Candice Bergen Calls Out Tyson Foods For Animal Cruelty

Candice Bergen is seeing red after sickening cruelty to animals was exposed at a Tyson Foods slaughterhouse. The Emmy- and Golden Globe Award-winning actress has teamed up ...

Kajol Unveils Anand Gandhi’s Film On Importance Of Handwashing

Actress Kajol, who has been a part of health soap Lifebuoy’s ‘Help a Child Reach 5’ handwashing programme since the last three years, on Thursday launched...

Probiotics May Be The New Vaccines

Probiotics have been getting quite a bit of attention of late. By definition, they are “live microorganisms which when administered in adequate amounts confer a healt...

The Ethics Of Commercial Surrogacy: Gender Inequality Arguments

This is a follow-up to the previous post on Debra Satz’s analysis of commercial surrogacy. In that post, I reviewed three classic objections to surrogacy and presente...

Charleston Film Festival Presents Selection Of Features, Shorts And Documentaries; French Film Festival Follows

‘Ufos’ Spook Delhi Airport Security, Air Force Put On High Alert

Security agencies guarding Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport have been put on high alert following the ‘regular spotting’ of suspicious fl...

Opinion: Integrating Water, Sanitation And Health Are Key To The Promise Of The UN Global Goals

AMMAN, Oct 30 2015 (IPS) – The 193 member states of the United Nations have adopted an ambitious 15-year sustainable development agenda, the 2030 Global Goals To unde...

Opinion: Integrating Water, Sanitation And Health Are Key To The Promise Of The UN Global Goals

AMMAN, Oct 30 2015 (IPS) – The 193 member states of the United Nations have adopted an ambitious 15-year sustainable development agenda, the 2030 Global Goals To unde...

A Huge Fire In The Amazon Threatens Thousands Of Indigenous People And An Uncontacted Tribe

The Arariboia indigenous territory is home to an estimated 12,000 people belonging to the Guajajara ethnic group, and to another 80 Aw?-Guaj? Indians, not previously contac...