India to act on climate change on its own volition: Environment minister

India will take action on climate change not "at somebody's dictation" but on its own volition, environment minister Prakash Javadekar has said. Prime Minister Narendra Mod...

Record CO2 emissions committing world to dangerous climate change

Global greenhouse gas emissions on course to reach record high of over 40bn tonnes in 2014, study in Nature Geoscience says Children born today will see the world committed...

Why the Health of Mothers and Newborns Is Inseparable

I visited Maryam when her baby was 2 weeks old. I had been meaning to go sooner, but the steep, icy roads up to her ‘house’ in Kabul prohibited an earlier visit...

True Review: Daawat-e-Ishq

Critics Rating: 2.5 Stars*

Cast: Parineeti Chopra, Anupam Kher, Aditya Roy Kapur

Direction: Habib Faisal<...

20 must watch movies at 5th Jagran Film Festival, Mumbai

The 5^th edition of Jagran Film Festival has become bigger and better. Travelling to 16 cities across 7 states, the festival has n...

Mahesh Bhatt bats for Indo-Pak cultural ties, girl child

Filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt has urged for the utilisation of cultural space as a means to foster ties between India and neighbour Pakistan. “I have always crusaded for Ind...

Get hooked with some exciting films on Prime Talkies with Pocket Films this week

Mumbai, September 2014:“Prime Talkies with Pocket Films” is a very popular show on NDTV Prime.They showcase short documentary films each with a meaningful messa...

Redesigning Birth Control in the Developing World

How single-use injectable contraceptives could change family planning in Africa. Access to birth control just got significantly easier in four African countries. Sayana Pre...

True Review: Finding Fanny

Critics Rating: 3 Stars*

Cast: Naseeruddin Shah, Deepika Padukone, Dimple Kapadia, Arjun Kapoor, Pankaj Kapur

Dire...