Mind Over Matter

We have a sort of ostrich-effect approach to mental illness. Bury your heads in sand from the impending danger or the unpalatable around you and it ceases to exist. That th...

Bill and Melinda Gates get Padma Bhushan

Microsoft founder Bill Gates and his wife Melinda Gates, who are also big philanthropists, were on Sunday chosen for Padma Bhushan award this year under the social work cat...

Save The Children Action Network Praises Obama's Call For Investing In Children

Save the Children Action Network commends President Obama for prioritizing the needs of children in his State of the Union address. This is the third consecutive year the P...

Measles Outbreak In California Draws Attention To Importance Of Vaccination

Measles is a highly contagious virus. It can be spread through a cough or sneeze before a person even knows they have it. The virus is capable of living on surfaces for a l...

Our Big Bet For The Future

2015 GATES ANNUAL LETTER BILL AND MELINDA GATES

Forty years ago, Bill and his childhood ...

Modi launches campaign to tackle India's dwindling number of girls

on Thursday, launching a campaign to address the problem the United Nations has said amounts to a national emergency. “In our neighbourhood, girls are commonly killed...

Madonna calls for charity donations for Malawi flooding victims

Pop superstar Madonna has urged fans to donate money to help victims of the deadly floods which have swept through Malawi over the past week. The Material Girl hitmaker, wh...

30% Spike In India’s Tiger Population Sets A Benchmark For Global Wildlife Conservation

If we’re to take Banks’ quotation as gospel, news of a 30% spike in India’s tiger population as per the 3rd scientific census in the country is fantastic ...

Family Planning and Reproductive Health

More than 222 million women worldwide want to avoid pregnancy, but are not using a modern method of contraception. Enabling couples to determine whether, when and how often...