Gender diversity - Companies Pull Women Managers Out Of Pink Ghettoes

Gender diversity - Companies Pull Women Managers Out Of Pink Ghettoes

MUMBAI: Bringing women managers out of `pink ghettoes' and proactively deploying them in impor...

What Effect Does Paid Maternity Leave Have On Infant Mortality?

For each additional month of paid maternity leave offered in low- and middle-income countries, infant mortality is reduced by 13 percent.
“A significant number o...

Fighting Poverty, Stabilizing Peace

The United Nations is more needed today than at any time since the Cold War. It is the only place on Earth where any nation, state or government can talk to any other natio...

Humans Care More About Climate Change if They Know They're Responsible

Climate change denial is still a huge problem among elected representatives, to say nothing of the general populace, and even when our elected leaders do try to act to comb...

The Genius Of Indian Cartoonist Mario Miranda

India's western beachfront state Goa has been busy with celebrations to mark the 90th birth anniversary of one of the country's best-known cartoonists and illustrators, Mar...

Esha Gupta To Help Drought Hit Farmers Through A Charity Initiative

Esha Gupta who has previously extended her support to several campaigns concerning animal rights and protection has now decided to do her bit for the drought hit farmers. T...

Gwyneth Paltrow Proposes Charity Road Trip With Avengers Co-Stars

The actress learned of Ryan Wilcox's health battle via a social media campaign on Instagram.com, in a post which detailed his dying wish to meet his favourite superhero sta...

Zee News Goes Free-To-Air

MUMBAI: Subhash Chandra’s national Hindi news channel Zee News is now a Free-To-Air (FTA) channel. The decision was taken at a board meeting held on 6 May 2016.
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For Female Scientists, There's No Good Time To Have Children

American women are leaving academic science, including the social sciences, in alarming numbers. Many will turn away from science while still in graduate school. Although w...