Jackie Chan's Helping Hand to the Blind

Jackie Chan recently launched an operation in collaboration with the Beijing Tongren Opthalmology Department to help visually-impaired Tibetans undergo surgical procedures....

Conversations with Carter

Bill Gates, the man behind Windows, and one of the biggest philanthropists in the world, recently released a video of him and his wife Melinda Gate meeting former US presid...

Mosquito Maladies

The days when malaria could be called a fatal disease are past now, but we still have a long way to go.

Research towards combating the disease has evolved at a trem...

Summer Movie Showdown

Summer movies are supposed to be the cream of the year, but this year, Hollywood's summer deliverables have more or less been a disaster. Multiplex chains saw a cumulative ...

The Cost of Child Marriage

Child marriages are defined by global organizations as a formal marriage or an informal union entered upon by an individual before the age of 18, although cohabitation of t...

How far can humanity Advance?

You get grades in school and promotions at work but ever wonder how a civilizations performance is measured? The Kardashev scale is a method of measurin...

Hard hats and Chappals

Construction is the second largest economic activity in India after agriculture. The Indian construction industry employs over 35 million people and creates assets worth ov...

All-Women TV Channel Zan TV Makes Waves in Afghanistan

Zan TV, an all-women TV channel has been taking the Afghani media by storm. The first TV station to be made for, and run entirely by women, it consists of a team of 50 wome...

Slicing the Loaf: Bill Gates limns the art and science of Modern Breads

From ‘The starry night’ cappuccinos and galaxy doughnuts to the Atkins diet or The Zone diet, we have come a long way in our journey for ‘food’ (rem...