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Environment

The Nowhere People

People migrating due to environmental disasters should be accorded ‘refugee’ status in international law An increasing number of people globally are facing disp...

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Health

Foot Soldiers Of India’s National Health Program, Here’s How Much An Asha Worker Makes

Foot soldiers of the National Rural Health Mission, these women health activists risk their well-being to keep villagers healthy. It’s perhaps time the Accredited Soc...

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Environment

Villagers Say They Lost Their Lands As Yamuna Changed Course

It used to be an almost 2-kilometre-long walk to the water, said Nakshatra Nagar as he pointed to the Yamuna river flowing right next to his village, Kambakshpur. Over the ...

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Festivals

Warm Up For Women International Film Festival!

I would like to take the privilege of breaking an awesome news for women rights advocates and film enthusiasts! ‘Women Through Film’ is excited to host Pakistan...

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Human Rights

Children And Families Should Never Be In Immigration Detention – UN Experts

Governments should stop placing children and families in immigration detention, a group of UN human rights experts* has said in a call to mark International Migrants’...

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TV

KJo’s Milestone, Three Khans

I haven’t been an avid fan of Koffee with Karan, but admittedly I do check out the episodes each week. If I like what I see I stay on, or else switch channels. Last S...

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Human Rights

'Stand Up For Someone's Rights Today,' UN Urges On Human Rights Day

Upholding human rights is in the interest of all and are at the heart of the work and identify of the United Nations, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has stressed ahead of Hu...

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Sustainable Development

Scientists Are Making Artificial Ice Storms

Climate change is predicted to increase the frequency of catastrophic weather events in the coming years. Regardless of how much carbon we c...

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Environment

Thai Fishing Industry: Abuses Continue In Unpoliced Waters, Greenpeace Claims

An international crackdown on human rights abuses in the Thai fishing industry has resulted in vessels travelling thousands of miles further into remote and lawless waters,...

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Festivals

New Film Festival In China Screens Nature Films

Huang Zizhen saw a Global Forest Watch screenshot featuring the planet's forest cover; she felt sad that China's tree density appeared to be less than some of its neighbori...

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