IMD plans agromet service to get weather right for farmers

Realising that predicting the southwest monsoon is not enough by itself, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) is now pushing for agromet advisories so that a contingen...

Amitabh Bachchan lauds efforts to empower women

Impressed by the initiatives to empower women population in India, Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan lauded the efforts made by people and the government for ensuring saf...

Ending newborn deaths: ensuring every baby survives

The first 24 hours of a child’s life are the most dangerous, with more than one million babies dying each year on their first and only day of life, according to new r...

Indian activist Ramesh Agrawal wins 'Green Nobel'

GARE VILLAGE (Andhra Pradesh): The man walked into Ramesh Agrawal’s tiny internet cafe, pulled out a pistol and hissed, “You talk too much.” Then he fired...

Stem Ryots' Suicides with Organic Farming

Non-governmental organisation Praphanjam conducted a food festival — Chennai Parampariya Unavu Thiruvizha — recently, hoping to draw attention to organic farmin...

Celebrities March For Babies

Singer and actress Hilary Duff, two-time Super Bowl MVP Eli Manning, supermodel Niki Taylor, and 3 million super volunteers and 20,000 companies have one common goal: they ...

True Review: Revolver Rani

Critics Rating: 2 Stars

Cast: Kangna Ranuat, Vir Das, Piyush Mishra, Zakir Hussain

Direction: Sai Kabir Shrivastav...