Russell Brand turns soccer expert for charity

British actor-comedian Russell Brand became a TV soccer pundit to raise money for a charity. The “Forgetting Sarah Marshall” star, a fan of London club West Ham...

A bid to link climate change to human rights

In March 2012, President Anote Tong of Kiribati, an archipelago nation in the Pacific, informed international journalists that his Cabinet has endorsed a plan to buy 6,000 ...

Kalki Koechlin, Vivek Oberoi turn teachers for a day

Actor Vivek Oberoi and actress Kalki Koechlin assumed the role of a teacher for a day for charity. Vivek, 37, and Kalki, 30, were in the city to participate in the event wh...

We need to find ways of making primetime bigger and more impactful: Gaurav Banerjee

Gaurav Banerjee, the journalist turned content head turned business head, is busy shaping the future of Star Plus. The first change he initiated soon after assuming respons...

Global warming may increase methane emissions from freshwater ecosystems

New research led by the University of Exeter suggests that rising global temperatures will increase the quantity of the key greenhouse gas methane emitted from freshwater e...

On a mission to battle polio

Polio-stricken Arvind Kumar Mishra has been travelling across States in his wheelchair to spread polio awareness

The progress is slow. The rickety wheelchair has a ...

True Review: Bewakoofiyaan

Director: Nupur Asthana

Cast: Rishi Kapoor, Ayushmann Khurrana, Sonam Kapoor

Cast: 1.5 stars

The ...

A Matter of Justice, Securing Human Rights in the Post-2015 Development Agenda

This article is a review of a report published by the Center for Economic and Social Rights and is a very good reading and reflection for those who want to have some insigh...

Over & Underground

Overheard – “These are times of political opportunism, religious intolerance and scholastic Puritanism – and they can be construed as provocative ...