Making A Fundamental Shift In Drug Policy And Harm Reduction

In 1998, the United Nations General Assembly convened a special session under the slogan, “A drug-free world — we can do it!” with the goal of prohibiting...

Protecting The Most Vulnerable: Supporting People With Mental Disorders During Disasters

When 5,000 leaders converge this month on Istanbul, Turkey, at the first World Humanitarian Summit, their goal will be “to stand up for our common humanity and take a...

Land Rights For Women On Paper And In Practice.

Over the past few decades there has been growing awareness of the need to strengthen land rights for women and men across the African continent. As a result, governments ha...

What's Killing The World's Teenagers? Road Accidents, Suicide, Floods

The leading cause of death among teenagers in the U.S. is road accidents — killing nearly 5,000 American kids between the ages of 10 and 19 in 2013.

Suicide a...

India Misses Millennium Development Goal 5

Under the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) 5, the target for India was to reduce Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR) by three quarters between 1990 and 2015. Based on the UN In...

True Review Movie - Azhar

Cast: Emraan hashmi, nargis fakhri, prachi desai, lara dutta, kunal roy kapoor.

Direction: Tony D’Souza

Produced: Shobha Kapoor, Ekta Kapoor, Sony Pic...

Fighting Climate Change Burp By Burp

In grassy fields and research labs around the world, scientists are making a herculean effort to help fight climate change: one cow burp at a time.

Driven by pressu...

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...

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...