Cate Blanchett Appointed Unhcr Goodwill Ambassador

GENEVA, May 2 (UNHCR) – UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, today announced the appointment of Academy Award winning actor Cate Blanchett as a global Goodwill Ambassador. Read More

Kaleidoscope - Nirbhaya Again

The horrific case of the brutal rape of a Kerala law student has reminded everyone of the December 16, 2012 gut-wrenching incident that has come to be known as the Nirbhaya...

Retroscope - In admiration

“ You must be the writer?!” The tall man greeted me sitting in the large drawing room .

His unexpected, if direct greeting, knocked me down that night w...

FOUR IMMUNIZATION INNOVATIONS THAT ARE SAVING CHILDREN'S LIVES

One of the things I like most about spring is that my 52-week-a-year job gets extra attention for one full week: World Immunization Week.
Each year, the World Health O...

SOLIDARITY ON SOCIAL MEDIA FOR REFUGEE WHO SET HERSELF ON FIRE

Australian Twitter users have been sharing photos of what they were doing at 19, in solidarity with an asylum seeker who set fire to herself on Monday, apparently in protes...

Huge 'Dead Zones' Could Appear in the World's Oceans by 2030 Because of Climate Change

Man-made climate change is already cutting into oxygen levels in some parts of the world's oceans and could start producing new "dead zones" in some parts of the seas by 20...

Montclair Film Festival 2016: 'All The World's A Screen,' An American Debut

The Bard, William Shakespeare, turned 400 this past Saturday.
To honor that legacy, BBC's long-standing series of arts documentaries, Arena, commissioned a look at the...

Best Music Film & Literature That Came Out In April

Cosmopolis, Don DeLillo's first novel about the superrich, is a fascinating failure. Published in 2003, it follows a 28-year-old billionaire named Eric Packer over the cour...

True Review Movie - -The Man Who Knew Infinity

Cast: Dev Patel,Jeremy Irons,Toby Jones,Stephen Fry,Jeremy Northam, Kevin McNally, EnzoCilenti, DevikaBhise

Direction: Matthew Brown

Produced:Edward R. Pres...