India forecast to grow 5.5% this year: ADB

Developing Asia is poised to sustain its current growth momentum and is well positioned to manage risks coming from a slightly slower Chinese economy and possible uneven de...

Polio Continues To Be A Major Threat For Millions Of Children

While great strides have been taken in ridding the world of polio there are four countries where the disease continues to endanger the lives of children. The countries wher...

True Review: Bewakoofiyaan

Director: Nupur Asthana

Cast: Rishi Kapoor, Ayushmann Khurrana, Sonam Kapoor

Cast: 1.5 stars

The ...

Global Warming and Potential Water Contamination Resulting from Fracking for Hydrocarbons

Contaminated water, presumed to be from drilling into and fracturing (fracking) hydrocarbon-bearing rock strata, has been in the news for some time now. And so have global ...

Pharrell Williams Auctions Off Amazing Grammys Hat For Charity

If looking like Smoky the Bear is on your fashion must-have list for spring, head over to eBay and bid on Pharrell Williams’ famous hat from the 2014 Grammys. The muc...

Telling The Story Of The Birth Of A Nation Is Never Easy: Shyam Benegal

Mumbai:

  Feb, 2014: “Telling the story of the birth of a nation is never e...

Kunal Kapoor's portal to work for animal welfare, environment

Kolkata, Feb 18 (IANS) Actor Kunal Kapoor’s online crowd-fund raising portal “Ketto” will focus on gathering contributions for animal welfare and environm...

Govt to release Rs 13,000cr for Green India Mission

CHENNAI: The Union cabinet will soon sanction 13,000 crore for the initial phase of the 10-yearGreen India Mission to increase forest cover and quality of forests in the co...

Geranium root is potent HIV-1 killer

Washington: A new study has found that extracts of the geranium plant Pelargonium sidoides inactivate human immunodeficiency virus type 1(HIV-1) and prevent the virus from ...