Farmers Urged to Support Sustainable Farming

Farmers at the Resilient Agriculture Conference Wednesday at Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa, were urged to take steps to increase the sustainability and resilience of ...

WHO & UNICEF: 60% of world population defecating in public live in India

A joint report by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has estimated that at least 60 percent of the people, who defeca...

Global warming has become normal climate to most

Global warming has been going on for so long that most people were not even born the last time the Earth was cooler than average in 1985 in a shift that is altering percept...

Small-holder farmers key to sustainable agri development: IFAD

UN body for development of agriculture IFAD today said small-holder farmers should be the starting point for sustainable development.

Speaking at the 8th TAAS (Trus...

Yeh Jo Hai Zindagi!

Anita, my live in maid has taken a shine to Zindagi. Though the language is a bit of a challenge, as she hails from interior Maharashtra.? One Saturday night, when I got ho...

Climate change is killing our Mother Earth

In their own words: indigenous people from Canada, Finland, the US, Guatemala and Peru tell their climate stories From Alaska to Peru, indigenous people across the world ar...

Heavy rains lashes Mumbai, disrupting the order of business for people

Heavy rains from the last three days in Mumbai have tremendously improved the water supply to the city. It is disrupting the order of business for the people of Mumbai. The...

On Eid, Salman pledges to help 100 children with heart ailment

Salman Khan celebrated Eid by announcing plans to help treat 100 children with heart condition through his charity organisation. Superstar Salman Khan celebrated Eid on Tue...

AMC Plans Free Hepatitis-B Vaccination for School Children

Around one lakh people from India and China die every year of Hepatitis-B. There is a need to create awareness on the disease, which is more infectious and communicable tha...