At long last, WHO certifies Bangladesh polio-free

Through a robust national immunization programme, Bangladesh mostly rid itself of the crippling disease in 2003. But the country reported a final case of poliomyelitis in M...

Tata Power Delhi Distribution wins ‘Innovation for India Awards – 2014

Tata Power Delhi Distribution (TPDDL) has won the ‘Innovation for India Awards 2014’, under Business Category, for developing tamper evident and defraud electri...

Is This Our Democracy?

While watching the show Satyamev Jayate hosted by Aamir Khan, running on Sunday mornings on Star Plus, last week, I began to feel faint.

Our acceptance of a flawed ...

Domestic market driver of India's economic development

India has crucially placed the domestic market as the driver of its economic development, which strategy is also a major prescription for sustainable recovery of the global...

True Review: Jal Starring Purab Kohli & Tannishtha

Critics Rating: 1.5 stars

Cast: Purab H Kohli, Tannishtha Chatterjee, Kirti Kulhari, Yashpal Sharma, Mukul Dev, Saidah Jule

Hollywood’s humanitarians: Jesse Tyler Ferguson teams up to fight hunger

As one half of Modern Family’s dynamic duo of Mitchell and Cameron, Jesse Tyler Ferguson steals our attention every week. And, after speaking with the benevolent acto...

Climate change, air quality and health

The third National Climate Assessment report, due to be released this month, confirms both the role of human activities in causing climate change and the broad range of adv...

India ranks 102 out of 132 nations on social development index

India ranks 102nd among the 132 countries on the Social Progress Index, a measure of human well being that goes beyond traditional economic measures such as GDP or per capi...

Hank Baskett Named As Lung Cancer Charity Spokesperson

Former NFL wide receiver Hank Baskett III will now tackle the nation’s top cancer killer. The Bonnie J. Addario Lung Cancer Foundation (ALCF) has named Baskett an ALC...