United Technologies and SOS Children’s Villages announce ‘Project Vidya’ Initiative to support education of 800 children in SOS Villages across 9 cities in India

United Technologies and SOS Children’s Villages announce ‘Project Vidya’

Initiative to support education of 800children in SOS Villages across 9 c...

Zoe Saldana Attends VERTE Fundraiser To Benefit Grades Of Green

Avatar actress Zoe Saldana was the surprise presenter at the annual VERTE fundraiser to benefit Grades of Green, an environmental education nonprofit that empowers K–...

Sustainable energy through biomass

Biomass fuels come from things that once lived, such as wood products, dried vegetation, crop residues, aquatic plants and even garbage India’s energy demand is on th...

Peter Dinklage Wants The Trade Of Ivory Banned In New York

Actor and New York resident Peter Dinklage released the following statement urging state lawmakers to ban the trade of ivory in New York: “I recently learned from my ...

A mobile-based rural distribution network

Ramilaben Parmar, a farm labourer in Rasnol village in Gujarat’s Anand district, is elated. She has just bought a new sewing machine worth Rs.10, 000 for her daughter...

About 1.6 Billion People Of The World Depend On Forests For Living

First-ever survey on forest genetic resources by FAO calls for urgent measures to protect the precious resources which provide a range of economic, health and ecological be...

Online Sale of Props From Disney’s Maleficent to Benefit Boys & Girls Clubs of America

One Kings Lane, a leading online destination for the home, will sell 150 props from the set of Disney’s live-action epic Maleficent and all the proceeds from the sale...

Treating tobacco-related diseases cost India Rs 16,800 crore in 2011

Spending on treating such diseases is just a little less than revenue from tobacco products; Union health minister, Harsh Vardhan, says he would press for increase in tax o...

There's No Need For The Govt To Intervene In Self-regulation

In his first address at Goa fest 2014 after taking charge as Minister for Information and Broadcasting, Prakash Javadekar came across as a champion of freedom of press, co-...