India may miss U.N. Millennium Development Goal for maternal mortality rate

India, which accounts for the largest number of maternal deaths in the world, is unlikely to achieve the fifth Millennium Development Goal of reducing maternal mortality to...

Mobile health unit launched to improve women?? healthcare

In an attempt to bridge the widening gap between rural and urban healthcare for women, a free mobile healthcare unit (MHU) was launched in the national capital on Saturday....

Taking healthcare to India’s remote tribes

The right to good healthcare must be addressed using modern technology, innovative approaches and by involving tribals in developing solutions for their problems in his add...

Kerry Washington Launches Major New Domestic Violence Campaign

Emmy- and Golden Globe-nominated actress and advocate Kerry Washington has joined with The Allstate Foundation to raise awareness about domestic violence and the critical r...

Judith Light Raises Awareness of Flu in Older People

Award-winning actress Judith Light, known for TV’s who’s the Boss? Dallas, and Ugly Betty, is joining the National Council on Aging (NCOA) to raise awareness ab...

Half of India's missing children last year were sold into prostitution

The laxity of authorities has allowed child-trafficking syndicates to thrive, especially in the eastern states of India. Between 2013 and 2014, at least 67,000 children in ...

Bill Gates Spent More Than $200 Million to Promote Common Core. Here’s Where it Went.

The Gates foundation has bankrolled a sprawling network of groups to advance the standards. When it comes to putting your money where your mouth is, few or...

Jury of the fifth edition of Jagran Film Festival announced

Amol Palekar to head the jury of Indian Showcase while Goutam Ghose will lend his expertise in judging the international short film competition

The...

True Review: Mary Kom

Critics Rating: 3 Stars*

Cast: Priyanka Chopra, Sunil Thapa, Darshan Kumar,

Direction: Omung Kumar