

Theodo...

Deaths caused by heat will rise to average of 7,000 a year in 2050

The number of deaths caused by extreme heat in the UK will more than treble by the middle of the century as a result of climate change and population growth, experts have s...

Experts, eco-scholars conduct annual water bird census

KANPUR: To count the number of migratory and local birds in the Yamuna river in Farah area of Mathura, ornithologists and a group of Yamuna eco-scholars participated in the...

Heat-related deaths will rise 257% by 2050 because of climate change

An elderly couple enjoy an ice cream on Brighton Pier in the summer heatwave of 2013. Heat-related deaths are expected to rise by 2050, as global warming causes temperature...

Antarctica’s collapsing ice shelves may disappear in 200 years

A number of floating ice shelves in Antarctica are at risk of disappearing entirely in the next 200 years, as global warming reduces their snow cover, a new study has warne...

Who said playing games is waste of time?

Throughout the last twenty or thirty years, parents around the world have been putting limitations on the amount of time their children spend playing games. Many a times, p...

Pride and prejudice

SPEAKING at Lithuania’s gay-pride parade last year, Birgitta Ohlsson was pelted with eggs. Even so, the mood was much better than at the inaugural event three years e...