Why Is It Easier for India to Get to Mars Than to Tackle Its Toilet Challenge?

In 2013, India became the fourth country in the world (after Russia, the US and the EU) and the only emerging nation to launch a Mars probe into space. But it remains part ...

New Method For Trapping CO2 as Solid Rock Could Help to Fight Climate Change

There’s no denying that 2016 has been a year of environmental extremes. Think “extraordinarily” hot Arctic temperatures, rapidly melting glaciers, unprece...

Nina Lath Gupta: The 10-year-old journey of Film Bazaar

Film Bazaar has been a work of passion for us in NFDC and also for all those amazing consultants and interns who invest a great deal of their time into setting up this even...

Knitting, baking and painting improve well-being and mental health, study finds

It’s hard to pinpoint when exactly it happened, but at some point over the past few years, wool got cool.

No longer the preserve of grannies, knitting is now ...

Dear Zindagi: Amid Objectifying Songs This Album Makes You Hopeful About Life

The moment you turn on the radio, you switch to your favourite channel that promises melodious songs, which also include yesteryear’s iconic numbers sung by Mohammad ...

Yo-Yo Ma's Intriguing Mission To The World

Almost 20 years ago, the great Chinese-American cellist Yo-Yo Ma embarked on a bold new direction in his career, to challenge himself musically and creatively, and question...

Disturbing Images Show The Extent Of Delhi's Extreme Pollution Emergency

Delhi, the capital city of India and home to 25 million residents, is in the midst of an “extreme pollution event.” In other words the city has been overrun wit...

Black Mirror Advert 'Netflix Vista' A New Mini-Episode

Season three of Black Mirror is quite terrifying, depicting various dystopian futures, some frighteningly close to our own reality (“Shut Up and Dance” in parti...

Wind farms might be killing many more bats than we realize

It’s no secret that wind power has experienced a boom in recent years, as demand for renewable energy sources grows. But while the technology is adept at helping curb...