Search Result

Search Result
Health

Why 10 Million Indian Women Secretly Undergo Abortions Every Year

Millions of women become pregnant because they lack access to contraceptive devices to limit or space their families, or are ignorant about them. In 2008, Arti Chauhan (nam...

Read More
Human Rights

Cry To Protect Child Rights In Tea Gardens

Eight-year-old Tilti from the tea-producing district of Sivasagar, loves mathematics but she is not going to school any more. "I stay at home to look after my two-year-old ...

Read More
Bollywood

'Parched' Director Leena Yadav To Make Her International Debut

Indian filmmaker will make her international directorial debut with a tragic love story 'Secret Sky' set in Iran. The 45-year-old filmmaker, who has made Hindi films like '...

Read More
Gender

Before Heena Sidhu’s Decision, These Haryana Women Were Already Fighting Purdah

Haryana shooter, Heena Sidhu, is not alone in her refusal to don a veil. The ace shooter bowed out of the Asian Airgun Shooting Championship in Iran which required female a...

Read More
Sustainable Development

Why CRISPR Never Could Have Come Out Of Silicon Valley

Jennifer Doudna is a creator of the gene editing technology that’s revolutionizing biology and medicine: CRISPR, which is so easy to use it’s often compared to ...

Read More
Trending

Catch Manipuri Human Rights Activist Irom Sharmila This Week On ‘Off Centre’

In this week’s episode of Off Centre, Anuradha SenGupta speaks to Manipuri Human Rights Activist Irom Sharmila who ended her almost ...

Read More
Gender

Haryana Girl Takes A Brave Stand Against Air Pollution, Reports Her Father For Stubble Burning

It takes courage to stand up against the wrong, and it takes even more courage if the wrongdoer is someone extremely close to you. Like your own father! A 16-year-old Harya...

Read More
Bollywood

Esha Gupta Is Ambassador For Kids’ Charity

Touching Little Heart provides free heart surgeries for children under the age of 16 Bollywood actress Esha Gupta is glad to be named the Goodwill Ambassador for a charity ...

Read More
Hollywood

Marvel Studios Enthusiastic About Female Superhero Films

Female superheroes will no longer be under-represented in films, at least in those made by Marvel Studios. They are enthusiastic about having female-led superhero films, st...

Read More
Health

For Melinda Gates, Birth Control Is Women's Way Out Of Poverty

Melinda Gates has made providing poor women in developing countries access to contraception a mission. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, which she leads with her hus...

Read More