Search Result

Search Result
Health

Ebola is in the US. Here's how health officials will try to contain it

On Tuesday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced the first case of Ebola diagnosed in the United States. The patient is currently being isolated i...

Read More
Bollywood

Mary Kom lends support to PETA campaign for elephants

Five-time world champion and Olympic bronze-medallist boxer M C Mary Kom has lent her support to the cause of animal welfare, calling for an end to circuses where elephants...

Read More
Sustainable Development

UNICEF reports a rise in the number of child marriages in Kerala

Kerala may be the only state in India with the highest literacy rate, but it seems the state has not been able to beat the child marriage demon. According to a report by UN...

Read More
Health

LGBTQ Center holds free HIV/AIDS testing

The University LGBTQ Center co-sponsored an HIV/AIDS testing event Friday with Thrive of Charlottesville, a non-profit organization aimed at providing medical care to the C...

Read More
Environment

Why India Isn't So Keen to Fight Climate Change

When President Barack Obama said "nobody gets a pass" on fighting climate change in a speech last week, he might as well have been speaking directly to India. India?s willi...

Read More
Hollywood

Pamela Anderson Congratulates Swiss For Seal Fur Ban

Canadian-born Baywatch star and honorary director of PETA, Pamela Anderson, has just sent a letter to Hannes German, president of the Swiss Council of States, to thank the ...

Read More
Environment

A Group Shout on Climate Change

The marchers and mayors, the ministers and presidents, have come and gone. So what is the verdict on Climate Week, the summit meeting on global warming convened by the Unit...

Read More
Environment

India sends mixed signals on climate change

Experts said Modi's presence at UN summit could have changed India's image as an obstructionist in climate talks. Climate change activists in India have expressed criticism...

Read More
Thought Factory

If I Become Your Fan Mr. Modi, Will You Lose Popularity?

Because that is how it’s been in all my years. I have always been in support of those leaders who are more unpopular in India than their counterparts who have thrived...

Read More
Health

Conflict Keeps Mothers From Healthcare Services

Twenty-five-year-old Khemwanti Pradhan is a ‘Mitanin’ – a trained and accredited community health worker – based in the Nagarbeda village of the Bas...

Read More