The state of world fisheries and aquaculture 2014

The fisheries and aquaculture sector – a vital source of livelihoods, nutritious food and economic opportunities – has a key role to play in meeting one of the ...

A future of thirst: Water crisis lies on the horizon

The next time your throat is as dry as a bone and the Sun is beating down, take a glass of clean, cool water. Savour it. Sip by sip. Vital and appreciated as that water is,...

Bruce Springsteen To Join Barack Obama And Steven Spielberg At Ambassadors For Humanity Gala

Bruce Springsteen will perform at the USC Shoah Foundation Institute’s 20th anniversary Ambassadors for Humanity gala on May 7, 2014 in Los Angeles. Conan O’Bri...

Beyonce’s BeyGOOD Campaign Raises £85,000 For Prince’s Trust

Beyoncé’s global campaign #BeyGOOD has raised more than £85,000 for The Prince’s Trust to help change the lives of disadvantaged young people in th...

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...

Low Vitamin D Levels Linked to Disease in Two Big Studies

People with low vitamin D levels are more likely to die from cancer and heart disease and to suffer from other illnesses, scientists reported in two large studies published...

Toronto to play host to maternal, child health summit in May

Canada will host an international summit on maternal, newborn and child health in Toronto at the end of May, Prime Minister Stephen Harper said Thursday.

Harper sai...

Tata Power’s Samridhi programme supports 1,194 farmers across 28 villages in Maval and Karjat talukas

Tata Power, one of India?s largest integrated power companies, endeavours to promote the importance of a scientific approach to agricultural practices among local farmers i...

Vitamin A may help body fight TB

Vitamin A may assist the human immune system in fighting off tuberculosis, according to a study published on Saturday in the Journal of Immunology.

Researchers at t...