Smart Farming

In a shabby godown-turned-office in Vaishali district, Shashank Kumar, an alumnus of prestigious Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), pensively browses through the Interne...

Kiran Rao To Head NFDC’s Unique Film Centre “FILMBAY”

Mumbai, March 25 2015:Filmmaker Kiran Rao will spearhead a new and unique film centre in Mumbai “FilmBay”, a ...

Angelina Jolie Speaks As Syrian Conflict Enters Fifth Year

As the conflict in Syria enters its fifth year, UNHCR Special Envoy Angelina Jolie released the following statement. “It is deeply alarming that the international res...

How market forces are winning the climate change battle

Greenhouse gases have stopped rising, and it's not hurting the global economy after all

Despite the stereotype of a business lobby warning about th...

Measuring Maternal Health in a Post-MDG World

As the international development community looks back on the Millennium Development Goals and ponders what remains to be done under the proposed Sustainable Development Goa...

Measuring Maternal Health in a Post-MDG World

As the international development community looks back on the Millennium Development Goals and ponders what remains to be done under the proposed Sustainable Development Goa...

Ten top issues for women’s health

Today is the International Women’s Day. It is a day to celebrate women and their achievements. It is also a day to take stock of how women’s rights, especially ...

Highway, Diya Aur Baati Hum, Udann and Beti project honoured at Elevate 2015

Imtiaz Ali’s movie Highway, the Star Plus daily soap Diya Aur Baati Hum,Colors social message show Udann and Anu Ranjan’s NGO Beti fighting for the cause o...

Mahesh Bhatt, Garry Lyons to preside over Elevate 2015

Coinciding with the International Women’s Day, Garry Lyons of the University of Leeds, UK, along with activist-filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt, will preside over Elevate 2015,...