Using Muslim Clerics to Increase Polio Vaccination in Nigeria

A coalition campaign involving imams, Islamic school teachers, traditional rulers, doctors, journalists, and polio survivors is gradually turning the tide against polio vac...

Climate Change: Frequency, strength of tornadoes rising, thanks to global warming

The global warming and unabated pollution is contributing to climatic imbalances on the Earth. Despite severe awareness programs, global pacts and international call for co...

7th Advantage India Short Film Contest organized by Pocket Films, calls for entries

Mumbai: Pocket Films has organized a short film contest, 7th Advantage India in association with River to River Florence Indian Film Festival, Italy. With ...

Alarming increase in global use of antibiotics, India is the largest consumer

A research published in a medical journal has sounded an alarm on overuse and misuse of antibiotic drugs A research published in a medical journal has sounded an alarm on o...

New Cultural Lenses to Create a Sustainable Future

Today I was passing by Verona, the city of Juliet and Romeo, the Roman arena hosting international opera and lyrical performances and hometown of Latin love poet Catullus. ...

Louis Philippe Pays A Tribute To Excellence With Indias Leading Stalwarts

~For Excellence is not gained easily. It is something you strive for with a journey that is more meaningful than the end~

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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...

CLIMATE CHANGE: Himalayan glaciers melting more rapidly

The Himalayan glaciers that feed major south Asian rivers like the Indus, the Brahmaputra and the Ganges are melting more rapidly, reveals a major new study which says that...

First summit on women and climate decries lack of grassroots funding

BALI, Indonesia (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – A global summit on women and climate, the first of its kind, opened on Sunday, bringing together some 80 activists work...