Mizoram Shows How Good Sanitation Can Help Tackle Problems Like Child Malnutrition

The north eastern state of Mizoram has reported a 13 percentage-point decline in stunting (below normal height for the age) and five percentage points decline in underweigh...

Famed Architect Shigeru Ban Builds Quake-Proof Homes From Rubble In Nepal

TOKYO – After twin earthquakes in April and May claimed 9,000 lives and left vast swathes of Nepal in ruins, survivors worried if they reused the brick rubble, they w...

Zeugma Film Festival Opens

The 3rd Zeugma Film Festival opened on Dec. 22 with a ceremony at the Gaziantep University Congress and Culture Center in the south eastern province of Gaziantep.  Thi...

Of Demons And Social Pressure

Life OK?s new prime time starter is Jaane Kya Hoga Rama Re. Unlike its predecessors, it has had an unimpressive beginning. Model Town, the site of the narrative is most con...

DD To Telecast Special Programme On Mental Health Problems & Prejudices

The Doordarshan flagship programme Aaj Savere will focus on issues relating to mental health awareness and public education.

Consultant psychiatrist Dr Avdesh Sharm...

Five State Health Portals Make It To NHSRC List

JAIPUR: The state is using a lot of technology - both IT and non-IT based, which has placed it in the top states with innovative portals in the country to deal with problem...

How Would Tech Entrepreneurs Recode The Foreign Aid System?

Foreign aid agencies have started to pay more attention to the world of tech entrepreneurs in seeking solutions to some of the biggest challenges on the planet. But what do...

Smartphone Could Help Detect Air Pollution

People could soon be using their smartphones to combat a deadly form of air pollution, thanks to a new low-cost method of detecting nitrogen dioxide (NO2), a significant ai...

Overcoming Culture: Can India Eliminate Gender Violence?

Just over a month ago on September 25th, the 193 member countries of the United Nations voted on and approved the new 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) with the hop...