India cheers its victory at climate change talks in Lima

The Lima agreement asks nations to commit to reducing greenhouse gases but recognizes that developing countries have 'differentiated responsibilities After 13 days of inten...

Crisis centre for women in distress in West Bengal

It was beyond midnight when an official of West Bengal Commission for Women got a call from a Salt Lake resident, asking him to rescue an elderly woman who was pushed out o...

Edward Snowden wins Swedish human rights award for NSA revelations

Whistleblower Edward Snowden received several standing ovations in the Swedish parliament after being given the Right Livelihood award for his revelations of the scale of s...

NFDC Film Bazaar 2014 closes, marks new beginnings

~Film Bazaar sessions and labs bridge the gap between global film industries ~
~ Some promising projects: ‘No Land’s Man’, ‘Proposition for a R...

NFDC’s Film Bazaar Day 2 cements film collaborations and contracts

~ New segments, Writers Lab WIP Lab, Producers Lab a huge hit ~

Goa, Saturday, November 2​2 2014: National Film Devel...

World Survey Urges Simultaneously Addressing Gender Equality, Sustainable Development

November 2014: The challenges of gender equality and sustainable development must be addressed together in order to realize the human rights of women and girls and support ...

$2.5tn shortfall for sustainable development in developing countries

A step change is needed in the amount of private finance available for sustainable development. The bad news is the financial sector is still headed in the wrong direction....

Discarding Veils, Embracing Change: Rajasthan?s Extraordinary Women Sarpanches

They may have initially contested from the women’s quota, but these ladies have proved themselves so well that they have been winning in the general quota ever since....