El Ni?o Worsens Drought In Southern Africa ? And 14 Million People Could Go Hungry

Nearly three million people will be affected in Malawi ? roughly 16 percent of the country's population ? while nearly two million are considered at risk on the Indian Ocea...

Rural Labour Loses Women, Karnataka Worst Offender

CHENNAI: Women in rural areas are increasingly withdrawing from the country’s labour force. This trend is particularly evident in states like Karnataka, Gujarat and M...

Raging Fires in Southern Australia Have Destroyed 100 Homes

The community of Yarloop, south of Perth and home to an estimated 545 residents, was the hardest hit, with Reuters reporting that nearly all of structures, including the po...

Why Engineers Can?t Stop Los Angeles' Enormous Methane Leak

An enormous amount of harmful methane gas is currently erupting from an energy facility in Aliso Canyon, California, at a startling rate of 110,000 pounds per hour. The gas...

The Obama Administration Just Made It Virtually Impossible For Hunters To Import African Lion Trophies

The US Fish and Wildlife Service has placed two African lion subspecies under its protection, declaring one type in west-central Africa endangered and the other, found in e...

In August's Company

This columnist may have missed out on the action for August but what a month it's been! We opened our column with Drishyam, which found remake in several Southern languages...

Shah Rukh Khan Donates Rs 1 Crore For Chennai Flood

Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan has donated Rs 1 crore for Chennai flood victims. According to sources, SRK has contributed the sum to the Chief Minister’s Public ...

15th River To River - Press Release And Invite For The Pre-Opening Exhibition.

Japan Plans To Kill Hundreds Of Protected Whales This Winter

?Australia strongly opposes the decision by Japan to resuming whaling in the Southern Ocean this summer,? Greg Hunt, Australia?s environment minister,?told reporters?on Sat...