First India-China study on climate to be released

Its impact is likely to come later but the prelaunch report on the first collaborative India-China study on climate change to be released in Beijing on Monday will generate...

Sonam Kapoor joins veterans Shabana Azmi and Javed Akhtar to raise funds for cancer patients

Sonam Kapoor, who had so far been silently spreading awareness about cancer, will now actively raise funds for unprivileged patients. ??onam joins hands with Shabana Azmi a...

Vandana Bahadur: A woman of steel in all-male gram panchayat

On a pleasant Sunday in January this year, as the nation was celebrating the 65th Republic Day, a 32-year-old woman was fending off 100-odd men at a panchayat meeting in Ma...

Actor Vidya Balan, who started her innings in showbiz with television, will be seen on the small screen for an International Women’s Day special

The Hum Paanch (1995) actor, who was recently seen on the big screen in the film Shaadi Ke Side Effects opposite actor Farhan Akhtar, will be seen as the host of a show cal...

SAMVIDHAAN – The Making of the Constitution of India

As I watched the first episode of Shyam Benegal’s Samvidhaan – The Making of the Constitution of India, I was reminded that when we studied the Indian Constitut...

The Political Debate: Morality vs Growth

Never has Indian society been more bipolar than with its reaction towards Nerendra Modi. It is rare to find anyone that has a neutral opinion about him. His supporters proj...

Typhoon Bolawen hits Okinawa

A powefrful typhoon triggered landslides on a japanese island before sweeping the country’s east coast. Read More Read More

Annual Report: India 2013

Republic of India

Head of state Pranab Kumar Mukherjee(replaced Pratibha Patil)

Head of government Manmohan Singh

Torture and other ill-treatment, e...

A Muslim in Bollywood

The mainstream Hindi film industry’s template for the community reflects ideological and political shifts in contemporary India.

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