Fighting Modern-Day Witch Hunts In India’s Remote Northeast

More than 2,000 people accused of being witches have been killed in Indiaover the last 15 years in poor, remote areas of the northeast.
The victims, nearly all of them...

NFAI To Hold Workshop On Film Restoration

The National Film Archive of India (NFAI), in association with the Film Heritage Foundation headed by Shivendra Singh Dungarpur, is set to begin a 10-day workshop on film p...

Sonakshi Sinha To Be Face Of Tiger Protection Campaign

Wildlife channel Animal Planet has announced its fifth annual campaign, where Sonakshi will be the face of the channel's 2016 "Where Tigers Rule" campaign. "Danger Se DarrN...

Mark Ruffalo Pledges Support For Massive Protest Action

One of the largest civil disobedience actions in a generation is coming to Capitol Hill in April of 2016. More than 2,000 individuals from around the country, including Gab...

More Efforts Needed To Safeguard Child Rights'

The first workshop on New Juvenile Justice Act 2015, was held in Jaipur on Saturday, which laid emphasis on health and education of children.

Directorate of Child W...

Coming Soon: Mother Of All Health Schemes

The health ministry plans to roll out a centrally sponsored 'Health Protection Scheme' which will replace several of the existing government-supported health schemes includ...

The Faces Of Child Poverty

Child poverty is about more than just money — it’s multidimensional. For children, poverty means being deprived of major aspects of life like nutrition, hea...

Gillian Anderson Urges NYC Council To Keep Horses Safe

X-Files star Gillian Anderson took action this week to help horses abused in New York City’s horse-drawn-carriage industry. The actress wrote to members of the New Yo...

India: Protection Of Traditional Knowledge In India

The coming into force of the Nagoya Protocol in October will have great benefits for the defence of indigenous people's rights over their resources, and strengthen India's ...