No more ‘talaq, talaq, talaq’!

The Supreme Court on 22nd August 2017 struck down the Muslim practice of triple talaq, which allows men to instantly divorce their wives, as unconstitutional.

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Mosquito Maladies

The days when malaria could be called a fatal disease are past now, but we still have a long way to go.

Research towards combating the disease has evolved at a trem...

Modern-Day Slavery

The National Crime Agency of the UK reports revealed that a subtle form of slavery is rampant across the country even today, and is ‘far more prevalent than thought e...

The Cost of Child Marriage

Child marriages are defined by global organizations as a formal marriage or an informal union entered upon by an individual before the age of 18, although cohabitation of t...

Atomic Blonde

Cast: Charlize Theron, James McAvoy

Direction: David Leitch<...

Hard hats and Chappals

Construction is the second largest economic activity in India after agriculture. The Indian construction industry employs over 35 million people and creates assets worth ov...

All-Women TV Channel Zan TV Makes Waves in Afghanistan

Zan TV, an all-women TV channel has been taking the Afghani media by storm. The first TV station to be made for, and run entirely by women, it consists of a team of 50 wome...

Opening Minds about Open Defecation

Open defecation, although, is on a decline worldwide, it is still widely practiced by 950 million open defecators in the world, 569 million of which are in India.

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Rise in Carbon Emissions Linked to Rise in Heatwaves

A study that examined the impact of global climate change on the basis of wet bulb temperature (WBT), found a steady rise in occurrences of humid heat waves . Wet Bulb Temp...