ACEE-The Third Eye Presents- Salim Asgarally for The Smile Foundation to raise funds for a 1000 less privileged children through Ramp For Champs

In its endeavour to build bridges between creative communities and the priorities of our times, ACEE The Third Eye, presents noted fashion designer, Read More

Shilpa Shetty, Bipasha Basu, Shweta Nanda glam up the red carpet of charity auction event

A bevy of Bollywood Fashionistas attended the Swades Foundation Charity auction in stunning designer outfits. Those who raised the style stakes on the red carpet were Vidya...

Most Ratified Human Rights Treaty is 25 Years Old

Augustine J. Veliath invites writers everywhere to own and use this powerful tool, the CRC.

Nearly 25 years ago, the world made a promise to childr...

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...

Rahul Bose joins a cause for child sexual abuse

Rahul Bose’s NGO held a press conference that was graced by actor Kalki Koechlin. It was organised to announce a seminar that would discuss the issue of child sexual ...

Climate change a problem today – not tomorrow – for food security, experts say

Climate change has already had a powerful negative effect on agriculture and food security for the world’s most vulnerable, and that impact will get worse, according ...

Political Apathy, Unplanned Urbanisation Make Vector-Borne Diseases Hard To Control in India

Only 60 per cent of the total plan outlay for vector-borne diseases spent between 2007 to2013; lack of co-ordination between ministries and state agencies a major hurdle in...

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 ...

Non-city residents ‘contributing to high maternal mortality rates in Mumbai’

The maternal mortality rate in Mumbai is being distorted by patients from outside the city, an official has stated. According to Dr Padmaja Keskar, deputy executive health ...