Alaska’s On Fire And It May Make Climate Change Even Worse

This Weekend, Smoke smothered the high-rises of downtown Vancouver. Sunsets as far south as Ohio took on brilliant hues of red and orange. And humanity reached another pote...

Your Guide To This Year's Jerusalem Film Festival.

Founded in 1984, the Jerusalem Film Festival is a baby compared to its European counterparts Venice (1932), Cannes (1946), and Berlin (1951). Israel’s second-oldest f...

The Rise And Fall Of Television In India.

Why does TV focus endlessly on the deeds of the least inspiring section of our society, the politicians? A friend of mine recently donated her TV set to her maid. She says:...

Edelman Loses Executives And Clients Over Climate Change Stance

Edelman, which calls itself the world’s largest public relations firm, has lost four executives who lead its corporate-responsibility practice – at least in par...

Socio-Economic Caste Census 2011

Over two out of every three rural households own a mobile phone, the Socio Economic and Caste Census 2011 has found. At the same time, 36 per cent of rural Indians are illi...

MDG Report: India On Track In Reducing Poverty

‘But it still remains home to one quarter of global underfed population’ India has halved its incidence of extreme poverty, from 49.4 per cent in 1994 to 24.7 p...

Rural India To Dominate Next Set Of Internet Users.

India, with over 300 million internet users, is the second largest mobile market of the world, only after China. But, 300 million out of 1.2 billion population, surely leav...

Cuba Wipes Out Mother-to-Child HIV Transmission by Emphasizing Maternal Health and Universal Health Coverage, Says WHO

After a flurry of reports surfaced earlier this year that Cuba was the host of a particularly aggressive strain of HIV, the Caribbean island is now being lauded by the Worl...

Day 4 Of Jagran Film Festival Brings World Cinema Under One Roof

~ With French films, Jagran Shorts category carves a special place in the movie lovers’ hearts ~

~ American fil...