Why Is It Easier for India to Get to Mars Than to Tackle Its Toilet Challenge?

In 2013, India became the fourth country in the world (after Russia, the US and the EU) and the only emerging nation to launch a Mars probe into space. But it remains part ...

Hydroelectric Dams Emit A Billion Tonnes Of Greenhouse Gases A Year, Study Finds

Hydroelectric dams contribute more to global warming than previously estimated, according to a study published in BioScience.
It appears that the current and planned b...

Do We Know What Our Children Want?

"There's always room for a story that can transport people to another place."

J.K. Rowling

Over the last one century or so, ordin...

Before Heena Sidhu’s Decision, These Haryana Women Were Already Fighting Purdah

Haryana shooter, Heena Sidhu, is not alone in her refusal to don a veil. The ace shooter bowed out of the Asian Airgun Shooting Championship in Iran which required female a...

We Can Save Elephants. But Can We Save Wild Elephants?

I have just returned from Kenya’s North Eastern Province where one night, camped out in a dry riverbed with just a mosquito net for cover, a herd of elephants emerged...

Brands Are Throwing Out Gender Norms To Reflect A More Fluid World

James Charles may not seem like the typical ambassador of a beauty brand—and he's not. Meet CoverGirl's first CoverBoy. No doubt the half-century-old brand raised a f...

Ex-NSA Hacker Creates Tool To Warn You Of Webcam Spies

Do you cover your webcam with tape?
There was a time when the only people doing that were paranoid hackers or security researchers worried about leaving that little di...

Delay To Curbs On Toxic Shipping Emissions 'Would Cause 200,000 Extra Premature Deaths

A push by the shipping and oil industries for a five-year delay to curbs on toxic sulphur emissions would cause an extra 200,000 premature deaths from lung cancer and heart...

Writer Turns Lens On Child Abuse

GUWAHATI: Writer Arup KumarDutta, also known as India's Enid Blyton, on Tuesday said it was time Assamese literature moved beyond the entertainment-based approach to childr...