Film makers throng to Jagran Film Festival 2014

14th May 2014: Hardly had Jagran Film Festival opened its call for entries, it ended up receiving hundreds ofentries in the first phase itself. The Festiva...

Climate change not fully to blame for melting sea ice

A newly published paper says climate change caused by humans could be responsible for as little as half the wholesale melting of sea ice in the Canadian Arctic and Greenlan...

India may witness poor monsoon this year

India may witness poor rainfall this monsoon season, scientists said Wednesday. This has been linked to the El Nino, a weather phenomenon characterized by unusually warm oc...

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...

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 ...

Delivering Hope is a labour of love

For some women it will be a day of celebrating achievements. For many others, though, International Women’s Day will offer no respite from the absence of even the mos...

Content is Queen

I open my piece with the vide...

SDFN to observe World Water Day 2014

KOHIMA: Sustainable Development Forum Nagaland (SDFN) in collaboration with Regional Centre of National A forestation and Eco-development Board, Shillong, Department of Soi...

2014 SEED Awards for entrepreneurs for sustainable development

SEED is now inviting applications for the 2014 SEED Awards for Entrepreneurs in Sustainable Development, which aim to develop the most promising social and environmental st...