Vidya Balan stands up for a good cause

GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare has launched an initiative called ‘Aahar Abhiyan’ to address the issue of child malnutrition featuring Bollywood sensation V...

WHO & UNICEF: 60% of world population defecating in public live in India

A joint report by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has estimated that at least 60 percent of the people, who defeca...

Global warming has become normal climate to most

Global warming has been going on for so long that most people were not even born the last time the Earth was cooler than average in 1985 in a shift that is altering percept...

Akshay Kumar raises funds for animal charity with costume auction

Akshay Kumar and Tamannaah Bhatia have donated all the clothes from their film Entertainment to an animal welfare charity. Youth Organisation in Defence of Animals (YODA) i...

Number of new HIV infection has decreased by 57%: Harsh Vardhan

There has been a 57 per cent decrease in the number of new cases of HIV infection in last decade in the country, Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said in Lok Sabha today. He a...

World's top PR companies rule out working with climate deniers

Ten firms say they will not represent clients that deny man-made climate change or seek to block emisson-reducing regulations Some of the world’s top PR companies hav...

Small-holder farmers key to sustainable agri development: IFAD

UN body for development of agriculture IFAD today said small-holder farmers should be the starting point for sustainable development.

Speaking at the 8th TAAS (Trus...

Yeh Jo Hai Zindagi!

Anita, my live in maid has taken a shine to Zindagi. Though the language is a bit of a challenge, as she hails from interior Maharashtra.? One Saturday night, when I got ho...

HIV-Killing Condom: Fact or Fiction?

That’s a fact. A new condom capable of “killing” sexually transmitted diseases like HIV has been approved by Australian regulators and could be available ...