Paediatrics Academy Starts Drive On Child Rights

To make parents aware about the child rights and help children safeguard their own rights, Indian Academy of Paediatrics (IAP) have initiated a year long awareness campaign...

What Happens When We Find Unknown Life?

We often get derailed in conversations about alien life by focusing on little green men and the like, but the reality of trying to find life is much more profound: As astro...

Amitabh Bhattacharya Interacts With More Than 400 Students At The 5th Veda Session Of Whistling Woods International

“I always wanted to be a singer, not a lyric writer”, confessed Amitabh Bhattacharya at the 5th Veda session of Whistling Woods International

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After Her Husband’s Death, Shanno Begum Defied Odds to Become Delhi’s First Woman Uber Driver

“My name is Shanno Begum from Delhi.”

Thus begins a video telling the story of an extraordinary woman who overcame the impossible to become the first wo...

INTERVIEW-India honors former child maid who saved hundreds others

NEW DELHI, March 8 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - A 21-year-old Indian woman, trafficked and enslaved as a child maid, was given a "Women Power" award by the president on W...

India Needs To Fight Maternal Mortality With A Sense Of Urgency

Healthy India is certainly a possibility by aligning proper mother and child care with universal health coverage, which is a long-term objective for India. To achieve this,...

Child Labor Rising Sharply In India's Cities, Report Says

Urban India is employing an increasing number of children — many under 9 years old — in producing everything from pickles to fireworks, working in tourism and l...

The Four Coolest Concepts NASA Just Bankrolled to Solve Spaceflight Challenges

Like some glorious love child of Shark Tank and Cosmos, NASA's Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program aims to fund visionary space exploration proposals sourced ...

Lok Sabha Passes Maternity Benefit (Amendment) Bill; Paid Leaves Increase

The Maternity Benefit Act, 1961 protects the employment of women in her maternity period and entitles her of maternity benefit (Credit: iStock Images) Almost six months aft...