Cine Central Film Festival Showcases Movies From 17 Countries

Bangladeshi film “Mritika Maya” (Earthen Love), an emotional tale of an old potter, is part of an eclectic package of films being shown at a film festival here ...

Ayushmann Khuranna Supports Thespo.

– Wins top prize on game show Deal or No Deal, contributes entire sum to the festival –

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Can We End Female Genital Cutting In A Generation?

Five years ago, over 3 million girls were at risk of undergoing female genital cutting, a process that involves the partial or complete removal of a girl’s external g...

Steven Tyler Gets Celebrity Support For New Charity Initiative

Steven Tyler has announced the launch of his new signature philanthropic initiative to help girls who have been abused and neglected: Janie’s Fund. A partne...

WHO Survey Reveals Public Misunderstanding About Antibiotic Resistance

Public knowledge about antibiotic resistance is still weak and this is something we should worry about. A new survey conducted in a number of countries shows that people ha...

Russian Film Festival In India To Become Annual Event

The Russian Film Festival, which opened on Monday in Mumbai, will become an annual event, the festival’s organizer Maria Lemesheva told TASS. “We would like to ...

MANNA DEY

It was in late 1996 that I started the Bimal Roy Memorial with a view to honour my father, whose films continued to thrill audiences, and still do. Very few individuals fro...

What’s Next : Tomorrow’s Digital Life

According to Douglas Adams in “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy”, that’s the answer to the ultimate question of life, the universe and everythin...

Maternal Mortality On A Decline, But Challenges Remain

The number of women dying during pregnancy, childbirth or within six weeks after birth has fallen by 44 per cent since 1990, say United Nations agencies, including the...