An Accidental Martyrdom

In April 2010, I returned home late evening to find a family friend had left urgent messages for me to call back. The next morning, before I could return her call, she was ...

Empowering the poor or the rural elite?

India to have roadmap for cutting carbon emissions

India has unveiled a draft national policy to provide a roadmap for building comprehensive strategies for cutting carbon emissions from deforestation. Officials said the na...

Water Walkathon

A large number of women in rural and urban India don’t have much to celebrate on women’s day on March 8 Their day will begin as usual with a walk to fetch water...

Can we eradicate HIV/AIDS?

Wednesday is the 30-year anniversary of the day my colleagues and I reported that a new retrovirus, now known as HIV, was the agent causing AIDS. We also announced the deve...

Bangalore Baptist hopsital wins quality award

The Baptist Hospital in the city, serving the poor and middle class people for over 40 years, has received Quality Council of India (QCI) DL Shah Quality Award in the Big H...

6 Food Mistakes Parents Make

HARRIET WOROBEY, a childhood nutrition instructor, knows firsthand that children can be picky eaters, but even she was surprised by a preschooler last year who ate a mostly...

Muhammad Ali’s Celebrity Fight Night XX Raises $8 Million

On Saturday, April 12, 2014 stars and athletes from around the country converged on the J.W. Marriott Desert Ridge Resort & Spa in Phoenix, Arizona for Muhammad Ali&rsq...

Josh Charles To Turn Times Square Into Big Pinwheel Garden To Fight Child Abuse

Prevent Child Abuse America and actor Josh Charles from the Emmy-nominated CBS show, The Good Wife, will turn New York City?s iconic Times Square into a ?Big Pinwheel Garde...