Adverts for women: The gender agenda

A new marketing campaign by Always is the latest to stress the importance of a woman’s appearance. Natalie Haynes looks at whether this is a positive strategy –...

Combining vaccines may help eradicate polio

Combining two types of polio vaccine, including one that is injected rather than given orally, appears to give better immunity and could speed efforts to eradicate the crip...

Systematic approach to in-situ water harvesting assures irrigation

During summer, the field is ploughed and furrows (one foot depth) are made. When it rains the water stays back in each of the furrows and sinks into the soil. Fast changing...

True Review: Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania

Critics Rating: 3.5 STARS*

Cast: Varun Dhawan, Alia Bhatt, Gaurav Pandey, Sahil Vaid, Ashutosh Rana, Sidharth Shukla.

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Global Climate Deals Should Address India’s Concerns: Survey

The two global deals on climate change and sustainable development to be finalised in 2015 should take into account India’s development concerns and requirements, the...

Emma Watson Named As UN Women Goodwill Ambassador

UN Women, the United Nations organization dedicated to gender equality and the empowerment of women, has announced the appointment of British actress, Emma Watson, as Goodw...

It’s time to bring HIV prevention drugs out of the closet

May 14 should have been PrEP’s big coming out moment. That’s when the federal government issued new guidelines urging doctors to adopt the use of PrEP – a...

Wanted: more international funding to fight climate change

The Economic Survey 2013-14, announced on Wednesday, appears to be setting the tone for India’s climate change negotiations on global fora. It is in line with a state...