Green lore

Environment has been intrinsic to our oral traditions much before we developed writing. But it is only in the past decade or two that environmental literature has become ma...

After Baby, an Unraveling

A Case Study in Maternal Mental Illness A few months after Cindy Wachenheim gave birth to the child she had long dreamed of, she became convinced that she had caused her so...

Peter Dinklage Wants The Trade Of Ivory Banned In New York

Actor and New York resident Peter Dinklage released the following statement urging state lawmakers to ban the trade of ivory in New York: “I recently learned from my ...

Govt Successful in Reducing Maternal Mortality Rate

The Health Department is moving ahead with action plans which have been envisaged to cut down the maternal mortality ratio in the state to 40 per 1,000, Health Minister V S...

Sea Pollution Rate Alarming; Let’s Check It

Every year June 8 is observed as the World Ocean Day to underscore a need to protect the great body of salt water, which covers 70.78 per cent of the earth’s surface....

Bacterial, chemical contamination high in downstream rivers in state

The sixth phase of project development and management (CWRDM), has reaffirmed the fears that most downstream rivers are bacterially and chemically contaminated. “Bact...

True Review : Grace of Monaco

Critics Ratings: 2 STARS*

Cast: Nicole Kidman, Tim Roth, Frank Langella

Direction: Olivier Dahan,

Disadvantaged groups have little access to public goods, says India exclusion report

Most severely and consistently excluded groups are women, Adivasis, Muslims and the disabled; report confirms A recent report by a Delhi NGO undermines government claims on...

HIV prevalence among IDUs falling

Drugs abuse‚ however‚ still on the rise‚ say organizations HIV prevalence among injecting drug users in the country has significantly decreased after the ...