No toilets for girls in one-fifth of India?s schools, enrolment on decline

Dip in number of schools providing midday meals to their students

“About 20 per cent schools in India still lack toilet facilities for girls,” says a re...

Kerry Washington's Comments On Women In Media Are Inspiring & Beautiful

We?re in the Scandal off-season right now, so a lot of people are going through some serious Olivia Pope withdrawal. We?re all fending for ourselves in these wasteland week...

Climate-smart development can increase global economic output by $1.8 trillion: World Bank

Right policy choices can deliver significant economic and health benefits – as well as help reduce emissions to combat climate change, says new report A recently rele...

Agra bans plastic bags to curb pollution

With an aim to curb the rising pollution in Yamuna, the Agra district administration has decided to strictly implement the ban on use of polythene in the city. For the same...

Gavin DeGraw Helps Launch Bedside Performance Program At City Of Hope

Cancer patients at City of Hope were surprised with an intimate performance by Grammy-nominated musician and songwriter Gavin DeGraw as charity organization Musicians on Ca...

Phillip Phillips Teams Up With O.A.R. To Benefit Habitat For Humanity

Rock band O.A.R. and singer Phillip Phillips have announced their joint summer tour will benefit Habitat For Humanity to support the organization’s mission of providi...

Viola Davis Helps Raise $4.5 Million To Fight Childhood Hunger In America

The Safeway Foundation and the Entertainment Industry Foundation (EIF) have announced they have raised more than $4.5 million in support of Hunger Is, a joint charitable in...

With depleting groundwater, Lucknow headed for severe crisis

The groundwater level of Lucknow continues to deplete at an alarming rate due to unregulated and excessive extraction and relentless concretization of green zones. Accordin...

Pamela Anderson Speaks Out Against Cruel Animal Shows

Pamela Anderson has written to PETA supporters asking them to join her in refusing to attend marine parks such as SeaWorld. “As someone who cares deeply about animals...