National rural jobs scheme loses steam in Karnataka, Rajasthan

Rajasthan and Karnataka, which used to be stand-out performers of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA)’s flagship scheme, the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employmen...

Less than 12 percent of children use toilets in India

According to a study, the use of toilets by children in rural areas is less than 12 percent as against 47 percent in urban areas.

Against this background, social sc...

India just produced its first gun for women. Is this a solution or a problem?

India appears to be following the US by making and marketing guns for women, but it won’t make women any safer

“Nirbheek” is small, light and can ...

True Review: Mandela - A Long Walk To Freedom

Mandela is Idris Elba’s best performance yet and he has achieved to clone Madiba’s personality so well, convinc...

How does the brain link different memories?

Neuroscientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology believe they have discovered two neural circuits that coordinate how time-linked memories are formed and stored...

Angela Bassett and Mayim Bialik design medical ID bracelets for charity

Actresses Angela Bassett and Mayim Bialik have teamed up with designers at Hope Paige Designs to create a line of fashionable medical ID bracelets for charity. The stars jo...

Bhutan set to plough lone furrow as world's first wholly organic country

Bhutan plans to become the first country in the world to turn its agriculture completely organic, banning the sales of pesticides and herbicides and relying on its own anim...

Aditya Birla School student raises Rs 10 lakh for charity money

Aditya Birla School which is just 15 years old has put in efforts to raise money for poor in rural areas. The school students used social media to gather an amount of Rs 10...

How Inactivity Changes the Brain

A number of studies have shown that exercise can remodel the brain by prompting the creation of new brain cells and inducing other changes. Now it appears that inactivity, ...