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Modi Govt’s Next Big Thing: Postal Bank Soon

India’s massive postal network is likely to turn into payment banks by late next month, reaching out to the unbanked section of the society under Prime Minister Naren...

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Thought Factory

TECHNOLOGY AND THE MEDIA

“Give me liberty to know, to utter and to argue freely according to conscience, above all liberties”, thundered John Milton in his famous Areopagitica, his essa...

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Hollywood

Edie Falco Voices Orca Mother In PETA Campaign

PETA has officially kicked off the cross-country tour of its new state-of-the-art “I, Orca” empathy project, which uses wireless Google virtual reality (VR) gog...

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Environment

Global Economy, ISIS, Climate Change To Be Top G-7 Agendas

WASHINGTON: Climate change, including role of India and China, global economy and counter-terrorism tactics will be some of the key topics that will dominate the upcoming G...

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Environment

Meet The Only Prominent GOP Presidential Candidate Who Accepts Climate Science

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) announced that he?s running for President on Monday, officially becoming the ninth declared Republican candidate. Of all of them, he?s only one o...

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Health

Government to form labour room guidelines to reduce Maternal Mortality Rates

NEW DELHI: Government is forming guidelines for labour rooms in hospitals as part of its efforts to reduce the maternal mortality rate (MMR) and infant mortality rate (IMR)...

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Festivals

Oscars: With Cannes Behind Us, Serious 2015 Contenders Start To Come Into Play

As I have slowly emerged during the past week from my French fog into the harsher realities of Hollywood, the likely effect of the 68th Cannes Film Festival on this year&rs...

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Environment

Climate Change Blamed As Thousands Die In Indian Heat

For the wealthy of India, the annual heatwave before the monsoon is inconvenient, especially when water stored in black tanks on the roof becomes too hot to use for a showe...

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Health

After Polio, India Set To Win Battle Against Tetanus At Childbirth

A year after obtaining WHO certification for the elimination of polio, India is on the verge of crossing another milestone in public health. It has eliminated maternal and ...

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Gender

Thousands Of Women Sign Petition Against The ‘Tampon Tax’

After nearly 100,000 people signed a petition demanding to “remove the unfair tampon tax,” some Australian officials are considering a policy change to exempt s...

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